There's a lot of etiquette that New Yorkers ignore day to day: from the subway, to the sidewalks (to the spitting on sidewalks), to how to act in a museum, to properly using the office bathroom. There are a lot of manners to be kept in check at every turn of the corner, but one that we could do without is holding the door open. Inevitably it just leads to the third scenario in the below cartoon. So New York, we beg of you: please don't hold the door. more ›

Sometimes it can be really annoying if someone holds the door for you when you are still like 20 feet away, but are New Yorkers equally annoyed when a door isn't held for them? NY1's Pat Kiernan points to an article on door etiquette, which explains how to handle two door-holding scenarios. You know, in case you needed help with that. more ›

There are two kinds of New Yorkers: those who lock their doors, and those who do not. The Times investigates some of those brave residents with open door policies, like 63-year-old real estate firm vice president Joyce Weisshappel, who never locks her door. In fact, Weisshappel doesn't even know where her keys are. Though Weisshappel lives in a luxury apartment building with 24-hour doormen, others, like 52-year-old Brooklyn resident Sarah, don't have that kind of security. Sarah leaves her door unlocked for brief trips out — like when she walks the dog — though she locks it when she leaves for extended periods. "It's a bit of a habit and maybe a bit of a dare, as I always considered myself lucky." more ›

The West Soho nightclub Greenhouse has a notoriously tough door policy, and is renowned for excluding throngs of hopefuls from the club's bi-level douchetivities inside. So it's no shocker that two black women interpreted their rejection by the club's door bitch as racist. Kashan Robinson and Maria Sicard are suing Greenhouse; they say they were two of about 100 people who were denied entry to a Teri Woods book party because of their race. more ›

The Brooklyn fire that killed FDNY Lt. John H. Martinson was caused by a six-year-old child who was playing with wrapping or packaging paper over the open flames of a stove left on to heat a 14th floor apartment. When the paper caught fire, the boy attempted to hide the smoldering paper under a mattress, trailing embers throughout the apartment. When the child's mother discovered the bedroom in flames, she grabbed the six-year-old and his twin brother and fled from the building. The door to the apartment was left open, however, allowing billowing smoke to fill the hallway. more ›