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June 24, 2011
NYPD Saves Jumper on Lower East Side
viaEyewitnesses on Twitter are reporting that police stopped a woman from jumping off the roof at 1 Essex Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side. As seen above, an inflatable landing pad was set up below the building, but officers managed to grab the woman before it was necessary. "I wasn't wa ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
The Nitehawk Cinema Draws Nigh
Now showingCome this weekend, Williamsburg will have one less reason to come to Manhattan: After three years of planning and construction, the Nitehawk Cinema is opening its doors. That news comes from Zagat, which reports that the theater's food menu includes watermelon salad and homemade be ... More >>
Film
June 22, 2011
The Comedy of Manhattan Parenting, Wasted, in The Best and the Brightest
Now showingCome this weekend, Williamsburg will have one less reason to come to Manhattan: After three years of planning and construction, the Nitehawk Cinema is opening its doors. That news comes from Zagat, which reports that the theater's food menu includes watermelon salad and homemade be ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
Taxi Bill Letting Livery Drivers Pick Up Street Hails in Outer Boroughs Passes Assembly
Despite yellow cabs surrounding the New York Capitol building today to protest legislation that would let livery drivers pick up passengers who hail them in the outer boroughs and northern Manhattan, the Assembly has passed the bill in an 110-28 vote, reports the AP. Yellow cab drivers had ar ... More >>
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June 14, 2011
Manhattan Is Down a(nother) Diner and Deli
As went the dodo, so too goes the Manhattan diner.The roster of endangered or extinct old food businesses keeps growing, and today brings news of two more additions.
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June 14, 2011
'Mommyrexia' Is the Cute New Word for Being an Anorexic Mom
There is an article in the New York Post today that sheds light on an important issue facing Manhattan women -- specifically, Manhattan women with babies. The Post dubs it "Mommyrexia." Adorable, right? Unfortunately, mommyrexia is not the fear of being a mom; no, it is the fear of being a FA ... More >>
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June 2, 2011
East River Ferry Starts June 13, Free For a Bit
The East River Ferry, as we've been teasing, is indeed coming and now there's a launch date. Beginning June 13, there will be water travel from East 34th Street in Manhattan to Long Island City, down to Greenpoint, Williamsburg, South Williamsburg, DUMBO and back to Manhattan at Pier 11 near ... More >>
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May 31, 2011
Those "Defend Brooklyn" Shirts Might Have More Cross-Generational Appeal Than Originally Thought
"A lot of people from the old days carry guns. One of these days one of these suburban kids is going to say the wrong thing to the wrong person." —Longtime Williamsburg resident Sunny Chapman speaks to the Times about the gentrification that's been affecting her neighborhood for the bet ... More >>
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May 31, 2011
85-Year-Old Woman Brutally Assaulted on Upper East Side
In a shockingly awful Monday morning attack, "a light-skinned Hispanic man, 25-30 years old" snatched an 85-year-old woman, dragged her into a stairwell, sexually assaulted and robbed her on the Upper East Side in Manhattan. The crime occurred before 6 a.m. near 81st and Madison Avenue, close ... More >>
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May 24, 2011
Here's the NYC Subway Map as an Erect Penis, Excited About Osama Bin Laden's Death
See, by flipping the standard subway map 90-degrees, Manhattan becomes a big dick, thrilled by the death of Osama Bin Laden. (For an extra "ew," the train lines are veins.) The project is the work of the street artist Beast, who calls the work "Unexpected Improvements," probably in reference ... More >>
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May 24, 2011
Manhattan Tells Brooklyn to Suck It
James Campbell TaylorDear Boroughs, Last week we wrote of a "lighthearted jab at that other borough across the river," for sale on Etsy from the Fourth Floor Print Shop. In it, Brooklyn told Manhattan that it was ugly and, basically, that it was over it. Manhattan has now written back, or a ... More >>
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May 3, 2011
Don Peppe to Take Manhattan, Go Hollywood
Don Peppe to outgrow Queens.Don Peppe, in Ozone Park, is gearing up to open its first Manhattan outpost next year. But Manhattanites aren't the only ones about to get introduced to the Queens mainstay.
