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Summer Returns to the City - Record Heat is Forecast in NYC for the Summer Solstice

Photos and Video: President Obama Visits Anna Wintour and Sarah Jessica Parker in the West Village

Mayor Bloomberg's Soft Drink Ban Has One Major Problem: It Won't Work

The View From Above: Looking Down on Lower Manhattan Almost 100 Years Ago

Time-Lapse Video of the Space Shuttle Enterprise Being Lifted Onto the Intrepid's Flight Deck

Triple Crown Hopeful 'I'll Have Another' is Scratched From This Weekend's Belmont Stakes

High-Altitude Helicopter Over Brooklyn in the Prospect Heights and Park Slope Area

Space Shuttle Enterprise Moves to the Intrepid Museum [photos and video]

Join WNYC's Kurt Andersen to Celebrate Brooklyn's Urban Creative Life with 'Kings County'

DayLife Street Fair on the Lower East Side

Celebrate Israel Parade 2012 Begins at Noon

Financial Troubles May Close Cake Shop on the Lower East Side

Manhattanhenge 2025 — Photography Tips and Viewing Locations

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Reusable grocery bag with a smile

Freak out the plastic bag police with this reusable nylon bag that looks like a classic carryout disposable bag! 🙂 Regular trashy plastic bags will be banned in NY beginning in March 2020 👍

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NYC Christmas Tree and Menorah Lightings

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The highest natural point in Manhattan is in Bennett Park in Washington Heights, at 265 feet above sea level

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West Farms 1-Bed Brings Bright Light and a Neighborhood Zoo for $1,425

Live a Bright Life in Ocean Hill for Less Than $2K Per Month


NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette

An illustrated guide to surviving New York's daily difficulties 😦

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