While Marty Markowitz has been lobbying for an Apple store in Brooklyn for years, that borough may be one of the last to get one. Currently Manhattan has five Apple stores (the latest in Grand Central), Staten Island has one, and it turns out Queens may be next on the list. Forest Hills, to be exact. more ›

Wall Street Occupiers weren't the only ones staying up last night—Apple fans across the city were up in the rain, too, excitedly counting down the minutes until the official release of the new iPhone 4S at 8 a.m. this morning. more ›

Proving the maxim that "rumors are always true," the MTA has announced that Grand Central Station will indeed get a 23,000-square-foot Apple store, so weary travelers can gum up the display iPads with their greasy Shake Shack fingers and yell at nerds who have the power to void their service warranties. According to the Post, the store will be Apple's largest in the world, and takes the place of the Métrazur in the terminal's north and northeast balconies. Fans of the restaurant should take heart that the Chirping Chicken is going nowhere. more ›

Over the course of three days in June, artist Kyle McDonald captured the faces of Apple patrons in two of the company's Manhattan stores. He did this by installing a program on computers in the stores, which automatically took an image every minute. He explained, “I thought maybe we could see ourselves doing this we would think more about our computers and how we’re using them." Well, now he won't have to think about it, because Mashable is reporting that the U.S. Secret Service has confiscated McDonald's own personal computers! more ›

Back in February, there were rumors then rumors squashing rumors that Apple would build a store on the Grand Central Terminal balcony. Now, the rumors are back, thanks to a Wall Street Journal report. more ›

Last year, NY State opened an investigation into whether Asian would-be customers—many of them Chinese—were being denied iPads at Apple stores because Apple employees were suspected the iPads would be resold overseas. Now, with the frenzy of the iPad 2's debut, the Post has found a "cutthroat Asian group" which "[scored] nearly every iPad 2 it can get its hands since the hot gizmo went on sale last week, to re-peddle at exorbitant prices here and in China." more ›

Marty Markowitz, and most of Brooklyn, has been hoping Apple would soon notice the borough's enticing calls, and set up shop in in one of its many tech-friendly neighborhoods. There have been rumors of the company moving to Williamsburg in the past, but with no follow through Marty's been reduced to begging (it is rather embarrassing that Staten Island got one first). Now the Observer reports that the white whining may have worked, a source tells them the company has set their sights on a location near the proposed Atlantic Yards arena in Brooklyn. more ›

'Tis the season: Early yesterday morning, an Apple Store in Woodcliff Lake, NJ was broken into—according NorthJersey.com, "Four people smashed" into the store, "grabbing several iPods, MacBooks and iPhones... Surveillance video shows them spending about 30 seconds going into the store and running off with the Apple products." The alarm was tripped, but the thieves left by the time cops arrived; a NorthJersey.com commenter predicted, "I bet you can buy the stolen items in the Bronx later today." The store was previously burglarized in 2008, when a crew used sledgehammers, saws and crowbars to gain access from a vacant neighboring store. more ›

Remember the claims of racial profiling and discrimination against Chinese people at the SoHo Apple Store, as well as the one in the Meatpacking District? Now the NY Times confirms what was suspected: Many Chinese immigrants are buying Apple products to be resold in China, where they aren't available (yet). more ›

Last we checked, Brooklyn Borough president Marty Markowitz was begging Steve Jobs to open an Apple store in Brooklyn. Now the Daily News reports that Markowitz, and others lobbying for the company to open up shop in the borough, have their eyes set on the Municipal Building on Joralemon Street across from Borough Hall. How convenient to Mr. Markowitz's office. more ›

It's Day 2 of iPhone 4's availability and folks are still clamoring for it. Maybe they were scared off by yesterday's lines. Maybe they thought today would be better. But Hollywood Elsewhere's Jeffrey Wells wrote this morning, "I've been waiting in line to buy the iPhone 4.0 since 6:55 am this morning. Currently at 14th and Washington, or about 200 yards from the Apple store at 14th and Ninth Avenue. 200-plus people ahead of me. It's 9:23 am right now and the line is nudging along..." more ›

Here's more sugar for you iPhone/Apple skeptics' iPhone 4 haterade: The lines have been slow on this hot, sticky day. Gizmodo's Adam Frucci writes:

I got to the line at the NYC Soho Apple Store at about 6:40 this morning, 20 minutes before they opened the doors. I knew I'd be far back, but I figured it would move relatively quickly. I was wrong! more ›

While shipments have already reached some iPhone faithful already, there are lines outside Apple Stores around the world for the eagerly awaited iPhone 4. Yesterday, the Fifth Avenue Apple Store's line saw a visit from Conan O'Brien, this morning the cops were called in to calm crowds at the Staten Island Apple Store, and today, the first Fifth Avenue customers are being cheered: more ›

We all know that Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz loves drumming up business for his borough. But now, armed with a new iPad, he's asking Apple innovator Steve Jobs to bring an Apple Store to Brooklyn, explaining, “I like to call Brooklyn the ‘Creative Capital of New York City,’ and we have Mac-lovers everywhere—from Williamsburg’s indie musicians and the poets of Fort Greene to the artists and tech startups of DUMBO and the more than 30,000 visitors who attend our internationally renowned Brooklyn Book Festival. If there’s one thing we know, it’s that where trendsetting artists live and thrive, economies improve. Brooklyn’s got the creative energy and activity every city competes for—and we need tech retailers like Apple to meet that market demand.” more ›

The reviews are in and the iPad is coming! Tomorrow the gadget will officially hit the shelves at Apple stores... and the 24/7 one on 5th Avenue will actually close at midnight tonight to iPrep for its arrival. They'll be open for business again at 9 a.m. tomorrow... and there's already a (one-man) line. Highway maintenance worker Greg Packer, who was also first in line for the iPhone, has been camped out in front of the store for days (even though there was a pre-order option)! This video was taken Wednesday: more ›

A recent Cornell University study [PDF] filed through Flickr pictures and determined photogs' favorite places and things. It found that New York City is the most frequently photographed location on Earth, with London and San Francisco following. The Empire State Building is the 7th most-photographed landmark. Twenty-eighth on the list? The glass-encased Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in Midtown. more ›

After an employee at the Upper West Side Apple Store called the cops on actor Richard Belzer, accusing him of choking her on Tuesday, the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star has a conspiracy theory: He's too famous! He told the Daily News, "I guess she was trying to shake me down. She clearly knew who I was. Sometimes when you are a celebrity, people try to take advantage of you." more ›