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Probing a family history mystery
In MALVERNE accident on HEMPSTEAD AVE SB at NASSAU AVE. Stop and go traffic from SOUTHERN STATE PKWY in NASSAU Road construction.
Old-school punker and king of the Bowery Jesse Malin remains thoroughly pro-NYC
It's a warm spring day in New York City, and Jesse Malin is calling from the Bowery.
Opinionator | Townies: Fortunate Son
After seeing "Memphis" on Broadway, I hopped on the uptown 6 train to visit my mother in the Bronx.
2012 BOFFO Show House At The Madison Jackson
This month, BOFFO Show House is showcasing installations of art, furniture and decor in an attempt to redefine the possibilities of the interior space.
Online literary journal Phren-Z throws a party to celebrate the release of its second issue
A magazine can't really call itself a magazine until its second issue. After all, the title implies regularly replication and until that second issue, every magazine is just an interesting possibility.
Duggal Visual Solutions Wins Two HP Excellence Awards
The competition recognizes examples of creativity and print quality produced across HP's digital portfolio and attracted over 1,000 entries from 47 di erent counties.
City Room: Hurricane Irene's Taped-Up Windows in N.Y.C. Remain After 9 Months
Nine months after Tropical Storm Irene swept through the New York area, tape remains on the windows in many buildings in the city.
Review: Afghan Whigs in New York City
When The Afghan Whigs announced late last year they would be reuniting for a pair of appearances at All Tomorrow's Parties in London and New Jersey , music critics and fans rejoiced.
Frauds, swingers and the odd early days of credit cards
As credit cards came into greater use in the late 1950s and early '60s, the financial press closely followed their emergence, especially when the wrong sorts got access to them.
Black-and-white pictures of mob leader Charles 'Lucky' Luciano and...
He evaded police capture for decades, terrorising the city of New York with his gambling, drug trafficking and extortion - and rising to the Mafia's helm.
That's what Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, the powerful Lower East Side Democrat - who was the bane of the existence to the past four governors - did last week as he praised Gov.
Bulgarian Throws Gypsy Music Marathon in New York
Bulgarian club owner and impresario Alexander, Sasho, Dimitrov, who has been living in the United States for more than twenty years, organized over the weekend a three-day, three-night marathon of gypsy music at a tavern in Queens .
What to see in New York after the Statue of Liberty
Amid the mayhem of man-made Manhattan, there's a milelong stretch of steel and concrete where nature flourishes.
Person implicated in Etan Patz death
On Thursday an NYPD law enforcement official said; "A man who A is in custody has implicated himself in the death of 6-year-old Etan Patz.
Seattle-Style Coffee at Caffe Vita
The javafication of New York continues at Caffe Vita on the Lower East Side, the first East Coast outpost of a pioneering coffee roaster from Seattle .
Unique Workshop part of Time Warner Cable's Connect A Million Minds
Students who attend after-school programs at East Side Community High School and Marte Valle Secondary School on the Lower East Side participated in a Time Warner Cable Connect A Million Minds workshop this week to explore the wonders of math and science inside the world of movies and film-making. In partnership with the New York Film Academy at ... (more)
First on Scene : Born Arthur Fellig, the Jewish immigrant photographer was known for being first on the scene of bloody New York crimes.
How Super-PACs Will Keep the Campaign Clean
As credit cards came into greater use in the late 1950s and early '60s, the financial press closely followed their emergence, especially when the wrong sorts got access to them.
Literary LGBT History: Dancer from the Dance
The first major for us by us novel after Stonewall. The writing is amazing. The plot? Yes, only a few people living in Manhattan lived like that, and I wasn't one of them, but it was still fascinating.