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Celebrating the Discernment of the Late Andrew Sarris

Exceptional Americanism

On the Road Is Tamed at Last

Dharma Bummer

The Completely Real, Totally Not Fake Chronological Musical and Philosophical Development of Kenny G

In honor of Kenny G's four-night stand at the Blue Note, which kicks off tonight, we thought we'd look back at some of the key moments in the life of smooth jazz's most mysterious, misunderstood, and feared figure. See Also: - Ten Jazz Albums to Hear Before You Die - Ten (More) Jazz Albums to Hear ... More >>

Cuomo: Looks Like Queens is Not Getting Another Casino After All

Looks like the Governor is facing yet another monetary failure. Except, with this one, it looks like he's all in.A few months ago, Cuomo announced that he wanted to a build a casino at the Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park (the price tag: $4 billion). The 3.8-million-square-foot gambling hub, right n ... More >>

Our 10 Best Places to Take Mom

If you really love your mom, you might want to consider skipping the Mother's Day specials this year. They tend to be such gloomy experiences as restaurants transform into brunch factories for the day and serve mediocre set menus. Instead, I suggest you take your mother out in the evening, like a re ... More >>

This Week's Specials: Kosher Cuisine and Watermelons

What we've been up to at Fork in the Road this week: Lauren Bloomberg interviews Kutsher's Tribeca's Zach Kutsher, who talks about kosher cuisine and smelly cow feet. Robert Sietsema heads over to Ozone Park and reviews the dim sum over at Genting Palace. We rounded up five creative Cinco de ... More >>

Genting Palace: We Wager You'll Like It

Now you can play the ponies and eat dim sum at the same place—Aqueduct

A Day at the Races: 5 Don't-Miss Dishes at Aqueduct's Genting Palace

5. "Marinated pork knuckles with liquor" might be mistaken for the best charcuterie Italy or France has to offer. This week, Counter Culture takes a chance on Genting Palace, a new casino restaurant anomalously located in Ozone Park's abject Aqueduct Racetrack. Mainly in a Cantonese vein, the foo ... More >>

Where To Find NYC's Best Dim Sum? It Might Just Be at Aqueduct Racetrack

Ever seen this sort of dim sum before? The black and white pearl shrimp dumplings at Genting Palace. When my friend Mike Epstein (@mikepstein) heard a vague rumor about dim sum being served at Aqueduct Racetrack, rather than guffaw he grabbed 10 friends this past Saturday and headed out on the A t ... More >>

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Five Men, One Woman Indicted For Imprisoning/Raping/Drugging/Pimping 15-Year-Old Girl

​Six people have been indicted in connection with the rape, kidnapping, and torture of a 15-year-old girl who was snatched off a Brooklyn street corner last month.The story, as told by Queens County District Attorney Richard Brown, is pretty horrific -- the girl was drugged, gang raped, and pimped ... More >>

Air Safety on the Cheap

They're responsible for airport security but contractors still make poverty wages

Holiday Guide: Heat-Seeking Victuals

A five-borough tour of winter warm-up meals

Who's Getting Foreclosed on in Brooklyn Today? The Voice Finds Out

Michelle D. AndersonIqbal Hossaint, manager of New Bombay Masala, had no idea the building his restaurant rents from will be auctioned today​Yesterday, the Voice wrote about a protest happening today at Brooklyn Supreme Court. Led by Occupy Wall Street and the group Organizing for Occupation ... More >>

Mark Teixeira's Acting Chops; NY Sports Stars Finally Debut on Entourage

Why did it take Entourage eight years to put New York sports stars on the show? Since 2004, the boys from Queens — Vinnie, E, Drama, and Turtle — have been wearing Yankees, Giants and Knicks sweatshirts (though, unless we missed it, not Mets or Jets). Sunday, one week before the HBO s ... More >>

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.

