Month: October 2014
A little after 9AM on Friday morning, an NYPD patrol car collided with a truck at the intersection of Bushwick and Flushing Avenues while trying to avoid a cyclist in the crosswalk. According to driver of the truck, Max, 59, the officer was heading east on Flushing Avenue and when the cop saw a cyclist in […]
Turns out that cockroaches, pigeons, and rats aren’t the only creatures intent on surviving in New York City. Biologists have discovered a new species of leopard frog in the concrete jungle, National Geographic reports. While the frog was actually discovered two years ago, it’s just now that the team of biologists, geneticists, and ecologists have […]
On Thursday, a contracted construction crew almost made a subway-shish-kebab out of an F train traveling through Long Island City. The contractors were extending an underground well related to the East Side Access project when their huge drill missed its target and went straight through an F train tunnel, scraping the side of a car and […]
We all know this scenario: You’re sitting at a mind-numbing desk job with a boss who wants those damn TPS reports NOW, so to get through the day you take a cue from Peter Gibbons and fuck with people — perhaps by answering phone calls in a robot voice. No on gets hurt, you get […]
Henry, Soho. (Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
On Thursday evening, hip hop star Nas posted a photo on Instagram of pop star Madonna licking his face in a studio. The caption reads: “It’s a NY & Detroit thing.” Then he got down to business and posted this soon after: Speaking of NY & Detroit…. "The Season" coming out any minute #SeasonOfNasir #RipDilla […]
Street art by eL Seed makes for a beautiful backdrop… for graffiti writers. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Turhan Gumusdere aka TRIKE1 is an old-school graffiti writer who used to bomb NYC subway trains in the 70s and is now the warden of Rikers’ biggest jail. Although this promotion happened in early June and was announced via an official press release (PDF), the New York Post is just putting it all together now […]
Just because you’re not BMX master Tyrone Williams doesn’t mean you’re excused from knowing proper bike-docking etiquette. Let Redditor Matt Manhattan show you how its done. (Photo: Matt Manhattan) […]
Columbia senior Emma Sulkowicz, the young woman who’s been carrying around a mattress to represent the burden of knowing her alleged rapist is still at school, has started an international movement. On Wednesday, thousands of students reaching Stanford and even the Central European University in Budapest attended rallies for an (inter)national day of action spurred […]
