LIRR takes this weekend — and first week of Nov. — off
Long Island Rail Road commuters should expect severely reduced services — with just a third its trains operational on 10 out of 11 lines — during tests this weekend.
14 Oct
The toxic photograph
The toxic photograph
“The camera relieves us of the burden of memory,” wrote art critic John Berger, it “records in order to forget.”
11 Oct
Coming to a neighborhood near you: The Batmobile
Coming to a neighborhood near you: The Batmobile
The rapture of a neighborhood meeting the larger-than-life world of showbiz.
20 Sep
Day at the Fair
Day at the Fair
Mayor Bloomberg may want fewer street fairs in the city to cut police costs, but the mozzarepa business was defiantly robust at the Labor Day street fair in Astoria. The world’s most charismatic mop salesmen, the kitschiest music and the most delicious funnel cakes.
15 Sep
Bloomberg: Voting machines were “a royal screw-up”
Bloomberg: Voting machines were “a royal screw-up”
“Adopting a new technology, like believing in the fairness of the electoral process, requires a certain leap of faith,” writes Queens Ledger’s Jeffrey Kuntz. On Primary Day, they proved, in mayor Bloomberg’s words, “a royal screw-up.”
12 Sep
Photographing the ninth anniversary of 9/11
Photographing the ninth anniversary of 9/11
A couple of doors down from my block on 38th street in Astoria, a mural commemorating the first responders who died in 9/11 reads, “Always Remember.” Everything we remember, though, is remembered through the lens of how we live today.
02 Sep
Astoria at Dawn
Astoria at Dawn
The morning rush at the Broadway stop, Lots O Bagels, and on Steinway.
01 Sep
Summer’s news highlights
Summer’s news highlights
Highlights from the summer: Immigration protests, Genting’s bid for Ozone Park’s the Aqueduct Racetrack, 100-degree heatwaves, and the Sean Bell settlement.
26 Aug
The Belle of 38th Street
The Belle of 38th Street
In summer, Electra “Babe” Grisafi, 73, sits out on her porch, sharing edible treats and gossip with neighbors. “I am the mayor of 38th street,” the bright-eyed, feisty woman declares, in her Queens accent.