125 Days and a Wake Up
Manhattan's Only Gun Range Is a Right-Wing Safe Space
The Westside Rifle & Pistol Range, not far from the Flatiron Building, looks like some dire conservative prophecy come to life—America’s gun-lovers stripped of all rights, forced to target-shoot in windowless bunkers. To the range’s regulars, that’s sometimes how it feels. While their brethren in Texas or Florida roam…
Manhattan Is Not About to Become a Free-Pissing Drunken Utopia
Have you heard? The Manhattan District Attorney says you will no longer go to jail for publicly drinking and peeing in his borough. You may want to hold it in for just a minute before you start celebrating.
Who Exactly Will Be Inconvenienced By The L Train's Imminent Disappearance?
Good news for people who hate the people of Brooklyn, or at least the idea of the people of Brooklyn: Gothamist reports that forthcoming Hurricane Sandy-related repairs to the the L train, which connects Williamsburg to Manhattan, could shut the line down for at least three years.
Now available for rent in Manhattan: a 360-square-foot “micro-apartment” for $2,750 a month. And in Brooklyn, “5 Great Neighborhoods Where You Can Find a One-Bedroom Under $2,600.” I love this town!
One Dead, Two Wounded in Midtown Manhattan Shooting
Police are looking for a vehicle in connection with a shooting that left one dead and two wounded in Midtown Manhattan Monday morning, ABC 7 NY reports. The shooting took place at the intersection of Eighth Avenue and West 35th Street.
Man Allegedly Pulls Gun on People Who Caught Him Masturbating in a Subway Station
The NYPD is looking for a man accused of masturbating in a subway station, then pulling a gun when someone tried to catch him on video.
The "Ground Zero Mosque" Is Now Going To Be Condos
In 2009, developer Sharif El-Gamal’s Soho Properties purchased the lot at 45 Park place in lower Manhattan for $4.85 million. The next year, he proposed to build a 15-story Islamic cultural center—two blocks north of where the former World Trade Center once stood—which came to be known as the “Ground Zero Mosque.” The…
Manhattan's Bodegas Are Slowly Dying Off
The corner bodega is the latest victim to Manhattan’s ever-ascending cost of living and operating an independent business, having been supplanted in some cases by chain supermarkets and pharmacies. That means even more premade Duane Reade bacon egg and cheese sandwiches for you, you filthy animal.
Alligator Caught Crossing Manhattan Street Has Died
During the evening rush hour on Thursday, an alligator crawled out of...somewhere, and crossed a street in the Upper Manhattan neighborhood of Inwood. Officers from the NYPD’s 34th Precinct captured the ‘gator and brought it to a shelter where it died Friday morning, the New York Times reports.
The Worst Places to Go in New York This Summer
In the summer, Manhattan doesn’t just smell like garbage—it is actual garbage. If you’re stuck in the city while all your friends escape to their share-house hellholes and parents’ country houses, it’s easy to fall for the city’s summer siren call. Outdoor drinking, yoga in the park, free movie screenings, it all…
Pranna, Manhattan's Notorious Bottomless Brunch Vomitorium, Is Doomed
Pranna, Madison Avenue’s opulent palace where the mimosas flow like waterfalls (and so does the vomit), may not be long for this world. Despite making small changes to appease its long-suffering neighbors, the brunch spot that gave us the fake heir to “half of fucking Manhattan” had its application for a new liquor…
Manhattan Full; Brooklyn Expensive; Queens Overpriced
Your very latest New York City apartment hunting intelligence report: hope is lost.
Frank Bruni, Owner of New $1.5 Million Apartment, Is a Goddamn Sucker
According to the real estate blog 6sqft, Frank Bruni, perhaps the worst of the New York Times’ bad columnists, recently purchased an apartment on West 74th Street in Manhattan for $1.5 million, which is a lot of money. The blog notes that Bruni has acquired “the perfect canvas to create his dream home,” which is a lie…
Woody Allen Really Wanted to Take His Teenage Co-Star to Europe
Actress Mariel Hemingway apparently spent her youth turning down advances from famous old guys—according to a Page Six report, Woody Allen was so intent on taking her to Europe he flew out to her parents house in Idaho to convince the whole family.
Which NYC Power Couple Attended a Masquerade Sex Party Last Weekend?
Last Saturday night, a gaggle of fuck-hungry rich folks gathered in a 23rd Street loft to celebrate the New York City debut of Killing Kittens, a soiree where the world's "sexually elite" are free to tug rhythmically at each other's appendages without the distracting presence of uglies. According to a mostly sex-free…
Your Last Look Inside Manhattan's Most Enigmatic $55 Million Building
For decades the hulking former bank building at 190 Bowery in downtown Manhattan was stuck stubbornly sometime in the mid-1970s, covered in graffiti and oblivious to the remodeling happening around it. Recently, it was sold to a real-estate developer for $55 million, and soon it will become condos or some shit. Here's…
The average monthly rent for a studio apartment in Manhattan has reached $2,350, the highest on record—"incomes aren't rising as fast as Manhattan rents, leading tenants to seek affordability by finding smaller spaces."
"Manhattan apartment prices jumped to the highest point since their 2008 peak as buyers competed for a limited supply of homes... Price gains are accelerating as demand from domestic and international buyers alike outpaces the number of properties for sale."
Manhattan's Wealthiest to Choose From Even More Living Options
According to the New York Times, at least 6,500 new condominium units are scheduled to hit the Manhattan market below 96th Street in 2015—the most since 2007 and twice as many as last year, which is great news if you can afford a condo.
