Ellis Island

The World's Oldest Man Inspired a Banana-Flavored Caffeine Pill

World's oldest man Salustiano "Shorty" Sanchez-Blazquez was 112 years old when he died this weekend. Shorty was born in Spain in 1901, emigrated to the United States in 1920 via Ellis Island, and has lived in Niagara Falls, New York (mostly) ever since. But just how did this man live so long? Four w ... More >>

Daniel Squadron Is The Loneliest Candidate

He's running for public advocate (it's the race without a sex scandal)

The World's Oldest Living Man Lives In New York State, Is Addicted to Caffeine Pills

After the death of Japanese man Jiroemon Kimura at 116 years old last month, the hunt began for the world's new oldest man. Guiness World Records announced today the search is over. Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez of Grand Island, New York has is the new bearer of the title, at 112 years old.

Cannes: Marion Cotillard Shines in James Gray's The Immigrant

After 87 Years, Saying Goodbye to Ninth Street Bakery in the East Village

In his memoir, Mort Zachter remembers his grandparents' East Village bakery as a chaotic little shop, cluttered with breads and pastries. The kind of place where a health inspector might find a box of kitty litter, but could always be bribed with an excellent seven-layer cake to look the other way. ... More >>

Under the Toque: Daniel Humm's Mercedes Benz Picnic; Danny Bowien On Losing Weight

Daniel Humm, of Eleven Madison Park, has partnered up with Mercedes Benz to create a five-course "On the Road" menu. The upscale picnic lunch was inspired by the 2013 SL Roadster. [Eater] Grub Street does a interview with Danny Bowien, who is living healthier now that he's in New York: "I did a pho ... More >>

Usually Angry LGBT Activists Have a Blast During Manhattan Marriage Marathon

MENY president Cathy Marino-Thomas hugs Lt. Dan Choi​Between the "Rainbow Chuppa," the Avenue Q puppets, the scores of happy brides and grooms, and even a glitter bomb, the scene in Foley Square yesterday outside of Manhattan's Marriage Bureau felt like a carnival. It was a little disconcertin ... More >>

Michael Bloomberg, Billionaire Mayor, Recommends Staten Island Ferry For a Date

​Our venerable mayor has an idea for an oh-so-precious date that seems to come right out of the HowAboutWe playbook (in fact, it does come from the HowAboutWe playbook!). How about we...sit on the Staten Island Ferry and gaze romantically out at Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty? That's w ... More >>

Happy Birthday, Statue of Liberty!

​On June 17, 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in the New York Harbor. It was a gift from the people of France, designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. Because she is 151-feet tall, Lady Liberty was shipped to the United States in more than 200 pieces. Assembly was completed on October 18, 1 ... More >>

Sarah Palin Gets Goosebumps From Ellis Island, Eats Pizza With Knife and Fork

​Last night Sarah Palin met Mr. Donald Trump for dinner at Famous Famiglia's in Times Square, where the two -- horror of horrors -- ate their pepperoni pizza with a knife and fork (a knife and fork!). Today, Palin has continued in her authentic experience of our great city by touring Ellis and ... More >>

Sarah Palin and Donald Trump Will Dine Together in NYC Tonight

​Sarah Palin's top-secret bus tour will include a stop in New York City tonight, where she'll visit her friend and fellow Republican/reality TV-star Donald Trump at his apartment in Trump Tower before heading out for dinner with the onetime possible rumored presidential contender. Ah, to be a ... More >>

Poetry for the Chingon

Verse for those not averse

In Praise of Ovaltine

​"You're Keats, you're Shelley, you're Ovaltine," goes the Cole Porter song You're the Top. Although you can buy your own tub of the malted milk powder at the supermarket, it's more fun to grab a warming cup of it at any Hong Kong-style cafe or bakery, where, among the buttered toast sandwiche ... More >>

