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Borough Park

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Orthodox Jews Rent Citi Field For (Women-Less) Meeting About How Scary The Internet Is

    Thousands of male Orthodox Jews will make Citi Field seem like a 10-year-old's tree house this weekend, when they hold a women-less meeting about the risks of the Internet.Orthodox Jews, as you may know, have a practice of strict gender separation, so woman will be able to watch the conference, but ... More >>

  • News

    September 7, 2011

    The Shomrim: Gotham's Crusaders

    They patrol Jewish neighborhoods with taxpayer money—but don't always clue in the police

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    City Won't Force Orthodox Jews to Go to Church — to Vote

    Holy voter rolls! St. Agatha's in Borough Park.​Assemblyman Dov Hikind has intervened on behalf of his fellow Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn so they won't have to cast ballots this November in a Catholic church. Ecumenism goes only so far. Big crosses adorn St. Agatha's in Sunset Park East/Borough Par ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Leiby Kletzky Killing Prompts Questions of Prevention in Borough Park

    Christopher MacsurakBorough Park​The parents of Leiby Kletzky, the 8-year-old Borough Park boy who was killed and dismembered last week, stopped sitting shiva this morning. The grand jury investigating Kletzky's alleged killer, Levi Aron, is expected to announce his indictment today, according ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Man Tries to Steal Food by Putting it in Pants, Is Unsuccessful

    ​Food crime is not just an opportunity for the New York Post to make excessively bad puns, it's an opportunity for all of us to laugh. Because when a guy stuffs a dozen packs of smoked salmon in his pants, there's not much else you can do. It seems that Sergey Muzlayov ("the catch of the day a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    New Yorkers Find New Dumb Thing to Complain About: Noisy Snow Plows

    ​It's official: New Yorkers will complain about anything snow-related. Oh, the street didn't get plowed fast enough? Complain! Slush is gross? Salt stains are annoying? Train's a few minutes late? Flight's delayed? Complain! Complain! Complain! Now the city overcompensates for its prior ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Annals of Dim Sum Innovation: Jin Fong and Very Tong Vie for Supremacy

    ​Ever seen this one before? Shrimp paste and vegetables packaged like sushi at Very Tong. Three years ago, the city was in the dim sum doldrums, a condition that had persisted for a decade or more. What you got when you traipsed into one of the football-field size dining rooms was a processio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    Schmuck Shoots Self in Stakeout with Chasidic Neighborhood "Cops"

    ​So, if you don't know, the "Shomrim" are an unarmed, but "licensed" Orthodox Jewish community patrol group who watches over their neighborhoods. They're like the vigilante group of "Hebrew Hammers," or Jewish Batmans, or something, but not nearly as cool. They're also pretty hardcore, if last ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    The Miracle of David's Brisket House in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

    ​David's hyperbolically good $10 roast brisket sandwich, in this case on rye with gravy. The history of David's Brisket House is lost in the murk of time. Surprisingly, it's a Jewish-style deli in the commercial heart of Bed-Stuy. Does it date from the days early in the last century when the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Another Tuesday, Another Election No One Will Vote In

    ​It's Tuesday, and these days in New York City, that means another special election. With runoff elections, resignations, and the occasional expulsion from a legal body, there have been quite a few in the past election season. Today's race is in the 44th City Council District, where Republica ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Guss's Pickles Has Left Orchard Street; Mother in Law's Kimchi Won't Take Its Place

    Bowery BoogieGuss' is gone.​Oy gevalt! We knew it was coming, but that still didn't quite prepare us for the news that Guss' Pickles has officially up and left the Lower East Side. Bowery Boogie has noticed that the Orchard Street stall is now shuttered, complete with a sign notifying potentia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    Milton Balkany, Brooklyn Rabbi, Busted Again

    ​There are many choice quotes contained in the new federal complaint filed yesterday against Milton Balkany, the politically connected Borough Park rabbi whose Rolodex includes well-thumbed cards for influential figures ranging from Bob Dole to Rudy Giuliani. Here's Balkany, 63, telling repr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2009

    Health alert issued for mumps outbreak in Brooklyn

    ​The city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has issued an alert (pdf) to healthcare providers in response to a record mumps outbreak in New York and New Jersey. The CDC traced the path of infection back to an asymptomatic 11-year-old boy who carried it from an epidemic in England to an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Suicide Epidemic Tied to Steve Carrell

    ​There seems to be a jumping epidemic in the city. Just days after that NYU student fell to his presumably self-willed death at the ill-starred Bobst Library, a newlywed has gone out the window of the Avenue Plaza Hotel in Borough Park. 24-year-old Mordechai (Motty) Borger fell seven stories a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Mayor Thompson Could Mean "Fear of Going Out at Night" (Giuliani), "Detroit" (Bloomberg)

    The Bloomberg-Giuliani victory tour of friendly city territories began with a bang in Borough Park, where the former Mayor told the annual Legislative Breakfast of the local Jewish Community Council that if Bill Thompson were elected, the city "could very easily be taken back to the way it was with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Bloomberg & Giuliani to Campaign Together in Friendly NY Territories

    Far be it from us to advise Mayor Bloomberg on electioneering, but we wonder if he has thought through his plan to campaign with hated former mayor Rudolph Giuliani. He warmed up for it during the recent mayoral debate, when he said Giuliani would make a good governor. And someone planted an apparen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    Appetizing in Borough Park, Brooklyn

