The badly injured survivor of the incident where a garbage truck ran onto a Midtown sidewalk, killing a vacationing British couple, figures his New York instinct to bypass slow-moving tourists ultimately saved his life. Hollis resident Abayomi Henderson told the Daily News he had just finished working out at a nearby gym when he saw Jacqueline Timmins and Andrew Hardie (pictured) on West 35th St. near 6th Ave. Tuesday night. The British tourists were in......

A fact for you: the average American lives within ten miles of a craft brewery. That’s right, only ten itsy, bitsy miles separate us from the artistry and craftsmanship of fermentation. As New Yorkers we are particularly lucky, with about 20 breweries in the city and surrounding neighborhoods. That basically means that there is no excuse for downing Coors Light, unless beer pong is involved, of course. This little nugget of information is particularly relevant......

When the hustle and the bustle of city dwelling gets to be too much, it's the secret fantasy of most New Yorkers to give it all up for life in the country. But could you live without electricity, running water, paved roads and conventional law enforcement in a home you made yourself? Local documentarians and siblings, Randy and Jeremy Stulberg [pictured at below with astronaut Buzz Aldrin] spent time in New Mexico filming a group......

Have you ever been at a foreign restaurant and gotten the sneaking suspicion that prices for native speakers and you are different? Well, it turns out that in one Chinatown restaurant, that's true! A discrimination complaint by the city's Human Rights Commission was filed against the Canal Seafood Restaurant for allegedly giving Chinese customers a menu with lower prices. Can't we all just get along...and order the same $3.99 lunch specials? The initial complaint......

As New Yorkers are generally happy with Mayor Bloomberg, speculation is brewing about another possible CEO as mayor. As in Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons. Parsons, who is a co-chair on the Mayor's Commission for Economic Opportunity and is on Governor-elect Spitzer's transition team, spoke out about rumors. He said that his focus is "really on completing the journey with Time-Warner." However, Parsons did say he wouldn't rule out going back into politics (Parsons was......

Gothamist enjoys hot wings, brew and the game on TV as much as anyone - but we can't seem to wrap our arms around ESPN Zone, or even The Park Avenue Country Club, for that matter. They just feel more like theme parks for frat boys and Midwesten businessmen excited to be in the Big Apple, than honest-to-goodness sports bars. As New Yorkers, we've learned that neighborhood sports bars are really the way to go......

As New Yorkers we're used to a bevy of ethnic edibles - Jackson Heights alone offers Columbian, Indian and Italian dining options in mere steps of each other. But now, Brooklyn restauranteurs are taking the concept one step further - or to be more exact, one step less - bringing a mini-Epcot of sorts to the corner of Pacific and Smith Streets. After launching the wildly successful Mexican joint Pacifico a couple of years back,......

Oh. My. God. When Gothamist heard about City Councilman Vincent Gentile's plan to allow five-minute double parking (as in, no tickets), we thought, "What the hell is the this city coming to?" New York City is practically built on the annoying and irritating institution that is double parking! Gentile thinks that the bill would help people who are just ducking into a store for an errand or people doubleparking in order to get a parking......

In a blow to restaurant owners and servers in particular, prosecutors upstate ruled that a diner New York Region > A Mandatory Gratuity Is Just a Tip, and Thus Not Mandatory, a Prosecutor Says" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/15/nyregion/15tipper.html">could not be forced to pay a tip - even if the restaurant says it's mandatory. Long Islandar Humberto Taveras was in Lake George, NY, dining with his family and another couple (total of nine diners), was charged $77.43; the restaurant,......

Well, it looks like authorities have recovered some of the items stolen from baggage at Kennedy and LaGuardia Airports. The arrests were made last week and the items were found in the homes of the four suspects. It's good to know that Federal baggage handlers are smart enough to keep stolen goods in their apartments. Don't they watch any TV? Fence, people, fence. Newsday reports that among the stolen items were "at least 20 laptops,......

A Big Gay Supreme Court Ruling
Gothamist on the Supreme Court's decision to strike down sodomy laws.
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