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Throgs Neck

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Baby Falcon Gets a Checkup

    The MTA has released a pretty darn cute video starring the peregrine falcon chicks on the Throgs Neck Bridge. Be prepared to hear incessant chirping. More after the jump!

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Tina Adovasio Found Murdered; Hubby a Suspect; Her Family Already Thought He Was a 'Lowlife' and 'Animal'

    Adovasio: Scared, brutalized, murdered.​The search for Tina Adovasio, the 40-year-old mother of four in Throgs Neck, turned out to be brutal and short, and her life sadder and more secret-filled than previously thought. Her body was found Wednesday night in Yorktown, beaten and asphyxiated, and he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Tina Adovasio, 40, Missing in Throgs Neck

    Where is Tina Adovasio?​Cops are looking for a 40-year-old Bronx woman who's been missing since March 11. Tina Adovasio, a mother of four, was last seen at about 9 p.m. last Friday night, leaving her home at 1166 Edison Avenue, in Throgs Neck, shortly after she and her husband had a fight. Cops sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    Bloomberg to City: Drop Dead (Into Street Potholes)

    Potholes: A sinking feeling​Mayor Mike Bloomberg has decreed that New York City will continue to force pothole repairers to work fewer hours despite the immense number of potholes after the recent spate of snowstorms, the Daily News says. Look, there will be potholes. And there will always be com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    Migrating Bride-Scamming Store Owner Is on Track to a Legal Smackdown

    ​State Senator Jeffrey Klein is building a criminal case against Michelle Mears, who has a history of duping brides. Well, we know who has the bridal vote in the bag! Klein says she takes clients' deposits, then closes up shop, only to change the name and re-open elsewhere, having done so seve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    Crazy Summer Weather Alert: Watch for Golf-Ball-Sized Hail

    ​The clouds are rolling in. We hear that there's a severe thunderstorm watch on until 8 p.m. tonight in New York and its surrounding environs. We also hear that there was "golf-ball-sized hail" sighted on the Throgs Neck today, and that someone may have seen a tornado on Long Island -- can any ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    15-Year-Old Crashes SUV in Bronx, Kills 12-Year-Old Passenger

    ​Another kid has been killed in a local accident. The perpetrator was not, as has become the custom, an allegedly drunk cop or an allegedly drunk mom. It was a 15-year old driver. The unnamed teen motorist crashed an SUV through a fence on the Bruckner Expressway in The Bronx and flipped it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Yankee Stadium Death Watch: Day 331

    ​As anyone who's been to a game at Fake Yankee Stadium lately can attest, the old home of the Bronx Bombers across the street remains relatively intact, nearly a year after its final game. The last of the seats were sliced out in early June (taking care to preserve them for sale to any collect ... More >>

  • News

    July 28, 2009

    Pirate School, For the Merchant Sailor in You

    The three Arrrrrs: Maritime schools tackle the seafaring menace

  • News

    December 26, 2006

    Kick Out the Jams

    Will a toll booth at the corner of 60th and Fifth solve midtown's traffic nightmare?

  • NYC Life

    December 27, 2005

    Cops by the Sea

    They were detectives. I said, How can you build property so small from scratch?

  • News

    August 16, 2005

    Hunting the Magic Number

    In council races around town, it's a tale of two cities

  • News

    January 4, 2005

    Garbage in, Golf Course out

    The course of a Bronx dump is forever changed—for better or worse, for richer and for poorer

  • NYC Life

    October 26, 2004

    Close-Up on Bayside

    The course of a Bronx dump is forever changed—for better or worse, for richer and for poorer

  • News

    November 11, 2003

    Gay Catholics Act Up

    Confronting the Bishops From Within the Church

  • NYC Life

    April 15, 2003

    Close-Up on Parkchester, Bronx

    Confronting the Bishops From Within the Church

  • News

    May 11, 1999

    Long Shot

    OTB Bets On Splendor and Comfort to Lure in a New Breed of Pony Picker

  • News

    October 13, 1998

    Rumbling in the Bronx

    Spike Lee spins a raucous '70s morality tale

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