Renters Endure Squalor in Sub-prime Fallout

Harry, a broker at Senator Realty, was horrified when he walked into the two-story house occupied by Queens resident, Anne Perez and two other families
“Nothing was up to code when we got the apartment,” Harry said. “The previous owner had divided a one-family house into three apartments. They’d taken the boiler out of the basement [...]

Irish Watering Hole Fades to Black

Highland Avenue reeked of red curries, sugar-crusted gulab jamun desserts and frosted Asian fruit drinks called lassis served in shallow white styrofoam cups but by three in the afternoon, the smell of 99 proof whiskey had sunk into the street in front of the Highland Irish Inn.
A pair of pockmarked doors marred by years of [...]

GOP Pols Build Asian Bloc in Queens

Traffic along Union Turnpike, which cut Kew Gardens and Kew Gardens Hills into two, virtually indistinguishable neighborhoods buzzed quietly while shop owners and passersby baked in the afternoon sunlight. With less than a week before the November 6th elections, the North and South sides of the turnpike, lined by Chinese restaurants, take-out sushi joints, storefront [...]

Summer’s End

Tryst in Central Park

Tourists Make Last Trip to NYC

Looking for A Fare
Street of Memories

Tryst in Central Park

Ramadan on Equal Footing in NY Public Schools

Jews and muslims around the world celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Ramadan but this week, the New York Department of Education has shut down the school system in recognition of both.
The city’s public relations machine faces a cultural stigma against muslims. Some New Yorkers are still angry that Muslim terrorists took down the World Trade [...]