In this short video from 2015, local videographer and photographer Michael Tapp heads to Times Square to see exactly why people love it so much.
Find out what New York City's Times Square is all about by talking to the characters that pass through it during the night.
[WATCH] Learn How to Eat Ramen the Right Way From Chef Ivan Orkin at Ivan Ramen
Ivan Ramen is a Japanese noodle shop with Jewish diner flair, blended perfectly with the culinary expertise of chef/owner Ivan Orkin to create one of the best bowls of Ramen in the City. In this video from Bon Appétit, watch as the esteemed ramen chef explains how to properly slurp a bowl of ramen.
If you're dropping big chunks of noodles back into your bowl, you're doing it wrong. Here's how to eat ramen correctly (slurping allowed!) from the chef behind New York's Ivan Ramen.
[SEE IT] Vintage Photograph Shows Coney Island's Surf Avenue in 1903
This great vintage photograph shows the corner of West 10th Street and Surf Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn back in 1903. The roller coaster in the photograph is the Loop the Loop, one of the first looping roller coasters in America. Closing in 1910, the short-lived coaster was one of dozens of coasters on Surf Avenue throughout the early 20th century. Here is a Google StreetView of how this same section looks today, with the Cyclone at Luna Park instead: