Hudson River

Restaurants Reopen in the West Village, Despite Lack of Electricity

Flood waters rising in the West Village after the power went out. Looking toward the Hudson River from the intersection of Perry and Washington streets. In the West Village, prospects for power reinstatement seem grim. The explosion at the 14th Street and Avenue D transformer farm could be seen fr ... More >>

Attention, New Jersey: Water Is Supposed To Be Clear

When you travel overseas, it's often advised that you only drink bottled water, don't get ice in your drinks and avoid drinking water while brushing your teeth or showering because foreign water -- in many cases -- is disgusting. It's become painfully clear that the same warning should apply to anyo ... More >>

Tomorrow: 10 Best Hell's Kitchen Restaurants

This gentlepig, who stands outside Rudy's Bar and Grill, is the unofficial mayor of Hell's Kitchen. Extending from 34th Street to 56th Street and including everything from Eighth Avenue to the Hudson River, Hell's Kitchen is one of the most difficult assignments for restaurant rankers. The sheer n ... More >>

Excellent Prix Fixe Lunch Deal at Vongerichten's Perry St

The skate with smooshed fresh peas and a pea-shoot salad was one of the afternoon's delights. When Jean-Georges Vongerichten opened Perry St in 2005, it was his eighth dining establishment in New York. His intention was to return to his professional roots by opening an uncomplicated and unpretenti ... More >>

Space Shuttle Enterprise Will Be Sailing Around the City Today

Remember when we told you guys that the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on the Hudson was being blessed with NASA's non-flight space shuttle, Enterprise? And then remember when fellow Voice-naut Steven Thrasher and photographer C.S. Muncy saw it being flown in over New York? &nbs ... More >>

Get Off the Sidewalk for Summer Outdoor Dining

Hold the exhaust fumes

Our 10 Best West Village Restaurants, 2012 Edition

Uniting egg and eggplant, possibly for the first time -- the sabich sandwich at Taim Despite a plethora of overpriced and pretentious restaurants, the West Village is still one of the damned best places to eat in the city in nearly every price range. And here's the list to prove it. Note that ther ... More >>

The Real Thanksgiving: The 10 Best Native American Harvest Dishes

In 1620, a group of religious extremists set sail from Plymouth, England, on a ship called the Mayflower. The pilgrims basically wanted to set up a theocracy in the New World, and found a couple of British investors to foot the bill. So off they went, hoping that their slice of paradise -- pretty mu ... More >>

The Hudson: Frequently Kinda Poopy

​A while back, we were all a bit concerned about our New York City water exploits. A fire in the engine room at the North River Wastewater Treatment Plant in Harlem caused the plant to shut down, spewing nasty water out into our nearby bodies of H20, and officials deemed the Hudson, and parts ... More >>

You Can Still Smoke in Some NYC Parks

​The New York City smoking ban went into effect this week, and we noted the lax enforcement language, in which the city admits, "We expect the new law will be enforced by New Yorkers themselves, who will ask people to follow the law and stop smoking." But in Battery Park, it's going to be extr ... More >>

Drowned Children Funeral Turns Dramatic as Family Grieves

​The three children killed along with their mother, Lashanda Armstrong, when she drove into the Hudson River earlier this month were laid to rest on Monday, but not peacefully. Their father Jean Pierre provided the funeral home with an exclusive invite-list barring members of the mother's fami ... More >>

Today in El Diario: Murder-Suicides More Common Among Men Than Women

​Women who kill the entire family much rarer than men Murder-suicides and multiple murders are common among victims of domestic violence and their abusers, according to experts interviewed by Spanish-language daily. The news comes shortly after Lashonda Armstrong, 25, drove her car into the ... More >>

New Jersey Chef Turns Up in the Hudson River

northjersey.comJoseph Cerniglia​The body of Joseph Cerniglia, a chef and restaurateur in North Jersey who earlier this year appeared on Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, has been found floating in the Hudson River.

Battle Of The Rooftop Hotel Parties: Rivington Vs. Standard

​Le Bain's jacuzzi vs. Rivington's enthusiastic dancers​Considering that this past week has brought us both a hurricane and the first signs of Fall, we're not sure what to expect from the coming weeks. That said, we decided to make the best of our Sunday and spend it outside -- on a roo ... More >>

Momo's Eight-Mile NYC Paint Line Hits the Big Times Four Years Later, Thanks to Blogger

​A line of orange paint that winds around lower Manhattan for about eight miles, and is "possibly the biggest graffiti tag in the world," landed a feature in the New York Times this weekend, thanks largely to a renewed interest in the project sparked by blogger Nick Divers of Best Roof Talk Ev ... More >>

Voodoo Funk, Derrick Carter, Questlove, And Horse Meat Disco Headline Your Weekend In Nightlife

​We're going to stay away from Friday the 13th. Nothing good can come of it. Instead, start your weekend off on Saturday afternoon at PS1's Warm Up. It's a weird group of acts, really. Fool's Gold's funky-disco-infused house guru Treasure Fingers and catchy dance producer Kingdom man the decks ... More >>

Chelsea Clinton's Extremely Discreet Wedding Planner Speaks About Confidentiality, Porta-Potties

Genevieve De Manio/AP​Here's an unexpected twist in the Chelsea Clinton nuptial secrecy: It was the wedding planner's idea! Or so says Bryan Rafanelli, organizer of the so-called event of the year, finally revealing the truth about all that Clinton coyness in an article in the New York Times t ... More >>

Gabbana to Bring Nouveau Dominican to Corona, Queens

Ricardo Cardona​A new Modern Dominican restaurant is getting ready to open near Citi Field in Corona, Queens in the coming weeks. Gabbana, originally slated to open this week, is the brainchild of Ricardo Cardona, who keeps busy helming the kitchens of Sofrito, Lua, MamaJuana Café, and Hudson ... More >>

