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From the Gothamist Newsmap: bank robberies on both Park and Columbus Aves in Manhattan, an overturned auto on the LIE in Queens and kids with knives on Hillburn Ave in Queens.
Despite claiming that it was just a joke, a Suffolk County teenager was arrested for threatening to shoot "numerous people" at his high school's pep rally.
Mayor Bloomberg continues his Slim Goodbody crusade to leave New Yorkers with the cleanest bill of health imaginable. His latest target? Salt
Where do all those sidewalk umbrella salesmen who seem to appear out of nowhere get their supply from? Would you have guessed midtown's B-to-B Photo Supplies?
"I almost feel guilty," says a sophomore living in the lap of luxury with a touch screen microwave and gorgeous view of the city at NYU's fancy new dorms in Grammercy.
Three weeks from today, the Yankees will open up a vault of goodies from their old stadium and auction off over 400 pieces memorabilia at Madison Square Garden.
The NY Times compliments Daniel Radcliffe's performance as "someone who sees and feels more deeply than ordinary folk" in its mixed review of Equus.
Tomorrow will be sudden death for the final day of the Streetwars water assassins' tournament.

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By Billy Parker in Miscellaneous on September 27, 2008 7:07 PM

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tingo

I went to a State college. I wanted to take a night class at NYU to bolster my education. That's when I saw my same professor was teaching the night class and they were charging 4x the price.

So, who's smarter?

Mr Mel

Let me take you back. I belonged to a fraternity at CCNY that rented an apartment at 306 3rd Ave. That was on the block between 23rd & 24th Streets and on the west side of the Avenue, where the NYU high rise dorm is now. Almost all the storefronts on the block were Bowery type saloons. The El was up and running, the noise from approaching trains was, at times, unbearable. The 23rd Street corner housed a store that sold newspapers, magazines, candy etc. A Mr Schiffren ran it, and I remember him as a nice guy. I don't really remember the 24th St corner, the pawn shop that is there now may or may not have been there. The residential part of the neighborhood was a slum. The apartment we rented shared a communal toilet with the rest of the floors tenants. This was around 1950.

Steven

Thanks anopneumous!!! Very interesting.

Surprise to see that many New York people when you can get the same education at SUNY next to nothing compared to NYU.

NannyState

With the coming nasty recession, you can imagine NYU licking its chops: can you say, "Trump Coed"?

Steven

I always wonder how many students from each state come to NYU? If I had to guess it will probably be the heartland where kids want to leave their small town and head to NYC because that is where the action is or they see it as "cool" on TV and the movies.