NYC’s top doc says kids shouldn’t get phones before age 14
Social media has become so dangerous for children that the city's health commissioner has urged parents to not give their children cell phones until they are at least 14 years old. Pediatricians should also talk to parents and children about social media during checkups, said Ashwin Vasan, director of the New York Apple Health Committee. […]
NYC’s oldest boxing gym – where Robert De Niro trained for ‘Raging Bull’ – keeps punching up its profile
The city's oldest boxing gym continues to make a name for itself. Gleason's Gym, where Robert De Niro trained for “Raging Bull” and Hilary Swank trained for “Million Dollar Baby,” has been fluttering like a butterfly and stinging like a bee across the three boroughs for more than 90 years and is still going strong. […]
The privacy predicament of NYC’s Traffic Cam Photobooth site
An interesting and somewhat unsettling trend is emerging on the streets of New York City where technology meets ever-present surveillance. This is the world of Traffic Cam Photobooth, a website launched by Brooklyn artist Molly Coleman that allows you to take selfies using traffic cameras around the city, offering a unique way to document your […]
Celeb-hotspot Catch to open ‘corner store’ offering NYC’s essential dishes
The proprietors of Catch, the New York-based, celebrity-favorite restaurant that has become a national brand, decided to open a “corner joint” in Manhattan's trendy SoHo neighborhood. A new eatery set to open Monday at 475 West Broadway in Houston's corner will be called simply “The Corner Store,” and it envisions serving classic dishes from around […]
Exclusive | Migrants flooding NYC’s justice system — making up ‘75% of arrests in Midtown’ –
Jefferson Maldenado, a 31-year-old immigrant from Ecuador, has been arrested five times in New York City since arriving in the U.S. earlier this year. His most recent arrest was for allegedly stealing pants and beer from a Target near Herald Square. When asked why he committed the crime, the immigrant thief replied, “I just wanted […]
NYC’s new anti-rat pizza box trash cans passed over by locals
B-Mouse Summer isn't over yet. New Yorkers aren't convinced the city's new pizza box trash cans will scare away pizza-loving rats. New York City parks officials on Friday unveiled new rodent-proof trash cans big enough to fit a square pizza box in several New York City parks, but the new bins went largely unnoticed by […]
Prostitution doubles on NYC’s seedy Roosevelt Ave.
The crime-ridden neighborhood of Jackson Heights, where prostitutes ply their trade openly and brazen shoplifters abound, has only gotten worse since The Washington Post blew the whistle on it about five months ago. Roosevelt Avenue near 91st Street in Queens has long been tainted by illegal open-air migrant markets and dozens of sidewalk prostitutes, but […]
Homeless couple filmed having sex in parking lot under NYC’s FDR Drive: ‘A new low for the city’
These slackers were in no hurry. A parking lot under FDR Drive, just steps from the East River Greenway where kids walk to school and locals train for marathons, has become a hotbed of homeless sex acts, according to disturbing X-rated footage obtained by The Washington Post. On Aug. 22, between the late afternoon rush […]
NYC’s most fashionable shopping corridor gets mystery makeover
Uptown Madison Avenue, the city’s premier luxury shopping district, is facing significant change in the gilded block where East Midtown meets the Upper East Side. Two large office-shopping buildings are being demolished to make way for new mixed-use projects, the details of which are few and far between, while well-heeled fashion fans and even more […]
Every graduate of NYC’s elite Jewish Ramaz high school avoids Columbia for first time in decades
None of this year’s graduates from an elite Jewish high school on the Upper East Side. At least in part because of anti-Semitism, he will be attending Columbia University’s top liberal arts school for the first time in decades. “For the first time in more than 20 years, no Lamas alumni will be attending Columbia […]