After 30 years in the Washington Heights neighborhood in Manhattan, Galicia restaurant is now being forced to close its doors following an overly-excessive rent hike. As the neighborhood demographics are changing, and gentrification continues to make its way uptown, the landlord is refusing to renew the restaurant's lease, raising the price to levels unattainable by the diner, with the hopes of attracting a larger retailer. Learn more about this tragic community loss in this short video from journalist and video producer Isobel Cockerell.

This restaurant in Washington Heights, New York City, is a beloved hub for the local Latino community. But the landlord has a different vision for the neighborhood, and Galicia's will have to close.

With the L-train shutdown approaching in April 2019, the City is scrambling to find alternative methods for locals to cross the East River between Williamsburg and the East Village. The latest plan revealed by the MTA at a Community Board 1 meeting earlier this week is a direct ferry route between North Williamsburg and Stuyvesant Cove, with shuttle buses to minimize walking on the Manhattan side.

…during rush hours (which have yet to be defined), the plan is to run 8 boats per hour in each direction—one every 7.5 minutes. With a capacity of 149 passengers per boat, that means up to 1,200 riders an hour in each direction between Brooklyn and Manhattan. That’s equivalent to about 22 standard buses (but only 1 L train).

Transfer to the ferries will be integrated with the M14 and M23 SBS routes, which will provide crosstown bus service on 14th and 23rd Streets in Manhattan. Riders will transfer at a temporary bus stop at Stuyvesant Cove, located at 20th Street and Avenue C.

In this vintage news clip from February 15th, 1984, watch as Pix11 anchor Pat Harper reports that New York City will get its first non-212 telephone area code, something that local residents are not happy about at all.

On Feb. 15, 1984 Pat Harper reported on the 10 p.m. INN News that people in Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island were losing their beloved 212 area code for the new 718. Guess what? People were NOT happy.