Ellis Island evacuated again

​A week after a transformer fire forced the evacuation of Ellis Island, it was evacuated again today for an hour and a half after a visitor found white powder on an audio headset. Visitors reported waiting an hour for boats to take them to lower Manhattan. A Jersey City fire official said tha ... More >>

Ellis Island reopens after fire

​Ellis Island was evacuated yesterday after a transformer fire shut off electricity, trapping visitors in elevators. Jersey City Fire and Emergency Services Department responded to a call about the elevator problem at 12:50, and discovered a failed transformer in the mechanical room of the Imm ... More >>

USS New York, with 9/11 Steel Hull, Arrives in New York

USS New York passing Ellis Island. Image (cc) i'mjustsayin. The USS New York, with eight tons of steel from the wreckage of the World Trade Center forged into its hull, pulled into New York this morning. The Navy amphibious transport dock ship left Avondale, Louisiana on October 13 and, after pau ... More >>

Order now

​Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty are opening for evening visits on September 24 and 25 (this, essentially, does not happen). Visitors will also see a preview of Ken Burns' national park documentary for PBS.As likely as not, since this was announced a few hours ago, tickets are already gone, ... More >>

Jay-Z Is Replacing the Beastie Boys at All Points West

Indeed. Earlier this week came the terrible news of Adam Yauch's cancer diagnosis and the subsequent cancellation of all upcoming Beastie Boys tour dates -- including their opening-night headlining spot at next week's All Points West festival in Jersey City. Their replacement: Jay-Z, making "his U.S ... More >>

Studies in Crap: The Story of the United States

Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. The Story of the United States Author: Elbridge S. Brooks Publisher: Lothrop Publishing Company, Bosto ... More >>

New York Promotes Itself with Website for Tourists, "Silvers"

The city, in association with the shadowy corporate-government group NYC & Company, has launched NYCgo.com, which in contradiction to our hopes upon hearing the name is not a site encouraging feebs and wasters to get the fuck out of our city, but a "new online resource for exploring New York." It is ... More >>

The Visitor is Tired and Poor

Preachy liberal guilt dwarfs any good intentions in immigrant drama

Spring Food Preview: Sailing and Scarfing

Where to eat as you take to NYC's bounding main

Giuliani's Immigration Problem

Much as he hates to admit it, Rudy loved (most of) those huddled masses

'The Golden Door'

The Bush Doctrine: 'No Illegal Alien Left Behind'

A counter-rally in Dallas sends a different message on immigration reform

These Boots Were Made for Bird Feet

How to find vintage shoes and make them fit

Close-Up on Battery Park City

Celebrations

Be it a romantic dinner for two or an Irish wake fit for a county, we'll make sure you're well fed for any occasion.

The Ladykiller

The man who screwed too much: Will Smith charms in faux-cynical V-Day romantic comedy

Hiphop Turns 30

Whatcha celebratin' for?

Classical Music

What They Left Behind

Suitcases from an insane asylum tell of lives long lost

Restaurants

25 Places Where Two Can Eat for $25

A City Unmasked

Discovering Urban Witchiness on Halloween

Fleeing America

Post–9-11, Thousands of New York's Pakistanis Leave the U.S. Under Pressure

Close-Up on Jersey City

Holy Waters

Spiritual Life Returns to New York Harbor

War at the Door

INS Crackdowns and Bureaucracy Threaten America’s Tradition as a Nation of Immigrants

Closing the Schoolhouse Door

Undocumented Immigrants Reel After CUNY Hikes Tuitions

Beauty Is Ruth

England's Oldest Hitmakers

NY Mirror

When Being Italian was a Crime

During World War II, some 10,000 Italian immigrants in America were displaced. Another 50,000 lived under curfew. Others spent months or years in internment camps.

Queens For A Day

Ethnic Mysteries Revealed

Community affairs

Loft In Five-Story Commercial Building

Too Much, Too Soon

Rudy's Milky Way

An Administration 'Of, For, and By White People' Has No Time or Room for Blacks

East Side Story

Señor Stereotype