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April 28, 2011
Outer Boroughs Get No Cab Love in Livery Plan Letdown
The Bloomberg administration's plan to make flagging down a livery cab outside of Manhattan legal is being "shelved," the New York Times reports, "after criticism from the taxi industry and lukewarm support from key lawmakers." Instead of helping out black cabs, and thereby everyone living in ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
Serial Restaurant Burglar At Large in Manhattan
Burglary suspectCausing heartburn among a select few around the city in the past six weeks, a serial burglar has cut through security gates late at night and swiped cash from at least 17 little businesses in Manhattan, most of them restaurants, cops say. Tips are welcome, not only at the restau ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
Manhattan's Barbecue Pork Ribs Tend to Be "Underwhelming"
Lara604/FlickrPerhaps as a way of tiding themselves over until June's Big Apple BBQ Block Party (should it actually happen), the intrepid folks at Serious Eats have trotted out their picks for the best barbecue pork ribs in Manhattan.
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April 20, 2011
Bed Bug Complaints Hint at a Hellacious Summer Infestation
DNAInfo.comWe're into a map that DNAinfo has up today, showing which parts of Manhattan have had the largest numbers of bed bug complaints over the first three months of this year. According to the news site, Manhattan residents made 455 complaints to 311 about bed bugs for the first thre ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
Stealing Hotel Linens Will Get You Caught Now
South Park StudiosWe've all done it at some point, that is, swiped the hotel linens, because who's really going to stop you from stuffing a one-size-fits-all bathrobe into your suitcase? Or so we thought. Now the answer to that question is Linen Technology Tracking, a Miami-based company that ... More >>
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April 18, 2011
Today in El Diario: New Yorkers Shafted by Con Ed on "Green" Fund
Green flight: Energy fund leaves city Con Edison clients in New York have been billed for $342 million since 2004 to subsidize renewable energy. But less than 1 percent of that money -- $ 8 million -- has been used for area green electricity projects, the Spanish-language daily reports. New ... More >>
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April 14, 2011
Suspect in Serial Subway Robberies Busted
Green flight: Energy fund leaves city Con Edison clients in New York have been billed for $342 million since 2004 to subsidize renewable energy. But less than 1 percent of that money -- $ 8 million -- has been used for area green electricity projects, the Spanish-language daily reports. New ... More >>
Dining
April 13, 2011
Mable's Smokehouse—We Meat Again
Williamsburg gets itself another good barbecue joint
Film
April 13, 2011
I Love NY: Politics, Romance, Paranoia, and Bottle Service Work Together in The Imperialists Are Still Alive!
Williamsburg gets itself another good barbecue joint
Blogs
April 7, 2011
Mugger Armed With Guns, Knives, and a Smile Roams Manhattan, Ripping Off Cells
Suspected muggerA little guy who may not even be out of his teens is suspected of being a cell-phone bandit who stalks his victims, strikes up conversations with them, and then snatches their property at the point of a gun or knife, cops say. So far, the 18- to 22-year-old, only 5-5 and no more ... More >>
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April 5, 2011
B.A.D. Bets That the East Village Will Want to Eat Omelets All Day Long
girlintheburg.comAlmost a year after Community Board 3 denied him a license for his planned cocktail bar/restaurant/fishmonger on Avenue A, Keith Masco is instead planning to open a Manhattan location of B.A.D. Burger, his 24-hour diner in South Williamsburg.
