Email Author Roy Edroso

Awards

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 15, 2008

  "Blogosphere Guide"

• 2009 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists

  Runnin' Scared

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2008 Stories by Roy Edroso

• EZ Pass: Times Finds NYers Won't Say No to a Free Ride

  published Aug 14, 2008

  You may have heard about the MTA vending machines that were spitting out free rides for three years. Due to a computer glitch, a Roosevelt woman discovered in 2005 she could get tickets from one of th... More >>

• Tourist Crap: Rock Hall of Fame Annex to NYC

  published Aug 13, 2008

  AP has a tip that Michael Bloomberg will today announce a Soho annex of the Cleveland-based Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. "The 25,000-square-foot annex will house Bruce Springsteen's 1957 Chevy and wil... More >>

• Ballpark Figure: Top Citi Field Seats $495

  published Aug 13, 2008

  What do you know about that: seats at Citi Field, the home of the Mets as of next year, will be significantly more expensive than seats at Shea. "The choicest seats will cost $495 -- a 79 percent inc... More >>

• Mets, Yankees Win, Still Suck, Say Experts

  published Aug 13, 2008

  The Mets and the Yankees won last night, but as is increasingly their custom, blog ball fans take little pleasure in it. "A win, a save, and a 'W' for Johan Santana," says Amazin' Avenue. "It could'v... More >>

• This Land is Your Landr Not in East New York, It's Not

  published Aug 13, 2008

  Have you ever looked at a vacant, trash-strewn lot in the City and thought: I could do something with that -- a garden, a patio, maybe even a small summer homer Apparently Darren Miller did and, WNBC ... More >>

• Bring Back the New Yorker-Penn Station Tunnel!

  published Aug 13, 2008

  amNewYork's Urbanite unearths some wonderful signage, collateral, and cocktail napkins from the predecessors to the Tick Tock Diner at the New Yorker Hotel, "courtesy of hotel archivist Joe Kinney," w... More >>

• First Tweets from Dylan in Prospect Park

  published Aug 13, 2008

  "Dylan in Prospect Park...Incredible!!" -- daisystiles. "Bob Dylan in Prospect Park has drawn quite a crowd tonight! Sounds great from the Free Zone. Who needs to _see_ music anywayr" -- movingsideway... More >>

• Are The Homeless, Like Everyone Else, Moving to Brooklynr

  published Aug 12, 2008

  The City's Independent Budget Office recently released a report that basically called Mayor Bloomberg's homeless plan a failure. Bloomberg had vowed to cut the number of people living on the City's st... More >>

• I Am The Girl You Know: Miss Williamsburg

  published Aug 12, 2008

  Free Williamsburg, seconded by Gothamist, tells the touching story of 25-year-old Misha Calvert. She tried to steal a couple bottles of Colt 45 from a Williamsburg bodega, got arrested, and wound up t... More >>

• Tom in the Tombs

  published Aug 12, 2008

  We called our old buddy Tom to catch up. He wasn't in a very good mood, as he had been arrested for shoplifting. "Where was thisr" we asked. "Trader Joe's," he said. "They got me going out the door.... More >>

• Where Are You Fromr Runnin' Scared Counsels Troubled Fellow Citizens

  published Aug 12, 2008

  The perfectly lovely Dumbo NYC blog does community service, publishing a note from a neighbor who saw something, said something, and didn't get shit. Having witnessed the mugging of a drunk guy on Gol... More >>

• Russia Halts Invasion of Georgia

  published Aug 12, 2008

  Well, that's a relief: CNN reports that "Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced Tuesday that he has ordered an end to military operations against Georgia." Russian "peacekeeping troops" occupyin... More >>

• NYC RFD: Early Morning Notes from Our Little Town

  published Aug 12, 2008

  Rockaway: Have You Seen This Manr "Victor Volunuev suffers from mild dementia and may be disoriented. He walked away from Belle Harbor assisted living facility on June 2, 2008... Approx. 5r4r, 145 lbs... More >>

• Holy Flame War! Blog Fights the Battle of Kosher Gym

  published Aug 12, 2008

  The Kosher Gym of Brooklyn is selling to new owners, and though the old members may not find the new regime appropriate, according to a WCBS segment, they won't be let out of their contracts. While t... More >>

• Infested: Bedbugs Stay Strong in NYC

  published Aug 11, 2008

  Every once in a while we read a story about something horrible that is "on the rise" in New York -- Sicilian mobsters, truck traffic, marijuana busts, syphilis, singer/songwriters -- and after a momen... More >>

• Consumer Update: Toilet Searchers, Sleep Coach Fans Respond

  published Aug 11, 2008

  Feedback! Runnin' Scared thrives on it. Earlier today we mentioned Diaroogle, the new online john-spotting service for New Yorkers on the go, and Dream Team Baby, which seeks to help both babies and p... More >>

• Elmo Takes Gold in the Gerritsen Games

  published Aug 11, 2008

  Courtesy of GerritsenBeach.net, this is a video of a guy in an Elmo suit dancing for children to Michael Jackson's "Beat It." It was part of the neighborhood's Gerritsen Games. Check Elmo eating the i... More >>

• Shower Gift of the Moment: Baby "Sleep Consultants"

  published Aug 11, 2008

  Cool Mom Picks announces a consulting service that will help get put your baby to sleep. No, we don't mean they'll tuck it in and sing to it, though we wouldn't be surprised. Dream Team Baby says it h... More >>

• Can You Hear Me Nowr Verizon, Unions Settle

  published Aug 11, 2008

  Verizon has reached an agreement with the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which represent about 65,000 Verizon employees in the Northeastern ... More >>

• Tech Notes: Diaroogle Disappoints

  published Aug 11, 2008

  For all we hear from the tech blogs about cool apps, most apps really are not cool at all. The proportion of tech innovations that live up to their hype is dismayingly small; if even a tenth of the wi... More >>

• Slow News Day: Low-Impact Stories from Around Town

  published Aug 11, 2008

  New York Daily News reports that John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, "has been enjoying conjugal visits with his wife for at least 16 years." Mrs. Chapman "visits once a year on average, sometim... More >>

• Dominican Day Parade: Fill In The Blanks

  published Aug 11, 2008

  The annual Dominican Day Parade packed 'em in and shook 'em up on Sixth Avenue between 36th and 56th Streets. Just watching Lisa Evers' hyperkinetic Fox 5 News report made us want to dance, and hearin... More >>

• Transportation Alternatives: Mayor Backs Bridge Tolls and (Surprise!) Airport Slot Auctions

  published Aug 11, 2008

  Mayor Bloomberg' congestion pricing plan, tabled indefinitely in Albany, might have been been good for the environment, but it definitely would have been great for the City's treasury: on top of the $... More >>

• Sporting News: Yankees, Mets, Meteorologists Suck, Say Experts

  published Aug 11, 2008

  "A-Rod: Genius or Idiotr" asks Peter Abraham at the LoHud Yankees Blog after the Bombers' 4-3 loss to the Angels, which completed their weekend sweep. (Chone Figgins hit the game-winning single in the... More >>

• Father Figures: Goodbye to Bernie Mac, Isaac Hayes

  published Aug 10, 2008

  If you'd just emerged from a weekend-long coma and we told you two of America's most popular black father figures had passed away, after Bill Cosby you might have guessed comedian Bernie Mac, but wond... More >>