Pan de Muerto ("Bread of the Dead") is a special type of semi-sweet bread where the dough is formed into the shape of a skull and bones. Eaten only around the time of the festive Dia de los Muertos Mexican holiday, Pan de Muerto is a celebrated cultural food. In this short video from Eater, learn all about the bread from the experts at Guadalupana Bakery as host Carla Francescutti goes to the Bed-Stuy bakery to see what it's all about.

At Guadalupana Bakery in Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy neighborhood, owner Maria Rojas honors loved ones lost through a variety of breads and pastries, but the star remains the pan de muerto, ideal with Mexican hot chocolate.

In the five short years since Superstorm Sandy, the Oakwood neighborhood on the East shore of Staten Island has been reclaimed by nature, leaving a desolate area out of a once-thriving community. Check it out in this video from trending news intern Thomas Erik Bascome for the Staten Island Advance.

Abandoned in Staten Island: Five years after Hurricane Sandy ravaged the East Shore of Staten Island, Oakwood Beach, a once vibrant neighborhood, remains desolate and scarcely inhabited.

The Queensboro Bridge is one of the busiest bridges in New York City for pedestrian passage. With the transformation of Long Island City from an industrial neighborhood to a residential one in the past few decades, and the rise of Citi Bike into areas of Queens, the bridge's north walkway is quickly becoming overcrowded. Check it out in this short video from our friends at Street Films.

Just record setting numbers of bicyclists, runners and pedestrians now share the narrow north outer roadway of the Queensboro Bridge. NYC DOT must explore opening the south outer roadway to bikes or bikes and peds. There are scores of people riding more because there are better protected bike lanes, the MTA is getting worse and because Citibike is becoming more popular as it expands further into Queens!

The solution is simple: open up the closed south pedestrian walkway!