This morning, two workers fell from window washing scaffolding set up around a 40-story building at 265 East 66th Street between Second and Third Avenue. It's unclear how high the workers were, but they fell onto the roof of a neighboring 6-story building. WNBC reports one of the workers is dead and one is in critical condition. Another report said the two workers were brothers. Traffic is backed up on Second and Third Avenues... more ›

Who knew that some streets were off-limits to vehicles? The NY Sun takes us on a trip to East 91st Street between Second and Third Avenues, which was "zoned" as a "play" street and has been off-limits to vehicles since 1978. But now there's a fight brewing between residents and the city over the tranquility. more ›

More updates below, but here's a summary so far (8:20PM): A steam explosion occurred on East 41st and Lexington Avenue (41st between Lex and Third) just before 6PM - right during the evening rush hour. The NYPD does not think it was a terrorist attack. It appears that there is a hole about 25' in diameter with a red tow truck in the center. One person has died (possibly from cardiac arrest) and there are at least 15 people injured. It is a six-alarm situation for the FDNY, which includes 24 engines and 13 ladders. more ›

The chairman of General Motors headed up to Harlem to open the first car dealership there in 40 years on 127th Street, between Second and Third Avenues. Rick Wagoner was joined by Mayor Bloomberg, Representative Charles Rangel, and the Reverend Jesse Jackson for the opening of a Chevrolet-Saturn of Harlem dealership and the Potamkin Cadillac-HUMMER dealership, making them the only car dealerships above 57th Street. GM and the Department of Transportation will also be offering free child safety seat inspections to Harlem families. The city is especially proud of the dealership, as it was created in part by $17 million in Empowerment Zone bonds. more ›

Ooh, for all you folks who like go out but carry a bag full of goodies with you everyone, be careful about where you put your bag. There have been 54 bag thefts in the past six weeks at bars along Second and Third Avenues in Murray Hill and Lenox Hill, according to the Post's police sources. Bar employees are telling customers to keep their bags on their laps or within their sights, but we know what happens - you drop your messenger bag or purse after a long day of working for the man because you want to get your after work drink on and forget everything. Since it's spring, maybe it's time to clean out your bag, chuck the hobo bag, go with a slimmer model* that you can carry around more easily. And men, think about the European carryall. more ›

The sandwich wrap has gotten out of hand. Thanks to the legacy of the low-carb movement, our old friend bread has been thinned out to near nothingness. In most wraps, it's treated like a necessary evil, just there to hold everything together. But this is not so with the Indian roti—what you might call the original wrap. At Roomali, one of several new roti shops in the city, you can sample an array of delicious roti wraps and actually enjoy the bread as well as the filling. more ›

Police are wondeirng if the woman who was fatally hit by a city bus yesterday had been talking on her phone during yesterday's accident. The 53 year old woman's cellphone was found near her body on East 86th Street, and the Post says she had been standing on the double yellow lines between Second and Third Avenues. Police are not going to charge the BXM-7A bus driver, but this is the second death of a pedstrian by bus - actor Richard Bright was killed over the weekend on the Upper West Side. more ›

While he's primarily known for his French language films and his surrealist collaboration with artist Salvador Dalí, the series of movies Luis Buñuel made in Mexico in Spanish from the late '40s through the '60s are also delightfully weird and perfectly wonderful. more ›

How Stuff Works on how X-Rays work.
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A charming little place to go for tea is the Podunk cafe on East 5th Street, between Second and Third Avenues. A variety of tea sets are available, from the savory to the sweet, plus in-between. The tea sets are pretty substantial, so you can split one and order an additional pot of tea, as Gothamist did last weekend. We had the "rustic" tea set, with wonderful savory tarts, scones - especially the andouille sausage scone - and other breads and cheese. more ›

On East 53rd Street, between Second and Third Avenues, there's a fabulous take out lunch joint called Spoons Squared. Run by two Korean sisters, the shop is tiny and offers delicious sandwiches (poached salmon sandwiches), salads, rice bowls (Bibimbop, savory shrimpy curry over jasmine rice), and drinks (the Midtown is a half iced-tea, half lemonade drink; the Midtown shuffle has mint as well). Gothamist went there for the sesame chicken sandwich and we had to go the next day for the Cobb salad. We're trying to space out our visits, but it's just too good an oasis in the dreary mess of delis with salad bars and create-your-own-salad joints not to go as often as possible. more ›