Trio Sean Blaise, Stacks the MenACE and TrisNev released this “Fuck Off The Rock” rap video as an angry response to FEMA’s failings in fixing their Broad Channel and Rockaway post-Hurricane Sandy, and to the gentrifiers. According to DNAinfo who spoke with these young men (most are current or upcoming college freshman), the single calls out FEMA and the “‘contrived […]
The beaches of the Rockaway Peninsula will become the latest NYC public spaces to get free Wi-Fi, Parks Department Commissioner Mitchell Silver announced over the weekend. The city will provide internet access at Beach 9th through Beach 12th streets, Beach 73rd, Beach 86th, Beach 97th, Beach 106th, and Beach 116th streets, DNAinfo reports. Good news: you’ll be able […]
There’s no denying that Citi Bike is in some financial trouble, but a new report suggests that its future might be brighter than originally reported. The bike share program incurred much of its costs this year during Hurricane Sandy, when a major warehouse was flooded and equipment destroyed, and in expenses related to getting the […]
Mitik, the orphaned baby walrus who made the trip from Alaska to NYC in 2012, only to have its New York Aquarium home battered by the waters of Hurricane Sandy, will be leaving the city for a spell. As repairs to the Aquarium are completed, he’ll be shipped to a new home in San Antonio, […]
The city released renderings of the new Rockaways boardwalk this week, and they look pretty much as you’d expect. Gone is the mostly wooden construction that was demolished in Hurricane Sandy, replaced with a sleek concrete walkway. Truth told, it looks more like a sidewalk than a boardwalk, but should hold up better against future […]
Yesterday, we told you that a crane at the seemingly cursed One57 luxury high rise had collapsed (again), leading to the closure of 57th betwen Sixth and Seventh Avenues. Authorities told us at the time that they’d attempt to fix the crane while it stood rather than bring it down like they did in the […]
During the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, a collapsed crane at the under-construction luxury high rise One57 dangled high above 57th Street for eight days before it was secured. The block of 57th between Sixth and Seventh Avenues was closed to traffic, and residents were forced to evacuate. It was a big deal. People made parody […]
Scientists at the Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health have put together an estimate of the total number of mammal viruses in the world. That number currently stands at 320,000. There are the global seed banks (currently 6 million varieties stored in 1,300 banks), the human genome, and now, viruses have begun to enter the big data […]
Good news for Rockaways straphangers and those stranded by service suspensions on R train. The Rockaway ferry, which recently began making a stop in Sunset Park on its way to Manhattan, will continue service until January. Ferry service was initially supposed to end this month, but was extended thanks in part to a push from […]
Manhattan is the island of skyscrapers, traffic jams, art, and nightlife, each of which can be whimsically accompanied by its own fair amount of garbage and inconveniences… and a beach? There are plans to construct a beach right on Manhattan’s own waterfront, not too far from the aforementioned skyscrapers. (Perhaps they’ll provide some much needed […]
