How Alarmed You Should Be By the Weather, According to Popular Weather Apps
Maybe you’ve noticed, but it’s hot as hell outside. It feels like the heat will never abate, nor will the endless coverage of the heat, which only makes it worse. In just a few short hours, you’ll have...
View ArticleBronx Pols Defend Marc Anthony After ‘Unspeakable Attacks on Social Media’
After singer Marc Anthony was berated on Twitter, a pair of politicians have rushed to his defense. Read More
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Orange You Glad It’s Not Still the MTA: 166 Smith Rentals Hit the Market
A little bit of Phoenix dropped on the edge of Cobble Hill. The MTA-owned building at 166 Smith Street in in Cobble Hill (or is it Boerum Hill? writing about this slice of Brooklyn always makes us...
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To Do Saturday: JT and Jay-Z
Jay-Z’s new record, Magna Carta ... Holy Grail is getting more positive buzz and radio play than his pal Kanye West’s Yeezus. Well, Jay sings about his love for designer Tom Ford, while Kanye’s raps...
View ArticleJoe Lhota Stumps for the Republican Greenmarket Vote
Joe Lhota took his mayoral campaign to southwest Brooklyn today, and the first-time candidate insisted he knows what he’s doing. “There’s an urban myth about my retail campaigning,” Mr. Lhota, a...
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To Do Sunday: Virtuous Cycle
Burn off the weekend carbs by cycling to help raise money to fight multiple sclerosis at Flywheel on the Upper West Side. The stylish sweatfest is a partnership between MS Hope for a Cure, the New York...
View ArticleAl Sharpton Hosts a NYCHA Sleepover for Mayoral Hopefuls
The five leading Democratic mayoral candidates–sleeping bags, gym shorts and bouquets in tow–spent last night sleeping in a Harlem public housing development, heeding Rev. Al Sharpton’s call to...
View ArticleIf You’re a Raccoon, Don’t Attack Kevin Rose’s Dog Because He Will Destroy You
Google Ventures partner and now Digg user Kevin Rose exhibited a textbook example of the fight-or-flight response this weekend when he attacked a raccoon he saw attacking his defenseless...
View Article32 New York City Parks Get Wired
In a joint release last Tuesday, Cablevision and Time Warner Cable announced that 32 New York City parks will receive Wifi service. Cablevision and Time Warner Cable will maintain the service through...
View ArticlePete King Is Thinking About Running for President!
In the five days since Pete King confirmed his interest in a possible presidential campaign, the Long Island congressman has sent at least four emails to supporters touting the self-propelled...
View Article11 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before July 28
MONDAY, JULY 22 Performance: Keil Borrman, “Airing the Facilitation Banner Paintings,” at Osmos As part of a program called “Beer on Sundays,” inspired by anarchist saloonkeeper Justus Schwab’s effort...
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What Becomes A Legend Most
John Legend is wearing a pepperoni pizza on his left shoulder. A respectable slice—about four inches wide—pepper flakes gently sprinkled across the top, ample cheese oozing down his form-fitting black...
View ArticleMr. Lander Goes to Washington
Brooklyn Councilman Brad Lander’s interest in local issues has resulted in some national attention. Tomorrow morning, the White House will be honoring Mr. Lander as an “open-government and civic...
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Letting the Heir Out: World Obsesses Over Royal Baby Live Stream
Getting some heir on the hottest day of the year (Getty) The Daily Mail web site has a surprise hit on its hands with a live stream from the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge is in labor with the...
View ArticleSpike Lee Joins Kickstarter to Fund New Project That’s Not A Veronica Mars Movie
Hoping to emulate the success of Veronica Mars, multipurpose man Spike Lee is also turning to Kickstarter to fund an upcoming project of his. According to the project’s most #blessed description, he’s...
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Park Slope Parking Space Sells for $80,000 and We Can Hardly Be Bothered to Care
Hate looking for parking? You could always bike. (Baltichenge, flickr) Living in New York, one quickly becomes accustomed to the ongoing and ever-escalating financial bloodletting that is an...
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MTA Unveils Second Phase Select Bus Service Routes
Click for a full-sized map. The MTA held its monthly budget hearings today, and while Joe Lhota wasn't there to spice things up by challenging a certain Holocaust-surviving board member to "be a man,"...
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Military News Explodes Online
Military news sites are popping up on the Internet. (Getty Images) In what may be the season’s unsexiest journalism trend, mainstream media companies are launching military-related news sites, on the...
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Remembering Lindy Hess
Lindy Hess. (Photo: Benny Shilo) Lindy Hess, who passed away early last week, spent the past 25 summers helping recent college graduates with literary aspirations get a foot on the lowest rung of the...
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New York is the New Hollywood, Thanks to Bloomberg’s $70 Billion Woman
MOME Commissioner Katherine Oliver at 8th Annual "Made In NY Awards." (Getty) On a stormy June evening, Mayor Michael Bloomberg stood inside a tent on the edge of Gracie Mansion. Despite the thunder...
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