Seneca Village, a community of predominately Black property owners in what’s now Central Park, is being commemorated to mark the 200-year anniversary of its founding. New York City Municipal Archives A map from cartographer Egbert Viele, dated 1856, of Seneca Village, in what is now Central Park. The dotted line shows the village’s boundaries. A […]
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While the weather remains honest for February in Brooklyn, you’ve still got time to battle the brutal chill with some nice hot soup. Specifically, pho. Because, if we’re being honest, few things hit like a steaming bowl of rice noodles, tendon, and crystal clear broth on a frigid day. And, quite fortunately, Brooklyn Magazine is
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Photo: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg/Getty Images Except for a brief low after his attempt to overthrow the government a few years back, Donald Trump has had an iron grip over the Republican Party for close to a decade now. This had led to a lot of grand old sucking up to Trump over the years. But since
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There’s something profoundly essential and revealing in Julian Opie’s handling of the human figure—how he distills both the universality and individuality of his subjects into a basic silhouette formed with just a few graphic lines. His figures, as if lifted from an instruction manual, evolve to embody the uniqueness of the people who inspired them.
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The decline comes as demand for these programs, which include adult literacy and English-language classes, has spiked significantly in recent years. Adi Talwar Participants in an English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) class at St. Nicks Alliance in Brooklyn on Aug. 5, 2024. As of December, the number of participants taking part in city-funded
The city broke ground Tuesday on a Far Rockaway community health clinic that has been in the works since the de Blasio administration. New York City Health + Hospitals began constructing a 22,000 square-foot Gotham Health clinic to provide primary care, pediatric and maternity services, behavioral health and dental care to residents, Mayor Eric Adams
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Nothing spoils a trip faster than arriving at your destination without your belongings, and at John F. Kennedy International Airport, the risk of mishandled luggage is especially high, according to new analysis of federal complaint data. JFK Airport is the second worst in the country when it comes to travelers’ having their luggage lost, delayed
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The five-person panel that will decide who gets lucrative casino licenses in and around New York City has been shaken up in recent months by the unexplained resignations of two of its members. Quenia Abreu, president and CEO of the New York Women’s Chamber of Commerce, stepped down in November from her volunteer post on
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 As devastating wildfires raged in Los Angeles in January, the city’s hospitality industry rallied to feed firefighters. Aron Pobereskin, a chef by trade who became much more than that during this crisis, was front and center at the Will Rogers State Beach base camp as he coordinated 36,000 meals for the Los Angeles Fire
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Midtown Equities, run by the Cayre family, is taking Miami-headquartered investment firm Rialto Capital Advisors to court for allegedly engaging in a “sinister” scheme that the family says is costing them millions of dollars. Midtown Equities, based in the Flatiron District, filed a complaint in Manhattan state Supreme Court Monday alleging that Rialto unlawfully declared
