Remember those days when it would snow one to two feet, and the city would shut down for a day or two, yet when it reopened cars could drive around and people could cross streets. Yet this week it snowed a whopping 7.6″ in Central Park, and the city shut down the subways for a …
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Hurricane Sandy hit the NY Aquarium hard. Located right along the water they had a lot of their exhibits flooded, buildings destroyed, and underground passages devastated. Because of that they couldn’t justify their $20 admission anymore and had to drop down to $13. All this on top of a $13 parking cost. But even that …
May 17, 2014 I started to write a post about new turn rules that I thought needed to get implemented on Ocean Parkway. I got lazy and never finished it since I wanted to add in diagrams explaining what I wanted, yet I referenced it in 2015…but now, almost three years later they’ve actually put …
It all started in 1916, and 101 years later the 2nd Avenue subway has finally begun to open. The Q train has been extended up from 57th Street, and while its ultimate Northern goal is 125th Street (that’s a Phase Two problem), Phase One has created a subway line that runs up 2nd Avenue from …
Tired of stopping at the toll booths as you enter/exit the Hugh L. Carey (Brooklyn Battery) Tunnel? What about having to slow down and wait in line, just to let your EZ-Pass register? Or the worst case: Getting stuck on an EZ-Pass line because someone got on it without having one. This weekend marks the …
NY State government has put out an app to compliment their “See Something, Say Something” campaign. The app, “See Something, Send Something” (further known as “SSSS”) lets you take pictures of something suspicious that you see, and submit it for the police/agencies to respond to. My issue with the app is that it is so …
There is a former Fine Fare Supermarket near my house, that had allocated to it 4 parking spots just for “No Standing, Trucks Unloading 7AM-7PM”. But with the store closing 2+ years ago, these spaces, in a semi-commercial neighborhood, were going to waste. Other stores in the neighborhood were using it for their deliveries, even …
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced this week the next steps for NYCs MTA Subways, and the future is full of technological advances that were a long time coming. The problem with how fast technology is advancing, by the time that one thing is implemented, in multi-million-dollar-fashion, it’s time to start working on the new …
Live music and events are returning to Coney Island. The Coney Island Amphitheater is opening on the Boardwalk and is expecting a pretty solid lineup for their first year. Full lineup and information can be found HERE. Among this summer’s artists are Sting, The Beach Boys, O.A.R., Boston, Kool and the Gang, Don Henley, and Vanilla …
New York City has launched a cool little website to show off landmarks and historic spaces in the five boroughs. Lots of cool stuff to look at on here including: Historic districts (Cobble Hill, Jackson Heights) Houses, Buildings and Structures (Sears Roebuck, General Post Office, Coney Island Parachute Drop) Interior (Dime Savings First Floor <Dekalb Ave.>, …
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