Despite a boom in the number of people riding bikes around NYC, the number of reported injuries sustained while cycling is declining. Last year, 2,730 cyclists were injured and 12 killed in traffic crashes, according to the DMV. In 2008, there were 2,916 injuries and 26 deaths. As you can see by this handy graph, cyclist injuries have dropped every year but three since 1998. (A high of 5,205.) However, fatalities are a different story; according to Streetsblog, cyclist deaths don't show any real pattern over the same period. more ›

Because of rising rents and lowering profit margins, supermarkets city-wide have been disappearing, according to a recent study. New York's boroughs have been especially hard hit, forcing low-income residents like Fort Greene's Della Dorsett to power her electric wheelchair several blocks uphill along Myrtle Avenue, "returning home with plastic bags dangling from handles and nestled between her feet." Something to think about next time the lines jam up at Whole Foods. more ›