Upper East Siders who enjoy “sleeping” and “resisting the urge to collapse into a weeping ball” may get some relief: the MTA’s Capital Construction president told CB8 on Thursday that the blasting of the Second Avenue subway should cease by the end of the year. While those who live around 72nd Street may be able to retire their earplugs by New Year’s Eve, the Post reports that blasting work at the site of the new station will begin on 86th street in April, and could last through 2013. They’re gonna need more Sinatra. [ more › ]
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2nd Ave Subway Blasting Will Stop In Time For More Blasting
Starting February 5th and running through May 20th, the Queens Museum of Art will be showing off the work of photographer Frank Oscar Larson , who documented the streets of New York in the 1950s. They’re in possession of “several thousand historic negatives hidden from sight for 55 years,” and will bring 65 of them in print form to their “1950s New York Street Stories” installation. Larson was a Queens banker who had a “lifelong passion for photography” and yielded a tremendous images of everyday life in 1950s New York. [ more › ]
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NYC Street Photographer’s 1950s Photos Found, Headed To Queens Museum Of Art
Police are seeking two suspects who allegedly shot a man who refused to give them his iPhone in the Bronx. The incident occurred last week, on January 18 around 6:30 p.m. when a 23-year-old man was walking on West 190th Street near Grand Avenue. [ more › ]
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Your iPhone Or Your Life: Man Shot After Refusing To Give Up iPhone
Hey there, Occupiers! In addition to the Occupy Wall Street show at the South Street Seaport and today’s touchy auction —no less than Dan Humphries, er, Penn Badgley once again supported the movement while donning a “We Are The 99%” shirt for a press event with Mayor Bloomberg . You can see another shot here . [ more › ]
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Penn Badgley Sticks It To Bloomberg With OWS Tee
As Yogi Berra might say, it’s deja vu all over again: over 25 Occupy Wall Street protesters have been arrested today at a foreclosure auction protest in Brooklyn this afternoon. According to John Knefel, over 80 people crammed into Brooklyn Supreme Court to sing songs and blockade the foreclosure sales, and it seemingly worked: “4 cops just said the auction was cancelled. #ows now being forced to leave. could it be a ruse? #blockade.” Check out a video of protesters singing in the courthouse here, and below. [ more › ]
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Video: 26 Reportedly Arrested At Occupy Wall Street Foreclosure Auction Blockade
Guess the Mayor’s office isn’t a fan of the SVU spin-off. While we were told that they’re unsure when they started handing out this honor, “the City has issued proclamations to TV shows, movies and theatrical productions for many years.” And why not, if Yarn Bombing can be given a holiday, so can a show about rich, white, over-privileged Manhattanites. [ more › ]
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Happy Gossip Girl Day: What Other NYC Shows Have Been Given Their Own Days?
Last year, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly sent multiple letters to the city’s Muslim leaders insisting the department “did not participate in” the production of an Islamophobic propaganda film that was screened on a continuous loop for over 1,200 NYPD officers. Then along came The Brennan Center for Justice and their meddlesome Freedom of Information Law requests, Kelly was forced to admit that he did knowingly participate in the film, titled The Third Jihad . And now, as some call for Kelly’s resignation , The New York World takes a look at the NYPD guidelines and finds that Popeye probably broke some big rules. Surely he will hold himself accountable! [ more › ]
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Did Ray Kelly Violate NYPD Code Of Conduct By Lying About Anti-Islam Video?
So you know how East Haven, CT mayor Joe Maturo’s plan for reaching out the Latino community, which has been intimidated by the local police for years (well, at least according to the Department of Justice’s investigation), was to go and have some tacos ? Well, activists just sent his office 500 hundred tacos. [ more › ]
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Hundreds Of Tacos Sent To Insensitive "I Might Have Tacos" Mayor
Police are investigating the death of a one-year-old boy who was found unconscious in his Bronx home yesterday. Baby Richard Flood was discovered unresponsive by his mother’s boyfriend in the living room floor of a third-floor apartment where he lived on East 232nd Street at 11:25 a.m. Wednesday. Source told NBC that the boy had a cast on his leg from a broken leg, bruises on his face, and cigarette burns on his arms. [ more › ]
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Bronx Baby Found Dead With Bruises And Cigarette Burns
Options for a midday meal in under the Manhattan Bridge are limited, but Punto Bianco at the corner of Jay and John Streets in DUMBO now offers espresso and Mediterranean fare with an emphasis on fresh, healthy ingredients. “I’ve had my eye on this space for 15 years,” says owner George Lati of the voluminous café with walls of windows and a modern flair. “We opened up just before the holidays which was crazy and my wife was so excited she was just giving everything away for free. ‘Let the people eat,’ she’d say. She was in heaven!” Lati describes his wife Shela as the engine that keeps the café running. And with a little help from their five children, Punto Bianco is seems to have found its footing. [ more › ]
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Owner Of Punto Bianco, DUMBO’s Latest Lunch Spot, Says He Could Be Mayor