Some Canarsiens might remember buying supplies at Picone’s Hardware store, located at the corner of East 79th Street and Flatlands Avenue. Contractor Vito Picone Sr. owned the property, which inlcuded a one-story shop between East 78th and 79th streets... »
By Neil S. Friedman Journalism involves a fair amount of research (some might consider it snooping) to track down information for a story. My latest investigative endeavor is a minor mystery concerning a mailbox at the corner of Flatlands »
It’s a bit disappointing that only 2 New York stores made the “Top 21 Baby Stores” by Baby Bargains this year. Second city Chicago has 2 stores on the list and the much smaller city of Boston has 2 also. So, here are a few more NY stores that could b... »
The first phase of the Port of New York and New Jersey’s clean-trucks plan drew praise from a diverse group... »
Where do you store your vitamins? We keep our vitamins in the kitchen and I know people who store them in the bathroom. The bathroom and kitchen seem two logical places to store them and for most of us, where we keep them is how we can remember to tak... »
This morning we again took advantage of the springlike and sunny weather to explore a haunt of our childhood: we went to see if we could find the wooded marshlands in Bergen Beach where we used to go with our bike in the late '50s and the '60s (ususall... »
First Step To Be Arena, Home of B-Ball Nets DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Gov. David Paterson, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Borough President Marty Markowitz, Forest City Ratner Companies CEO Bruce Ratner and other dignitaries will be on hand for the long-awaited gr... »
A Flatlands car-service driver whose potential customer was lured away by a rival was arrested after bashing the foes car with a bat. »
There will be a rent party for beloved East Village fixture Ray, of Ray’s Candy Store, at the Theater for The New City, 155 First Avenue in Manhattan, on Monday, … »
Man Man @ Rothbury 2009 (more by Graeme Flegenheimer) tonight in NYC * Soulive @ Brooklyn Bowl * Jesse Malin @ Bowery Electric * Man Man, Born Ruffians, Javelin @ NYU Kimmel Center * Tally Hall, Jukebox The Ghost, Skybox... »
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