The Yankees are taking a hardline against season ticket holders who sell their seats online - the Bombers are cancelling their accounts! One former season ticket-holder complains to the Daily News in a bid to win the forgiveness of George Steinbrenner. The ticket holder had sold his tickets on StubHub twice, so the Yankees "canceled his account, barred him from buying playoff tickets and banned him from getting season tickets - ever again," claiming that......

Over in the Gothamist Forum yesterday, Larry asked what kind of water restrictions New York has on shower heads. Of course, we all remember the classic Seinfeld episode where Jerry's building puts low-flow heads into the building to the dismay of Jerry, Kramer, and Newman. After doing a little research, Gothamist found an answer for Larry. On the New York City DEP website, there's a handy list of restrictions on water usage in a normal......

This past weekend was the last stand for the Chelsea Flea Market, which will became the Hell's Kitchen Flea Market! Yes, you may or may not find bargains at 39th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues, in the shadow of the Port Authority, in the fumes of the Lincoln Tunnel, starting this weekend. The Village Voice interviewed Flea Market founder Alan Boss, who confirmed that he found a space for a flea market on Smith......

Unsurprisingly, builders yesterday were wary about making an offer for the air rights for the West Side railyards, which the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has opened up for the next month to public bidding. While "licking their chops" at the prospect of such a large parcel of land on the isle of Manhattan, it's clear to developers that dousing Mayor Michael Bloomberg's dreams of a Jets stadium (and the possibility of the city hosting the......

The NY Times Metro section tackles the New York Region > The Grate Amrican Dreem" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/04/nyregion/04english2.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1104847622-hmIxNvgHS6FDZDbL1qCAOA">world of mis-spelled signs, mostly by immigrants, even titling the article, "The Grate American Dreem." The article dips into the sociological waters of the American immigrant experience, namely the New York one, with pockets of so many different cultures, but all of them prone to some funny misspellings. As Gothamist has trouble with the English language ourselves, we found......

Earlier this year, Toys "R" Us announced they might stop selling toys and they are!! Okay, kind of. They are liquidating items at their Union Square location, readying it for Babies "R" Us, a division which is doing booming baby business. The store is expected to close in February or March for the conversion. The Times Square location will not be closed or converted. Does this mean we're going to see more babies in Union......

Citing growing competition in the toy business, Toys "R" Us announced yesterday that they might stop selling...toys!! That means no more Geoffrey Giraffe or Toys "R" Us in Times Square. Analysts report that much of their business comes during the holiday season (does it really take analysts to realize that?), so the announcement was not a final decision, but a potential shift in their business. If Toys "R" Us stops selling toys, what will become......

Considering all the fun that we've been having working on (and being) Gothamist, we've decided to launch a blog about the Windy City: Chicagoist. We were lucky that Rachelle Bowden and Margaret Lyons, who are editing Chicagoist, also thought starting a Chicago-based blog would be a good idea, based on what we've enjoyed about Gothamist (like getting to learn more about the city we love and live in, as well as hearing from a growing......