Wanted: Information on Sticky's Whereabouts after the Prospect Park Goose Massacre

via The New York Times​Remember Sticky? He was the Prospect Park goose who was flying and swimming with an arrow through his neck a few weeks ago. He was a local media sweetheart for several days as he evaded capture by park employees and then surfaced again sans arrow. Well, he narrowly escap ... More >>

Our 10 Best Bars for Drinking Outside

Sam Horine/MetromixSpuyten Duyvil's idyllic backyard.​On this fine Friday, we turn our thoughts to bars where you can drink outdoors. We've gathered up our 10 favorite places to enjoy an adult beverage in the sun, and hope you'll be inspired to sneak out of work early today to check one out. ... More >>

New York's Bike to Work Day Brings Out Cyclists, Smoothies, Good Vibes

Andrew Hinderaker"Birdie," the GreeNYC bird (note bike helmet!), hangs in Times Square. ​Today is a very beautiful National Bike to Work Day here in New York City. Wiley Norvell, the communications director at Transportation Alternatives, which co-hosted nine pit stops throughout the city, int ... More >>

Elena Kagan and Family: Best of the Upper Left Side, with a Pro-Union Brother

​It's about time that a child of Manhattan's Upper Left Side was nominated for the Supreme Court. There is no better school for debate than the corridors of upper Broadway and the aisles of Zabar's, where the opinions are stronger than the garlic bagels. Obama nominee Elena Kagan, 50, has imp ... More >>

Cycling Advocates Say Not So Fast with the Cycling Stats

​Recent reports stating that bike ridership has reached 200,000-plus daily cyclists in New York City (more than any other U.S. city) have now come under fire. Cycling advocates are protesting that biking is not nearly as popular as all that -- yet.

PUCK OFF!

The Rangers battle their mortal enemies

After Crash, FAA Makes New Rules for Hudson River Flights

​After a mid-air collision between a small charter plane and a sightseeing helicopter over the Hudson River this summer killed nine people, observers were quick to blame the Federal Aviation Administration for poorly regulating the airspace, letting it become clogged with private planes. Toda ... More >>

Competition: This Is Why You're Fat Today; Weight-loss Heavyweights Battle it Out

​Weight Watchers is taking its competitor, Curves, to court in response to an ad campaign the company is running on cable that denigrates Weight Watchers and claims that Curves' 30-day diet plan is "clinically proven" to work. [NY Post] Relief workers from the U.N. are sending food vouchers ... More >>

Subway Cars Donated for Artificial Reefs are Disintegrating, Program Suspended

Remember when former mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner wanted subway cars dumped in the Hudson to create an environmentally groovy artificial reef? And how, when New York couldn't get it together, we started shipping the cars to Delaware, where they were dumped instead? We have some bad news for Del ... More >>

The Queer Issue: A Nightlife Guide for Dykes

LaGuardia Geese Will Be Gassed, Shot, and Falconed in New Safety Program

Congratulations to the New York Post, which has received action on one of its crusades, an early call to get the LaGuardia Canadian geese that brought down Flight 1549. The cause was taken up by state senators including Hiram Monserrate, and the Post kept up the pressure till it bore fruit: now the ... More >>

Revisit--Malatesta, Italian in the West Village

The tagliatelle al ragu at Malatesta, just as perfect as ever (click to enjoy) For years, we've been recommending Malatesta, an Italian hideaway on far west Christopher Street louchely decorated with Italian pulp-fiction covers, and with French doors open to Hudson River breezes. The proprietor ... More >>

Hey, Sailor, Few in Town? Fleet Week Scaled Back

You know things are bad when Fleet Week in New York is described as "subdued," but that's what amNY calls it, because the Navy is sending "the smallest contingent of major combat ships to New York Harbor in the event's 22-year history." The Navy says it's trying to cut costs. More fallout from the t ... More >>

25-Year-Old Hudson River Cleanup Plan Starts Today

Down on the Hudson River by Fort Edward, New York, General Electric, supervised by the EPA, started dredging today. They're looking to remove from the river the PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls) GE dumped there decades ago. When the government announced in the 1970s that PCBs are harmful to both f ... More >>

THIS LAND IS PETE'S LAND

A progressive hero celebrates the 9-0 with a few friends

Sully Fever! Flight 1549 Pilots, Crew Get Keys to the City

Mayor Bloomberg introduced "five real American heroes, the crew of US Airways Flight 1549" at City Hall today in a Key to the City ceremony. Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, co-pilot Jeffrey Skiles, and flight attendants Donna Dent, Sheila Dail and Doreen Walsh received their honors for their d ... More >>

Passenger, Bill O'Reilly Spoiling "Miracle on the Hudson" Buzz

Remember when US Airways Flight 1549's heroic Hudson River landing made us all feel good about America and ourselves? Well, it's all going to shit. Earlier this week Chicago's Joe Hart, one of the survivors, told USA Today that he'd like to be "made whole for the incident," and we all know what ... More >>

ODE TO THE CITY

Poets House celebrates its new home in Battery Park

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Dead Fuckin' Last in the Alleycat

Six Days on the Pink Team

An alternative guide to Pride

Friday 7/28

Close-Up on Columbus Circle

Close-Up on Manhattanville

Caught Between Protesters and Police

Journalists barely escape arrest at the RNC demonstrations

Don't Take Me to the River

Anti-war rally organizers battle city hall, metal barricades, and a hot summer sun

Close-Up on Hudson Heights

Specimens for Dissection

Entrées? Don't need 'em at Soho's most ambitious wine bar

Go West, Young Author

Meghan Daum's Prairie Days

Pride Guide

Mood Swings

Park Here?

Tribeca residents say road will run over plans to save park