Anyone that's ever driven a car in New York City knows that one of the hardest things to do is find a parking spot near your destination. A study released by Transportation Alternatives today finds that Park Slope may be the worst place to park. As if it wasn't enough to deal with stroller hell. more ›

VALENTINE PICK: Let Kyp Malone (TV on the Radio) and Scary Mansion serenade you and your valentine tonight. Glasslands is advertising the night as a Valentine's Dinner. The venue was opened last year by artist Brooke Baxter and commercial real estate broker Rolyn Hu, who have created the perfect art-centric space/venue. more ›

There are about a hundred police specialties but Gothamist loves the idea that there's a special group of police officers just dedicated to polygraph tests. Because then we'd get Law & Order: Polygraph Edition, with all the action in an interrogation room. The NY Post calls a group of police officers "The Truth Squad," and six of the officers are in the Major Case Squad (what L&O: Criminal Intent is about). We're not sure if the officers use polygraph machines or a combination of machine and CIA-spook style lie detection tells, but who knew that pregnant women couldn't take polygraph tests? Since the Post makes a big deal out of this being something new for the NYPD, our hunch (from L&O SVU) that most polygraphs were given by other experts, like from the FBI, was probably right. more ›

With warm weather finally upon us, it has the Gothamist thinking, are people more likely to play hooky from school/work when it’s beautiful outside or miserable outside? This past winter there were many mornings where it was extremely difficult to get up and start our day. But now, who can sit and stare at a computer for 10 plus hours when the sun is shinning so high in the sky? We set out to find the answer. more ›