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April 1, 2011
Fifth Avenue is All on the East Side, City Says
via NYT/Marilynn K. YeeDoes everyone who has ever lived (or worked) in Manhattan have an East or West side bias? (We're East Side people, obviously.) As everyone knows, Fifth Avenue divides the two, but recently there was some debate about the specifics of the split area as you move north up ... More >>
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March 31, 2011
Life in Manhattan is Nasty, Brutish and Long
The smartest, savviest, most beautiful people in the world -- residents of Manhattan, that is -- have some of the lowest rates of premature death in the United States, but are still goddamn miserable. "People in Manhattan are living longer, but not better," said Dr. Patrick Remington, who con ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
Ralph's Famous Italian Ices Prepares to Open in Manhattan
Rebecca Marx At some point this spring, Ralph's Famous Italian Ices will be opening its first Manhattan location on East 24th Street and Lexington Avenue. The company, which was founded in 1928, has numerous locations throughout Long Island and Staten Island, and one in Queens. This one will ... More >>
Dining
March 23, 2011
Goat Town Frenches Us in the East Village
Inspired by its time in Brooklyn, the bistro returns to Manhattan
Blogs
March 22, 2011
Happy Birthday, Manhattan's Grid Plan!
Oh, Manhattan's grid plan! On this day 200 years ago, you were published by the city council as a means "to unite regularity and order with the public convenience and benefit and in particular to promote the health of the City." You have become an icon, your right angles and blocks form the b ... More >>
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March 10, 2011
Cabbie Sting Reveals Well-Known New York Fact: Drivers Hate Leaving Manhattan
Take these people to Brooklyn!Because it's not enough to take the word of a bunch of Brooklynites or Bronx-goers, the city has employed a sting operation to prove that cabbies frequently refuse to go to boroughs other than Manhattan. They enlisted four college students after becoming concerne ... More >>
Voice Choices
February 23, 2011
MOTHER IN THE HOOD
Look, ma—no pants!
Blogs
February 14, 2011
Manhattan: "Most Romantic" Borough?
Happy Valentine's Day Poll! According to a new NY1/Marist survey of 657 New York City adults, the "most romantic" borough was declared as Manhattan by 64 percent of city residents. Brooklyn came in second, followed by Queens, Staten Island, and the Bronx. Brooklyners, as to be expected, were ... More >>
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February 14, 2011
Terror Plot: DEA Stings Seven in International Scheme to Use Drug Money to Buy Weapons for the Taliban
Seven men alleged to be narcotics and weapons traffickers in West Africa and Eastern Europe have been indicted in federal court in Manhattan for a plot to move tons of heroin and cocaine from Afghanistan to the United States, and using the proceeds to purchase weapons for use by the Taliban, federal ... More >>
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February 10, 2011
Broadway Is the Second Most Dangerous Road for Pedestrians in NYC
The Tri-State Transportation Campaign has released a report identifying the most dangerous roads for pedestrians in New York City, New Jersey, and Connecticut, where an average of 415 walkers are killed yearly. The (sort of) good news: They've also released interactive Google maps showing the ... More >>
Film
February 9, 2011
The Golden Age of NYC Public-Access TV at MOMI
The Tri-State Transportation Campaign has released a report identifying the most dangerous roads for pedestrians in New York City, New Jersey, and Connecticut, where an average of 415 walkers are killed yearly. The (sort of) good news: They've also released interactive Google maps showing the ... More >>
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February 8, 2011
Mile End May Expand to Manhattan
Robert SietsemaWill Mile End's Ruth Wilensky find a home in Manhattan?Speaking of Montreal-style bagels, it looks like Mile End has some big plans in store for 2011.
Blogs
February 7, 2011
Manhattan as a Pinball Machine [Video]
Is this how the power outage at Newark got started? Certainly not, but in any case, it's pretty excellent. Manhattan 4.33pm from Lizzie Oxby on Vimeo.[via Laughing Squid]
Blogs
January 27, 2011
NYC Cab Explodes in Snowstorm [Video]
Never take a cab in a snowstorm. This is advice we feel extremely strongly about. Best case scenario, it never goes well, and you will fear for your life more than once. Worst case scenario, your cab explodes. This happened last night.
