While Staten Island might not be a utopia, it sure has some beautiful and interesting areas. I could spend hours on Forgotten New York‘s website. It’s filled with fascinating places that really should never be forgotten.
Photo gallery here, but it doesn’t seem to be working correctly.
Officially opening in early September, Brooklyn Boulders, the new indoor climbing gym in Brooklyn, will have a scalable Brooklyn Bridge. The website is a bit of an eyesore, but check it out anyway.
Over the last eight months and brazen subway robber has hit 14 victims. His main course of attack is to hit those that are preoccupied with other things. Police said the suspect — a black man in his 20s — held up his latest victim on the “F” train in Jamaica, Queens. The suspect targets [...]
If you’re bored at work and want something to occupy your time, check out TrafficLand. They have numerous traffic feeds from around Manhattan.
Manhattan now has New York City’s first real time bus information as a first step in equipping the city with smart bus stops. Bloomberg and the MTA unveiled eight bus shelters with electronic countdown displays that tell riders just hour many minutes away their bus is. “All 30 buses on the M34 and the M16 [...]
Helena Williams, the MTA’s interim executive director, says that a fare increase on the MTA is possible after bus and subway drivers received an 11.3% pay rise over the next three years. The MTA’s financial plan calls for fare hikes in 2011 and 2013 but doesn’t account for the $350 million cost of the new [...]
Keith Christiansen, the Jayne Wrightsman Curator of European Paintings, and Michael Gallagher, Conservator in Charge of Paintings Conservation, discuss their research and conservation of the first known painting by Michelangelo Buonarroti (Florence 1475–Rome 1564), believed to have been created when he was twelve or thirteen years old. Recently acquired by the Kimbell Art Museum, the [...]
By now, you may have seen the “Good Beer” seal in different establishments in New York City. If your establishment meets the requirements, you’ll get the seal as well. The requirements are 1. Have 80% craft domestic or special imported beer. 2. Serve a good portion of their beers via draft or cask ale program. [...]
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