This Weekend, Learn Some Dallis Coffee

alex-s/FlickrSweet, frothy caffeine.​Dallis Coffee has been around since 1913, and supplied many a restaurant with beans from its Ozone Park roaster. Starting tomorrow, the company is giving the general public an opportunity to see how the facility works, with $10 three-and-a-half-hour tours t ... More >>

I Blog New York: Your Guide to Gotham's Best

18 obsessive, cantankerous, and unstoppable Gotham blogs worth going ape over

Have You Seen... Queens Mostly-Masked Robbers

This crew had a December armed robbery spree in Queens, hitting a mini-mart in Ozone Park on the 9th, a car care center in Bellerose on the 10th, a 7-11 in Kew Garden Hills on the 19th, an a grocery in Forest Hills on the 21st. In this last instance, one of the robbers forgot to pull his mask dow ... More >>

This Is, Apparently, Who We Have To Blow

​ ...or rather, blow away, in the next election. Ladies and gentlemen, the 'No' votes...

The Pet-Death Business

All dogs go to heaven. Yours will probably get there in an urn.

Father, 36, Sixth Rockaways Drowning This Summer

​Saturday's drowning in the waters off the Rockaways has pushed the summer's death toll to six. At Jacob Riis Park, after the lifeguards had knocked off for the day, Jose-Luis Olivares of Ozone Park noticed his 8-year-old daughter and wife flailing in the water and went in to save them; he got ... More >>

After Nightclub Outrage, New Racetrack Scandal for Paterson

​Poor Governor Paterson can't catch, or even take, a break. Last week he was attacked for going out to a nightclub, for which he had to be cleared by the state's top law enforcement official. Now the Daily News catches him at the Saratoga racetrack ("First the dance club, then the racetrack: G ... More >>

Child Drowns in Mop Bucket in Queens

The new daycare center at se, at 101-27 108th Street in Ozone Park had a sign that said, "Childcare, All Day, Everyday." That's not much of a claim, but no complaints had been recorded against the establishment and someone must have gone for it, because there was a baby, less than a year old and nam ... More >>

Gambino Crime Big Had an American Blast!

Say what you will about him, John Gotti considered himself a bona fide red-white-and-blue patriot. Back in the day, the dearly departed Dapper Don mounted a 4th of July fireworks show for his Ozone Park nabe that was the biggest and best thing east of Macy's barges. And maybe that was the inspiratio ... More >>

Among New York's Bangladeshis, a Boom in Underground Gambling

With the economy in a coma, members of the city's working class immigrant community have been hit hard in various ways. In Woodside, Queens, for instance, some unemployed Latino day laborers have taken to sleeping in the streets. Among the Bangladeshi community, remittances home have plummeted. And ... More >>

Council Contender's Campaign Truck Kills Boy, 9

Friday we told you there were two Republicans running in the special election to fill the city council seat vacated by state senator Joe Addabbo. (The Democrats contending for the seat are Lew Simon, Frank Gulluscio, Geraldine Chapey, and Glenn DiResto.) This was mainly relevant because Addabbo's ... More >>

Homicides Up 5%; "Safe" Neighborhoods Share the Pain

Bangladeshi Voting Fever in the Boroughs

Bangladesh Society of New York puts your election obsession to shame

Veteran Pol Tony Seminerio and Bribe-Taking in Albany

Bribes and blatant nepotism in the senate. What else is new?

Burnt 'Hot Dogs': The Mob's Set-Up Man

A not-so-bright wiseguy faces the music in the school-bus scandal

Clip Job: Allen Ginsberg on The Dharma Bums

Wildwood's Scattershot Approach to Barbecue Disappoints

Teacher in Queens Sends Graphic Emails to Students: DA

Public Space Is the Place

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble's brotherly love invades a square or circle near you

20˚ of Separation: Bikini Bars

A Tale From the Slush Fund

A top Brooklyn pol uses the pork barrel against cancer

The Wedding That Wasn't

Malice's Restaurant

What Rao's and a gangster-run school bus drivers' union have in common

Transit Strike Is a Bike Rider's Dream

Outdoor and Indoor Markets

Look Who's Hawking

The Man Who Got Away

A Well-Connected Mob Fixer Slips Through the D.A.'s Net

Blind Faith

Three-room Apartment in 1920S House

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Reversal of Fortune

Is 'Stone Cold Rudy' Down for the Count?

This Ain't No Roller Disco

The Badass New York Enforcers Aim To Keep the Wussy Skaters In-Line

Ill Advised

Cold Comfort