Blogs
January 25, 2011
Love Gelato Will Soon Unveil Frozen Treats in Icy Weather
myrecipes.comI scream, you scream, we all scream for gelato.Temperatures may be dropping below zero outside, but die-hard gelato fans know that it's never too cold for the frozen treat. Or at least that's what the owners behind Love Gelato, the newest addition to the city's growing roster of ... More >>
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January 24, 2011
NYPD Hits Bike Riders With 1,400 Tickets in Two Weeks
The first two weeks of the year saw the New York Police Department crack down on wild bike riders, delivering "an all-time high" amount of tickets for offenses like "going the wrong way, running lights, making illegal turns and riding on the sidewalk," according to a report in today's New Yor ... More >>
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January 10, 2011
7-Eleven Taking Manhattan; Restaurants Seeing Red
Lucy Cabrera is retiring from her post as the chief executive of the Food Bank for New York City after 23 years. [Crains] A new study out of Montreal, Canada reveals that we get the same chemically induced pleasure from listening to music as we do from delicious food or drugs. [Guardian] ... More >>
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January 4, 2011
Jason Denton Continuing Manhattan's Expansion to Williamsburg
Your new destination for Manhattan dining. After hinting last October of his plans to open an "Italian-spirited" restaurant in North Williamsburg, Jason Denton has made it official, telling Grub Street that he's gone and signed a lease at 138 North 8th Street. The 'inoteca co-owner doesn't ye ... More >>
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December 29, 2010
Rude Drunk Man Stumbles Around Tracks of J Train Today Instead of During Blizzard
Adding to all the difficulties the poor MTA is having with the snow and raising your fares, drunks are now stumbling around on the tracks and causing service shutdowns! The J was suspended from 12 a.m. until about 1 a.m. today when a drunk guy "wandered onto the track area of the Williamsburg ... More >>
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December 28, 2010
The Kiwano: Melon, Cuke, or Total Waste of Money?
The kiwano (here called by its proprietary name of "cuke-asaurus) is beguiling in its feaver-yellow appearance. Native to Africa, but now grown in California and Washington, the kiwano (other names: horned melon, jolly melon, hedged gourd, African horned cucumber, blowfish fruit, British t ... More >>
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December 27, 2010
Chick-fil-A to Offer Free Spicy Chicken Biscuits
Coming soon to a stomach near you? Our Man Sietsema recently ranted against the sole Manhattan branch of Chick-fil-A, and for good reason. They offer a sad, sad looking sandwich. But there's a glimmer of hope ahead. Beginning today, Chick-fil-A is offering customers free spicy chicken bisc ... More >>
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December 22, 2010
Ask the Critics: Where Should a Brooklyn-Based Vegetarian Celebrate Her Birthday?
KeeganIn need of a seitan steakhouse? Alainna L. asks: I'm celebrating my birthday this month, and I'd like to go out to eat with a few (6-9ish) of my friends. The problem? I'm vegetarian, but they're not. Any suggestions of places that could accommodate all of us, and I'm not stuck with the ... More >>
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December 17, 2010
TV With Dirty Words: NY's Public Access Debuts
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. July 8, 1971, Vol. XVI, No. 27 The electric soapbox: 'This is your channel' By Robin Reisig "We spent 10 hours last night taking out all the dirty words -- there must have been 100 fucks and cocksuckers -- and now they want us to put t ... More >>
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December 13, 2010
Ja Rule Pleads Guilty to Gun Rap
The AP says rapper Ja Rule pleaded guilty to a July 2007 gun possession charge in Manhattan supreme court this morning.Cops found the loaded, semiautomatic weapon when he was pulled over for speeding three years ago. He was reportedly promised a two-year prison sentence in exchange for his plea a ... More >>
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December 6, 2010
MTA Trying to Win You Over With Their Adorable Vintage Subway Cars Again
Most of the year you can get away with hating the MTA outright, for the lack of service, service disruptions, ever-increasing fares, or just 'cause you can. But at holiday time they pull out the big guns, and suddenly you can't help but feeling ever so slightly warmer-and-maybe-even-fuzzy abo ... More >>
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December 6, 2010
7-Eleven Courts the Vegans
7-Eleven has proven itself a leader in the fight for equality, if equality means having the freedom to eat the same shit as everybody else: at some of its locations in Manhattan and Philadelphia, it is now selling vegan products.
Voice Choices
December 1, 2010
TUNNEL VISION
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