Results tagged “crossbayblvd”

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a brush fire at 165th Ave. and Crossbay Blvd. in Queens, a stabbing on Bedford Ave. in Brooklyn, and hazardous material reported at 86th and 1st Ave. in Manhattan.
• A Credit Suisse First Boston banker faces up to 20 years in prison and $14 million in fines after he and a co-conspiritor were arrested for insider trading.
• Preservationist irony: Brooklyn's epic-sized grain terminal in Red Hook will remain a neighborhood fixture as it is repurposed for a new and useful life. It will soon hold ingredients for concrete to be poured over the rest of the present city.
• The McGreeveys continue their less-than-amicable divorce proceedings in the pages of the NY Post.
• A drunk off-duty firefighter nodded off in an East Side pizzeria, which was fine with the owner until it was time to close up. The police had to be called, and when they arrived the firefighter punched one of the cops in the face.
• The infamous West Village Taco Bell/KFC that drew attention as a haven for publicity-hungry rats will not reopen. We were amused to see that the owner of the restaurant is named Yum! Brands.
• 68% of New York City students graduate with a Regents diploma, versus an 87% statewide average outside of the city.
• Taking a page out of Lloyd Braun's political playbook, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn distributed nametags to the Council's other members.

Since I’ve dubbed myself The Hungry Cabbie, I thought my first post as Gothamist’s outer borough food correspondent should be about a classic eating institution that absolutely every cabbie should know: New Park Pizzeria.