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  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Carlos Quezada Raped An 8-Year-Old -- And Now He's Going To Prison For A Long, Long Time

    Here's a tip for anyone considering raping an 8-year-old: don't friggin' do it! And then throw yourself in front of a bus.That advice probably would have come in handy for convicted kid-raper Carlos Quezada, who will be a guest of the state for the next 22 years to life after being found guilty of c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Tacos Morelos Truck Brings Tacos Placeros to Williamsburg. Double Yum!

    ​Now you don't have to go to East Elmhurst to enjoy a taco placeros, just take the L to the Bedford stop. Four years ago on an extreme taco run from Corona to Woodside on Roosevelt Avenue - intent on sampling every at least two tacos from every store, truck, and cart - my gang and I stumbled ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    Weekend Brighton Beach Barbacoa Run

    ​We tried in vain to calculate how many goats the massive barbacoa pot held at El Jarochito. Alongside Sunset Park, East Elmhurst, and Corona, Brighton Beach and Coney Island are collectively becoming one of the foremost destinations for southern Mexican food. That was confirmed last weekend ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    What the Hell Is It?

    ​What is it? Ransacking a southern Mexican grocery in East Elmhurst recently, filled with all sorts of unfamiliar fresh herbs and packaged goods, I ran across this odd fruit (or vegetable). The shopkeeper had a name for it in an Indian dialect -- which I despaired of transliterating into Eng ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2010

    Random Photos From the Preceding Week

    ​For $39, you too can be Mario Batali, Eataly.

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Fat Pants Friday: Cannelle Patisserie

    Cannelle's Paris-Brest​ Ever since a friend extolled the virtues of Cannelle Patisserie to us some months ago, we'd been meaning to find time to make our way out to the Jackson Heights-East Elmhurst border to try it for ourselves. Finally, last weekend, we did. We were so happy with everythin ... More >>

  • Columns

    October 27, 2010

    Hiram Monserrate's Cheating Ways

    An ex-rebel's publicly funded self-empowerment program

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Jose Peralta Defeats Hiram Monserrate -- Chaos Ensues

    Loser​"This is the final nail in Hiram Monserrate's coffin, and now we have buried him!" declared City Council member Daniel Dromm in East Elmhurst last night, before newly elected State Senator Jose Peralta addressed his supporters and most of the leaders of the city's Democratic establishmen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    Street Corner Renamed for Local Fallen Soldier

    Martha Clark, center, holds the street sign bearing the name of her only child, Corp. Jonathan Rivadeneira who was killed in Iraq in 2007. Last Saturday afternoon on a Jackson Heights' street corner, Martha Clark clasped her tiny hands around a microphone, tilted her black sunglasses towards the ... More >>

  • News

    April 29, 2009

    Craig Newmark Speaks at Victim's Memorial in Wake of Craigslist Killings

    Martha Clark, center, holds the street sign bearing the name of her only child, Corp. Jonathan Rivadeneira who was killed in Iraq in 2007. Last Saturday afternoon on a Jackson Heights' street corner, Martha Clark clasped her tiny hands around a microphone, tilted her black sunglasses towards the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2008

    Top Rikers Drug Counselor Busted for Selling Heroin and Cocaine

    Martha Clark, center, holds the street sign bearing the name of her only child, Corp. Jonathan Rivadeneira who was killed in Iraq in 2007. Last Saturday afternoon on a Jackson Heights' street corner, Martha Clark clasped her tiny hands around a microphone, tilted her black sunglasses towards the ... More >>

  • NYC Life

    September 18, 2007

    On the Taco Trail

    Our restaurant critic goes hunting on Roosevelt Avenue

  • News

    September 4, 2007

    Name That Criminal

    In a notorious murder case, Rohan Bolt is doing the time. Did someone else do the crime?

  • Art

    July 24, 2007

    The City Is Their Laboratory

    Pratt students invent the next New York—for real.

  • Dining

    May 23, 2006

    Dog Vanishes

    Stimulating hunger at East Elmhurst Colombian snack palace

  • Specials

    August 31, 2004

    Letters

    Stimulating hunger at East Elmhurst Colombian snack palace

  • News

    June 18, 2002

    Occult Opening

    A Conference Is in the (Tarot) Cards

  • NYC Life

    June 11, 2002

    Close-Up On: Jackson Heights

    A Conference Is in the (Tarot) Cards

  • NYC Life

    February 5, 2002

    Three-room Apartment in 1920S House

    A Conference Is in the (Tarot) Cards

  • News

    September 18, 2001

    For Whom the Bell Tolls, Part I

    The Missing and the Dead

  • Long Island Voice

    January 4, 2000

    headline

    The Missing and the Dead

  • NYC Life

    October 5, 1999

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