Category: Features
Diablo, Williamsburg. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Harmonious co-existence is a lofty aspiration for a city as cramped as New York. To help establish peace, and to keep New Yorkers from strangling each other, mediators are scattered across the five boroughs, solving conflicts between families, neighbors and community members. Mediation is not like most legal proceedings. For one, it won’t cause your […]
Barack, Bushwick. (Photo: Marina Galperina/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Cleo, Williamsburg. (Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Kris, Williamsburg. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
ShotSpotter, the NYPD’s controversial gunshot-detection system introduced in some precincts in the Bronx and Brooklyn last month, may be starting to prove its usefulness. ShotSpotter uses highly sensitive audio equipment to triangulate the location of gunshots, making it faster and easier for police to respond. The Daily News reports that on Monday the technology alerted […]
ANIMAL showcases a different street artist regularly in our feature, Scratching the Surface. This week, we profile MRtoll. Name/Alias: MRtoll Decade you were born in: ’70s City you currently live: I live between Brooklyn and L.A. My child lives in Brooklyn and my partner (Paola Baldion) is based in Hollywood. I am walking a fine […]
Carl, Kips Bay. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. Click the big play button above to hear the whole playlist or scroll down to see and hear individual tracks. Keep your eye on the Prettiots, because before you know it, they’re going […]
While most people slept, a trio of artists and some helpers installed a bust of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in Brooklyn on Monday morning. The group, which allowed ANIMAL to exclusively document the installation on the condition that we hide their identities, hauled the 100-pound sculpture into Fort Greene Park and up its hilly terrain […]
