Month: February 2015
Not only did Manhattan narrowly avoid January blizzard Juno, but a recent analysis of summons data by DNAinfo shows that the borough’s residents avoided a disproportionate number of tickets handed out during the stormy period. From DNAinfo: The city handed out a whopping 986 tickets in Queens and 896 in Brooklyn during storms between Jan. […]
Kanye West’s ultimate Valentine’s Day fantasy. KLOPS is a prolific graffiti artist in New York City who not only writes his name, but also draws characters. He makes legal art, too: Every week, be on the lookout for an original KLOPS comic with the artist’s take on current events. […]
As of late Thursday night, the NYPD had not investigated a murder since February 1, leaving NYC without any reported murders for 11 days. That’s a “modern record,” according to the New York Daily News: The city is in the midst of a murder-free stretch that snapped the “modern-day” record at midnight Thursday. NYPD officials […]
Hordes of people who gave zero fucks about the plummeting temperature packed Manhattan’s Flatiron Plaza on Thursday night to see rapper and artiste Kanye West perform in his fancy new sneakers. The police had it barricaded like a parade route. To get in, concertgoers had to show a ticket or a special lanyard. I had […]
Jerry, Soho. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Brandon Sines / Frank Ape, Williamsburg. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
The results are in: taxes from recreational weed sales in Colorado totaled $44 million. While that number is far lower than estimates it is still tens of millions of dollars more than the previous year. Add taxes revenue from medical pot and other fees and the figure rises to $76 million for 2014 according to […]
Kim Kardashian may be a terrible role model for other human beings, but she is a great role model for herself. Whereas many of us seek out role models in our lives, new research published in Social Psychology & Personality Science suggests that powerful people look for inspiration within — not from others. LiveScience talked […]
Good news: New York City’s bike sharing program is expanding into Upper Manhattan and other areas. Bad news: Some of those areas uptown don’t have adequate bike lanes yet. Local residents and cycling advocates are hoping to change that reports the Columbia Spectator. “In the Upper West Side, there’s a safe streets network on Columbus […]
Unlike Tom Hanks, who somehow inflated to the size of a small family while riding the NYC subway, known subway rider Keanu Reeves respects subway etiquette. In a video posted to Reddit, you can see him sitting on a Q train, probably contemplating what his character in John Wick would do to the twerp videotaping […]
