Results tagged “quincyst”

  • Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a large sinkhole on Nostrand Ave. and Quincy St. in Brooklyn, a large fight on Park Ave. and 129th St. in Manhattan, and a water rescue at the St. George Ferry Terminal on Staten Island.
  • The Daily Show is giving the green screen that is used to fake remote segments a rest and actually sending correspondent Rob Riggle to Iraq to file reports for the satircal news show.
  • This Morningside Heights dive bar, popular with trivia contestants and Jeopardy! fans, days are numbered due to an expired lease. What is the Night Cafe?
  • The man who robbed a bank on East 23rd St. yesterday made his getaway by ducking into the nearby Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and stripping off his jacket to reveal a set of green surgical scrubs and blending into the crowd.
  • Families are suing the city of New York for running the Pelham Bay Landfill, which they say is responsible for an epidemic of cancer in their neighborhood.
  • Marcos Diaz waded into the water yesterday afternoon at the beginning of an attempt to swim around Manhattan two times. The 60-mile effort is being made to raise funds for children with leukemia in the Dominican Republic.
  • If you think dressing dogs in raincoats or sweaters is ridiculous, you really should not click through to this Daily News slideshow of a canine fashion show.
  • The New York Times reflects on the appeal of walking in the city. We wrote about walking for the thrill of it earlier this week. Do you have a city walk that stands out as being particularly enjoyable?
Untitled photo looking west over East Broadway, by MaoSayWhat at flickr

  • Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a shooting at Quincy St. and Classon Ave. in Brooklyn, a homicide on 76th St. in Queens, and a missing child on East 174th St. in the Bronx.
  • Martin Scorsese sold his four-story, five-bedroom townhouse on Manhattan's Upper East Side for $6.15 million, after cutting $500K off the price.
  • Someone at Fox News is allegedly fooling around with Wikipedia entries to make itself look better and competitors worse.
  • The murdered daughter of two NYU professors, Boitumelo "Tumi" McCallum, was buried in her native South Africa today, 11 days after she was murdered by a possessive boyfriend.
  • Brooklyn-Born Jose Padilla was found guilty of conspiring to murder, kidnap and maim people overseas. He was held for three years without trial as an enemy combatant.
  • The Liberty Heights Tap Room in Red Hook (bus stop on Van Dyke St.) is now officially Rocky Sullivan's Tap Room.
  • Cops are searching for a man who allegedly struck and killed a woman with his car on purpose as she was standing at a bus stop with her children early this morning.
  • Con Ed leaves behind an ugly wake on one Brooklyn sidewalk
  • New York City canceled its 125-year-old Labor Day parade due to a lack of interest and a corruption scandal. A rally at Ground Zero is being planned instead.
  • And Max Roach, considered the a founder of modern jazz, died today at age 83.
Bump Your Ass Off Ride, by essny at flickr

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