So Casey Neistat got a traffic ticket for not riding his bike in a bike lane (something that’s actually not illegal in New York City; the State Law is specifically exempted by New York City’s traffic law, so if you’re … Continue reading
From Museum Planet: John H. Harbeck (d. 1910) was a wealthy stockbroker and New York City merchant who owned a New York chain-store. In 1881, Mr. Harbeck was sued by a woman he never married who claimed she had lived … Continue reading
The statue mourns for her lost love, a World War I pilot whose heroic death earned him the Royal Flying Cross and Croix de Guerre. The widow survived to see more wars and more husbands, but when she passed it … Continue reading
Stuff like this makes me really proud of my city…
Wow… Just… Wow… Ponder that. New York is going through a budget shortfall right now, and while I do think the state needs to cut spending before they do anything else, it should strike any rational person as insane that … Continue reading
From the description: We were enjoying the nice spring weather from our balcony. A friend was visiting on his bike, and he rode up on the sidewalk from the street to our front door. In NYC this is illegal. You … Continue reading
We’ve come quite a long way in this city…
There’s a geocacher in the area of my office who finds some crazy out of the way places to hide caches. The cool part is that they’re a few miles from my office so I can take a nice walk … Continue reading
The Prospect Park West bike lane has been a contentious issue for the folks in Brooklyn whose neighborhood it runs through. Complaints of increased traffic and light use have been rolling in for weeks since its introduction and many residents … Continue reading
I was a bit bummed out last night after my trip home because I didn’t have any luck with my first shot at geocaching. Honestly, I wasn’t expecting to because I’ve heard of how woefully inaccurate the iPhone’s GPS receiver … Continue reading
If you live in New York City, you already know the answer to this one…
As the city tries to peg all the problems with the education system on the teachers, one could consider the number of administrators as a huge problem if one were honest. ALBANY — As Gov. Cuomo calls on schools to … Continue reading
It was quite a display of lunar beauty…
I’m not a big fan of the slobs that eat ridiculous shit on the train either, but this woman could’ve just minded her damn business, especially considering the girl eating it wasn’t making a mess and was on the other … Continue reading
Well this doesn’t look like good news for the city’s “Shut ‘em down and charter ‘em” strategy for “failing” schools… The percentage of charter-school eighth-graders who performed well enough to qualify for one of the city’s specialized high schools has … Continue reading
I love this idea and it’s great for cyclists in this city…
This time in my neck of the woods… Nice. How many more isolated incidents are we going to tolerate from Planned Parenthood?
Considering the rabidness that the city employs in going after people who don’t shovel the minute the snow stops falling, you have to wonder why the US Postal Service is able to get away with this mess. This sidewalk has … Continue reading
Official website of the project.