Did you know all NYC rats today are the same species: the Norwegian rat? Read this and nine other amazing facts about our rats. [Business Insider] A plan to keep Times Square performers and characters corralled within designated “activity areas” is gaining traction. [NYDN] The area between Hells Kitchen and Chelsea is kind of a black hole. […]
Yesterday it was announced that the team behind Coachella, the wildly popular California desert music fest, was eyeing Flushing Meadows Corona Park for a possible NYC outpost as early as next year. Tentatively called Panorama (after the actual panorama of the city from the 1964 World’s Fair in the Queens Museum), the plans are drawing concern […]
Graffiti mecca 5Pointz is being reborn on a smaller scale at a Williamsburg lumber yard. [Curbed] The producers behind Coachella are discussing bringing the music festival to Flushing Meadows Corona Park. It’s tentatively called Panorama. [NYDN] Check out these photos of the tough women of New York’s boxing clubs. [The Cut] For $50 you can […]
It’s National Coffee Day. In addition to getting free cups of joe, read about New York City’s coffee history. [DNAinfo] There’s a wave of 1970s New York nostalgia coming ashore, but here’s what everyone gets wrong about the decade. [Daily Intelligencer] The Staten Island Ferry is getting new seats, and New Yorkers can help pick them. […]
The city might be getting intelligent street lights that can take photos and collect data on driving patterns. [DNAinfo] Happy Sukkot! Take a photo tour of sukkahs around Brooklyn. [Brownstoner] Anthony Bourdain’s 100-vendor food market will open in 2017 at Pier 57 at 15th Street. Its “heart and soul” will be a Singapore-style hawker market. [NYT] Remember […]
VIDEO: The History of the Upper East Side Mansion Where the Pope Is Staying Richard Silver’s Vertical Panoramic Photos of New York Churches Are Vertigo-Inducing Andy Cohen Picks Up Fourth Co-op in West Village Building, Is Now Neighbors With Sally Field Downtown’s Beekman Residences Tower Is Ready for Its Crowns – Now 50 Percent Sold […]
The Port Authority issued a 75-year lease to Jet Blue and a developer for the new TWA Flight Center Hotel at JFK. Construction on the $265 million project will start next year with a 2018 opening date. [NYDN] In her new memoir “Good Mourning,” Elizabeth Meyer chronicles her career serving the 1 percent at a funeral parlor on […]
An Upper East Side heiress left $50,000 to her favorite nail salon technician. [NYDN] Paleontologist Mark Norell talks about how the biggest dinosaur to ever walk the earth will fit into the Museum of Natural History. [Wired] Yogi Berra’s #8 jersey is on view at City Hall. [Gothamist] Pope Francis has said he wants to try […]
The Pope has landed, and New Yorkers of all faiths are eagerly awaiting his arrival to the city tomorrow evening. But even some of the most devout Catholics won’t get a chance to see Pope Francis, either because they didn’t win tickets or they don’t want to deal with the possible chaos and mobs of […]
“Hi, I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.” The caption that works on all New Yorker cartoons. [Slate] This Saturday, partake in a scavenger hunt in the Bronx’s historic Woodlawn Cemetery. [HDC] Milkshake squirrel is the new pizza rat. [Gothamist] Map shows that America’s leading immigrant cities also have best economies. [CityLab] Here’s the best […]
If you haven’t yet seen the video of a rat carrying an entire slice of pizza down the subway stairs, you must watch immediately. [DNAinfo] The Pope will cruise through Central Park in a tricked-out Jeep Wrangler. [NYP] Searching for the “grey market” foods of NYC, the allegedly illicit provisions that range from Fujianese rice wine to Mimolette cheese. […]
GrowOnUs, a water-filtering garden that also collects rainwater to irrigate the plants growing atop it, is floating in the Gowanus Canal. [Inhabitat] Speaking of the Gowanus, here’s an interview with Joseph Alexiou, author of the forthcoming history book about the polluted canal. [Brownstoner] Local politicians want to make Christopher Park, across from the Stonewall Inn, a […]
VIDEO: Take a Sweeping Drone Tour of Bjarke Ingels’ West Side Pyramid Russian Castle on Long Island With 35 Bathrooms Asks a Whopping $100M Gorgeous Roof Garden Atop This $3M Flatiron Loft Has an Outdoor Cinema and Cinematic Views New Details of Tribeca’s Mysterious Skybridge House Emerge, Including Floorplan Lang Architecture Updates a Carroll Gardens […]
This weekend, head to Photoville, a pop-up photography fair inside shipping containers on the Brooklyn Heights waterfront. [NYO] Find your closest Oktoberfest celebration on DNAinfo’s brewery map. [DNAinfo] How many adult ball pits does one city need? A second one is opening downtown. [Gothamist] Go inside the Tribeca loft of creative director and co-founder of online design marketplace Bezar. […]
Of course Brooklyn is getting a cat cafe. The Cat’s Meow will be in Fort Greene starting this Saturday and until October 24th. [Gothamist] The top ten hidden restaurants in NYC. [Untapped] With their upcoming move to the Barclays Center, the Islanders have gotten new Brooklyn-esque Jerseys. [BK Paper] On September 24th, the National Academy Museum […]
7-11 created a coffee just for the city called “New York Bold.” [Grub Street] Did you know Elvis recorded a song about NYU? [NYU Local] In this self-shot video, pro BMX rider and Queens native Nigel Sylvester terrifies New Yorkers as he tears through the city. [DNAinfo] This $30 lightweight water bottle doubles as a bike […]
HopStop, the life-saving navigation app used by everyone new to the city, will be no more. [NYDN] Historic photos of Rosh Hashanah through the years on the Lower East Side. [Bowery Boogie] Wouldn’t it be great if there was a Metrocard emoji? Or how about a black & white cookie? [Village Voice] Map shows the most […]
Famed pastrami spot Carnegie Deli will hold auditions for a pickle mascot before it reopens next month. [NYP] Enter to win special access to tour the Javits Center and a tour of its green roof, the second largest in the country. [NY Adventure Club] Rare snapshots of the East Village in its infamous 1980s heyday. […]
Mapping the Never-Built Highways of NYC from Robert Moses and Others You Can Call One of Manhattan’s Last Skybridges Home Hamptons Island Could Go for $1B, Despite Being Contaminated With Foot-And-Mouth Disease Norah Jones Is Buyer of $6.25M ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ Carriage House in Cobble Hill Turn Hot Coffee to Iced in Minutes With the […]
Bretagne, the golden retriever who was one of 100 rescue dogs at Ground Zero (and is reportedly the last one living), got a pretty amazing 16th birthday party. [DNAinfo] The oldest stuff in the state of New York, from pizza to newspaper to lighthouse. [Thrillist] Chinese artist Yi Yang has finished his mural that features the face of […]
Next weekend, the three-day NYC Yarn Crawl will take up to 3,000 “nerdy knitters” from yarn shop to yarn shop. [DNAinfo] Citees are wearable maps of more than 80 global cities. [CityLab] Airbnb now has an Apple TV app for trip planning. [Mashable] Fodor’s published its first Brooklyn guide, and the illustrations are pretty great. [Brownstoner] The world’s largest […]
Activists are taking a stand against billionaire Barry Diller’s plan to build a floating park. [NY Post] How much do big firms rely on their top name brokers for revenue? [TRD] Here’s the city’s schedule of “West Nile Spraying Events.” Find out when your neighborhood is up. [NYC.gov] The artist-owned NY Studio Gallery at 154 Stanton Street in the Lower […]
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