License ID scanners aren't just keeping underage drinkers out of New York bars, they're now assisting police in arresting patrons who become involved in criminal activity both inside and outside of city clubs. The New York Post reports that the electronic scanners which help filter out fake IDs also supply cops with detailed records of every patron who entered a bar or club on any given evening. Most recently, the NYPD used the turned-over records......

The woes of the downtown club scene continue to follow, even as the clubs themselves migrate eastward. Last night a 25-year-old man was stabbed to death outside of the Flatiron District club Strata. The man was stabbed in the torso and taken to St. Vincent's Hospital where he died from his injuries. Strata is a multi-level dance club at Broadway and 21st St. The name of the victim was not disclosed to reporters because his......

We're just going to get this out of the way: Justin Timberlake is bringing deep-fried pickle-sicles back. The modern day song and dance man has gone and opened his very own restaurant called Southern Hospitality (at 1460 2nd Ave and 76th St). It opened last night to a crowd of A-listers people you may have heard of, hankering for some barbecue. Amongst the items offered are deviled eggs, pulled pork, mac-n-cheese, fried catfish, and yes...the......

A week and a half ago, three people, including two boys, were caught when a Bronx building's parapet collapsed on top of them. Hundreds of pounds of concrete fell from a building on Grand Concourse near 183rd Street; 10-year-old Damion Hope Rosa's left leg was partially severed, and doctors later amputated it below the knee. Now, Rosa's family is suing the building's owner, Gerald Leiblich, for $55 million. Leiblich is a developer whose holdings include......

Rapper Fabolous was shot in the Flatiron District this morning. Fabolous is now in stable condition, after being shot in the thigh, - and he's under arrest as well. WABC 7 reports that a fight had spilled out from Justin's Restaurant (which is owned by P. Didddy), and the shooting occured in a parking garage nearby. The reports have been a little confusing, but it looks like after Fabolous was shot, three of his friends......

- The little girl who was found walking the streets of Queens has been identified, but the problem now is that her mother is very much missing and now assumed dead. Her live-in boyfriend was charged with her murder today. - Extra large trucks are no longer allowed on the Throgs Neck Bridge during the daytime because the bridge, which opened in 1961, is showing a proliferation of cracks far earlier than expected. -......

It's true there was a time when the area around Union Square was pretty honky tonk; crack dealers owned the park, and 99-cent stores, fast food chains and psychics were pretty much the only business on 14th Street. At the time, it was hardly the neighborhood for a high-end spa, and could have been aptly decribed as "gritty." But in classic Times fashion, writer Jennifer Steinhauer was a little behind the curve in her article......

[Gothamist is happy to welcome David Hirschman, who guested as an interviewer last summer, to our family. David will be covering a variety of subjects; today is his first look at how NYC is portrayed in movies.] The way NYC is depicted in the passable Will Smith vehicle Hitch is not unlike how it has been portrayed over the last decade in Sex and the City and Friends; it's that whimsical fantasy world where everyone......

Andrew Boyd, Cultural Activist and Founder, Billionaires for Bush...