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NYC’s most exclusive poker club is above a Korean restaurant

Forget about Zero Bond or Casa Cipriani. His most exclusive private club in New York City is his poker spot above a Korean restaurant on East 58th Street. Tony Park, the real estate mogul who owns Ant Korean Steakhouse, wanted an upscale retreat where his wealthy friends, mostly financiers and entrepreneurs, could hang out above […]

Inside NYC’s underground migrant economy

Sanbetou Sanbetou took out a neatly folded piece of cardboard with stiff, cold fingers, which he carried in his pocket like a wallet and treated like a precious piece of jewelry. “Looking for a job as a carpenter,” the phone number was written in magic marker. The 45-year-old huddled with other African immigrants at the […]

Big office deals returns — but only in NYC’s best new buildings

Despite a slow 2023, the office rental industry came back to life in the fourth quarter with the year's largest deal completion. Law firms led the charge by signing large leases after Labor Day. Davis Polk renewed RXR's lease at 450 Lexington Avenue, expanding it to 630,000 square feet. Paul Weiss is moving from 1285 […]

Passengers trapped after train derails in NYC’s Coney Island neighborhood

No one was injured when a train derailed on a New York City subway overpass on Wednesday, but passengers remained trapped in cars on the tracks running above a Coney Island street until they could be evacuated about an hour later. Ta. The incident occurred nearly a week after a collision and derailment in Manhattan […]

NYC’s 700-day snow draught persists after nor’easter

Parts of New York's Hudson Valley dumped up to 15 inches of snow in this weekend's nor'easter, but five boroughs received mostly dry rain, extending New York City's nearly 700-day snow drought. Plattekill, Ulster County, had recorded 14.6 inches of snow by 8 a.m. Sunday, Norfolk, Conn., had 12 inches and Poughkeepsie had 11.5 inches, […]

NYC’s best new hot chocolate has people waiting an hour

This hot chocolate is, well, hot. Locals and tourists wait in hour-long lines in frigid temperatures for the elaborate cocoa. Glace by Noglu, an Upper East Side ice cream spot produced by Sasha Zabar. Sasha Zabar is the 32-year-old son of appetizer shop and artisan market impresario Eli Zabar. Last Saturday, the store sold a […]