    From Schwartz Appetizing: Smoked sable, matjash herring and a whole smoked mackerel all for $23​ Found at Appetizing Plus: Smoked sable for $5 from local Brooklyn company Tuv Taam​ The best and most iconic New York appetizing shop is probably Russ and Daughters, but a few good alternativ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    Another Sig(h)n of the Times: Guss' Pickles Leaving the LES for Brooklyn

    jasonlam/flickr​The Lo-Down broke the depressing news yesterday that Guss' Pickles, a Lower East Side fixture for more than 85 years, is pulling up stakes and moving to Borough Park. Grub Street followed up with a phone call to Roger Janin who, with his mother, Pat Fairhurst, has run the Orchard S ... More >>

  • News

    June 17, 2009

    Letters: June 17, 2009

    jasonlam/flickr​The Lo-Down broke the depressing news yesterday that Guss' Pickles, a Lower East Side fixture for more than 85 years, is pulling up stakes and moving to Borough Park. Grub Street followed up with a phone call to Roger Janin who, with his mother, Pat Fairhurst, has run the Orchard S ... More >>

  • News

    June 10, 2009

    An Unlikely Rescuer from the Jaws of Debt

    jasonlam/flickr​The Lo-Down broke the depressing news yesterday that Guss' Pickles, a Lower East Side fixture for more than 85 years, is pulling up stakes and moving to Borough Park. Grub Street followed up with a phone call to Roger Janin who, with his mother, Pat Fairhurst, has run the Orchard S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2008

    Late Edition: Crown Heights Sex Assault, NY-13 Nods; Yankees, Mets Suck

    jasonlam/flickr​The Lo-Down broke the depressing news yesterday that Guss' Pickles, a Lower East Side fixture for more than 85 years, is pulling up stakes and moving to Borough Park. Grub Street followed up with a phone call to Roger Janin who, with his mother, Pat Fairhurst, has run the Orchard S ... More >>

  • News

    August 28, 2007

    Robes for a Rogue

    Ex-councilman Noach Dear prepares to mount the bench

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2007

    Schumer, Levine Rally for Ball Field Vendors

    Ex-councilman Noach Dear prepares to mount the bench

  • Film

    August 29, 2006

    'A Cantor's Tale'

    Ex-councilman Noach Dear prepares to mount the bench

  • News

    July 18, 2006

    Silence of the Lam

    Accused of sexually abusing young boys, a Brooklyn rabbi lit for Israel 22 years ago. Now one alleged victim wants him brought back for trial.

  • News

    January 3, 2006

    Honorary Jew

    Hillary Clinton becomes kosher for a community that had its doubts

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2005

    The Battle of Brooklyn

    Hillary Clinton becomes kosher for a community that had its doubts

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2005

    The Wealth of Districts

    Hillary Clinton becomes kosher for a community that had its doubts

  • News

    August 10, 2004

    Fresh Views of Infamous NYPD-Related Deaths

    Hillary Clinton becomes kosher for a community that had its doubts

  • News

    February 24, 2004

    Jail Breaks

    Influential Rabbi Barred From Lobbying Federal Prison Officials

  • NYC Life

    January 6, 2004

    Close-Up on Borough Park

    Influential Rabbi Barred From Lobbying Federal Prison Officials

  • Film

    January 6, 2004

    The Searchers

    Ethiopian Jews, Holocaust survivors, Lacanian psychobabblers, and a downtown bra shop

  • Film

    December 16, 2003

    Tracking Shots

    Ethiopian Jews, Holocaust survivors, Lacanian psychobabblers, and a downtown bra shop

  • NYC Life

    November 19, 2002

    Close-Up on Midwood

    Ethiopian Jews, Holocaust survivors, Lacanian psychobabblers, and a downtown bra shop

  • News

    August 20, 2002

    Beating the Brokers

    Finding the Real Deals in the Best Neighborhoods

  • News

    June 18, 2002

    A Killing Without Guns

    Militant Rabbi Scores Press but No Troops

  • News

    February 27, 2001

    One Good Cop

    Retiring NYPD Detective Bill Jackson Was No Ordinary Policeman—He Even Rescued Al Sharpton and Me From a Jewish Mob

  • News

    February 27, 2001

    Sacrificial Lamb

    Orthodox Rabbi Yitzchak Fried Could Do Hard Time for Medical Marijuana

  • News

    August 22, 2000

    Oh, God

    Why Religion Doesn't Have a Prayer in New York Politics

  • News

    August 8, 2000

    The Taste of Fear

    Subway Surfers Risk Their Lives Atop the City’s Trains. Only Mad Fools Take the Dare. Only the Lucky Survive.

  • News

    May 23, 2000

    Slicing the Park Slope Pie

    Could DiBrienza Wannabes Cost Lefties the Race?

  • News

    March 14, 2000

    Hynes and His ‘Haman’

    Orthodox Jews, Angered Over Recent Cases, Up in Arms Against Brooklyn D.A.

  • News

    February 22, 2000

    Boro Park Betrayed

    Behind the Alleged Political and Police Cover-Up in the Killing of Gidone Busch

  • News

    October 12, 1999

    Low Anxiety

    Fear of the Subway Derails Thousands

  • News

    September 7, 1999

    Jews Too — 'No Justice, No Peace'

    Fear of the Subway Derails Thousands

  • News

    September 7, 1999

    Socks in the Long Grass

    Hillary Moves In

  • News

    June 8, 1999

    Same as the Old Dov

    Borough Park Assemblyman Dov Hikind: New and Improved?

  • Music

    March 23, 1999

    Sharks and Jets

    Borough Park Assemblyman Dov Hikind: New and Improved?

  • News

    October 6, 1998

    Holy Daze

    Rebecca Segall investigates the problems of young Lubavitcher Hasidim in a world without the Rebbe

  • News

    September 8, 1998

    Political Conversion

    Noach Dear Turns Liberal in Race for Schumer's Seat

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