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Neighborhood Watch
Nov. 17, 2008
Is Planned Bridge for City Island Really So Hideous?
It could be kind of cute.
By
Tim Murphy
Nov. 17, 2008
Lenny Kravitz Sexyhouse Repriced for Gagillionth Time
Will deflated market finally go his way?
By
Tim Murphy
Nov. 14, 2008
Coney to Challenge Mighty Fort Greene Brooklyn Flea Monopoly
When you think about it, scary kitsch and Coney Island
DO
go hand in hand…
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Nov. 14, 2008
What Will Go Atop the BQE If They Put a Lid on It?
Mayor wants housing, locals want pretty mini-parks, some just want more bridges.
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Nov. 13, 2008
South W’burg Hasidim Gave More Than Four Times As Many Votes to McCain As to Obama
Even though Jews and Brooklynites at large voted for Obama, mostly.
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Nov. 13, 2008
Doctored-Up Holiday Tree Inspires Borscht-Belt Brilliance in Brooklyners
Gersh Kuntzman, did you make up these quotes?
By
Tim Murphy
Nov. 13, 2008
Raccoon Now Thoroughly at Ease on Clinton Hill Streets
’The Racc[o]on was chillin, hard.’
By
Tim Murphy
Nov. 12, 2008
Coney Island Is Trashy, Literally
Not the overall atmosphere —
real
trash. Ick!
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Nov. 12, 2008
Who Stole the Rock on East Williamsburg’s Rock Street?
There was a big rock there and now it’s gone.
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Nov. 11, 2008
Battle of 47 East 3rd Street Finally Concludes
Foreseeing court loss, holdout tenants take buyout deal from landlord.
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Nov. 11, 2008
Building Manager Sued for Doing Heil-Hitler Salute, Calling Building ‘Plantation’
Yeah, he pretty much covered all the offensiveness bases.
By
Tim Murphy
Nov. 10, 2008
East Village Landlord to Tenants: I’ll Give You Profits If I’m Lying
Tenants don’t believe he wants to use the building for his home.
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Nov. 7, 2008
Play a Brooklyn New-Architecture Game With Us
Pretend it’s a century from now and tell us what’s beautiful about these Fedder-type homes!
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Nov. 7, 2008
Greenpoint and Cobble Hill: Same Great Poopy Smell, Two Different Sources!
If it ain’t because of a subpar waste-treatment plant, it’s gotta be a ginkgo-nut rainshower!
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Nov. 5, 2008
Slope Children Predictably Hyperliterate on Election Issues
Thank God one of them said a kid-type thing.
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Nov. 5, 2008
Queens Hit With Foreclosures
An alarming number of Queens homes went into foreclosure last month.
By
Jessica Pressler
Nov. 3, 2008
Malcolm Chesney Helped Save Brooklyn Heights When Robert Moses Wanted to Level It
The architect of the brownstone revival died last week at age 87.
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Oct. 31, 2008
If Someone Wants to Pay You for Sex, Walk Away
The NYPD is allegedly entrapping men into hustling charges.
By
Tim Murphy
Oct. 31, 2008
Why the Mean Sign in the Village Against Amy Sedaris?
’Your story has been rejected!’ What story?
By
Tim Murphy
Oct. 30, 2008
Classy Taste of Tuscany Comes to Red Hook
Pizza and calzone czar to convert garage into Chupi-like villas.
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Oct. 30, 2008
Woman Enjoys Porn on L Train, Offers Running Commentary
’Oh, here we go, here we go, there you go, get it…’
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Oct. 30, 2008
Only the Very Best Sarah Palin Costumes Will Be Tolerated
’We don’t care if you’re a dude in a wig, either.’
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Oct. 29, 2008
New Real-Estate Record-Breaker in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Heights mansion goes for $10.8 mil.
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Oct. 29, 2008
Brooklyn Parents, ‘Nanny 911’ Wants You and Your Snotface Kids
’Whether it’s potty training, bedtime, fighting or all of the above…’
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Oct. 28, 2008
Slope McCain Supporters Come Out of Woodwork, Anonymously
Liberals can be so intolerant, they say.
By
Tim Murphy
Oct. 28, 2008
Clown Panhandler Finds Success on G Train
Sock-into-bra trick yields major bank from weary commuters.
