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Among the sidewalk cafes frequented by the baby-toting parents of Park Slope, one 24-year-old artist has started a BDSM dungeon in her three-bedroom apartment. Brooklyn Based reports on Yenifer’s (a pseudonym) unique business, which helps her pay the rent and devote her time to creative endeavors in one of the country’s most unaffordable neighborhoods. Here’s […]
While most of the city has bounced back after the 9/11 attack, a four-block strip in Chinatown by One Police Plaza remains barricaded; visitors and residents passing through are required to show ID. Lawmakers, who have repeatedly asked the mayor to reopen the area to traffic, are taking up the issue again. WNYC reports that […]
According to a new study, New York is fucked in the near future, along with Baltimore, Houston and Miami. Like other coastal metropolitan areas, urban expansion is making the city more susceptible to flooding. Regardless of climate change, the chances of a deluge will increase, say researchers at Texas A&M University: “Urban areas exposed to […]
More manhole covers exploded in New York on Thursday night, this time injuring several people. CBS2 reports that a Con Ed worker and National Grid worker were injured after responding to a manhole fire in Boreum Hill. In a separate incident about an hour later, three firefighters were taken to the hospital after a manhole […]
Mateo, B9 Bus in Brooklyn. (Photo: Robert S) […]
What’s left of Roseland Ballroom from a drone’s-eye-view. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork via #ANIMALThree) […]
Lauren Panepinto of fantasy art collective Muddy Colors has put together a stunning collection of animated female comic book, sci-fi, fantasy and film characters redesigned by women. “It’s a given that in science fiction and fantasy movies, books, comics, and games, the dominant viewpoint has historically been that of a white heterosexual male,” Panepinto notes. […]
Legal weed continues to create new and unique job opportunities in states where it’s lawful. According to Cannabist, Colorado resident Ed Haas offers a class on how to pair craft beer with hash and weed concentrates. People pay money to hear him say things like this: One of my all-time favorite pairings was having a […]
Medical negligence is a huge problem at Rikers Island and New York City Council members are finally acknowledging it. At a criminal justice and Department of Health City Council hearing on Tuesday, council members slammed the private medical provider, Corizon, for its treatment of inmates at Rikers. The Observer reports: “‘The allegations that have mounted […]
The hideous billboard that displays Justin Bieber’s fake beefed-up body over Houston Street just got egged, figuratively speaking. Bieber, a renowned egger himself, has been the face of Calvin Klein for a couple of months — but this particular poster was brand new. Now it is dotted with bright yellow paint. We have no idea […]
