Tag: JFK
Even Joe Biden anecdotally knows our airports are terrible, but now there are numbers to back it up: A study by airport advocacy group Global Gateway Alliance found that Kennedy, Newark and LaGuardia have they highest percentage of tarmac delays of any airports in the country, the Daily News reports. A total of 6,788 flights […]
The morning after truthsayer Kanye West pointed out that Beyonce got robbed at the Grammy’s on Sunday, he walked passed a man wearing Nike Command Forces in JFK and saw the perfect promotional opportunity for his new sneaker line. Referring to the Adidas Yeezy 750 Boosts on his own feet, West asked the man, “If […]
Anyone headed to JFK or Newark airports soon has a chance to travel like a boss. A new service that bills itself as the “Uber of helicopters” is offering rides from Manhattan for as low as $99. Depending on the service used, pickup location and traffic, a taxi or car can cost in the range of […]
In just a few years, New York’s High Line has arguably become one of the city’s top tourist attractions, ranking among iconic spots like Central Park and the Statue of Liberty as a must-see destination. Perhaps it makes sense, then, that a mini-High Line is coming to a terminal at JFK, giving travelers short on […]
Two men suffering Ebola-like symptoms at an NYC address were put in isolation at Bellevue Hospital this morning, but it’s now clear that they are not infected with the deadly virus. Bellevue spokesman Ian Michaels tells the Daily News that “there are no patients at Bellevue with Ebola, two patients… were evaluated and it was quickly […]
A woman was arrested at JFK airport for smuggling 3.7 pounds of cocaine inside her platform shoes and pocketbook. Janisha Atkins, 33, was flying in from Montego Bay with a pink and purple suitcase in her luggage when “officers noticed a strong odor coming from her pocketbook and two pairs of platform shoes, which also seemed unusually heavy,” reports the Daily News. U.S. […]
Carrying a Canadian passport and on her way to Barbados, 24-year-old Nyesha McPherson was busted at JFK with two disassembled .40-caliber handguns, 350 rounds of ammunition, four magazines for the guns and 58 bricks (33 pounds) of weed. All of it was concealed in average everyday household items — boxes for baby wipes, coffee, floor-dusting sheets, […]
The early sixties were a pretty sexy time in the US. A decade after Alfred Kinsey conducted his sexuality studies, Americans were enthralled by the steamy affair between JFK and Marilyn Monroe, everyone wanted to get invited to a Playboy Club party, and the Free Love movement was rapidly subverting the prudish “values” of the […]