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Oct. 27, 2008
Mystery of Greenpoint Chimes Solved
It’s this feedback of sorts from the PA system at the sewage plant.
By
Tim Murphy
Oct. 27, 2008
Sunnyside Outrage Over Shopowners Who Keep But Don’t Feed Cats
The stores starve the cats so they’ll catch more mice, protesters allege.
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Oct. 27, 2008
Brownstone Viciously Attacked by Gang of Anonymous Hipsters
Tony Soprano was consulted on this one, they say.
By
Jessica Pressler
developing
Oct. 24, 2008
NYC Real-Estate Developer Offers ‘Obama Contingency’
The developers behind Chelsea’s condo building +aRT are offering an election special.
By
S. Jhoanna Robledo
Oct. 24, 2008
By the Way, This Man’s Plant Looks Like Ganesh
An amaranth plant that looks quite a lot like Ganesh, the elephant-headed Hindu deity, has sprouted in the backyard of a Queens man.
By
Jessica Pressler
neighborhood watch
Oct. 24, 2008
Columbia and Harlem Make Nice Together on Apollo Project
Interview archive will chart history of famous theater.
By
Tim Murphy
Oct. 23, 2008
Park Slope Women Dress Up As Palin Out of Rage
Democrats do dumb things, too.
By
Jessica Pressler
neighborhood watch
Oct. 23, 2008
The L Train to Get Even More Flashy Signage
But will it relieve the awful crowding in the mornings?
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Oct. 22, 2008
Someone From Williamsburg Had Hot Lucha Libre Sex Last Night
Guess how we know?
By
Tim Murphy
Oct. 20, 2008
Frank Gehry Is a ‘Loser,’ Says Web Commenter
Brooklyn residents throw stones at the preeminent designer of glass houses.
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Oct. 20, 2008
Editta Sherman, 96-Year-Old Squatter
Meet the new face of old-squatting.
By
Jessica Pressler
neighborhood watch
Oct. 17, 2008
Lurid Layout Links Nice Bay Ridge Lady With Dog to Prostitution
Is this woman a happy, dog-loving hooker?
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Oct. 17, 2008
Slopies Turn On Berkeley Carroll School
Park Slope’s Berkeley Carroll School is so not feeling the love from its neighbors right now.
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Oct. 16, 2008
Dogs Officially ‘Personae Non Woofis’ in Big Chunks of Prospect Park
Even on a leash!
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Oct. 15, 2008
Smelly Astoria Sewage Plant Yields Plummy Trove of Rich Imagery
‘It smells like a thousand dogs have done their business in your yard.’
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Oct. 15, 2008
We’re Gonna Drywall Like It’s 1997
The city’s construction workforce soon down to pre-Lewinsky levels!
By
Tim Murphy
Oct. 15, 2008
Heartwarming ‘Grey Gardens’–like Sibling Vignette Out of Carroll Gardens
Guy, John, and Rose have never been married and so they all still live together.
By
Tim Murphy
Oct. 14, 2008
Tinsley Mortimer Already Looking ‘Exhausted’ From New Job
Slogging away in the Greatest Depression real-estate market may be draining her!
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Oct. 14, 2008
Oval Branding Takes Over Stuyvesant Town
But despite the sleekness, they ran out of bagels!
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Oct. 14, 2008
Greenpoint ‘Hot Kielbasa’ Joint Actually a Cocaine Ring
As though saying ‘Hot Kielbasa’ weren’t already prurient and loaded enough!
By
Tim Murphy
the quotable greatest depression
Oct. 13, 2008
‘As Long As I Have Money for Cat Food and Cigarettes, I’m Fine’
The employees at West Village lesbian bar Rubyfruit offer inspirational maxims for the Greatest Depression.
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Oct. 13, 2008
Enter the Park Slope ‘Updos for Obama’ Contest!
Get a Sarah Palin beehive for $75 — and the proceeds go to Obama.
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Oct. 10, 2008
You Had to Risk Death to See the Plans to Make Grand Army Plaza Less Deadly
So thanks for your troubles, but don’t expect the plans to come true.
By
Tim Murphy
neighborhood watch
Oct. 10, 2008
Memo to Guvs Island Lady: Not Just ‘Little Boys’ Like Demolitions
On Governors Island today, they’ll be demolishing ten buildings. But who says it’s only little boys who will want to watch?
By
Tim Murphy
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