Back in July we wrote about WNYC's challenge to find the longest subway ride through the power of donated distributed computing (read: your computer). The rules were simple: you get one…
One of our favorite local documentary makers and story tellers Nicolas Heller — creator of the excellent Queens of Kings — is back at it again with an excellent video made for a recent…
When 2 hurricanes slammed the east shore of Staten Island 50 years back, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers came up with a plan to build a massive seawall and levee system that stretched four…
An interesting article just came to my attention from the Early Sports and Pop Culture History Blog in which the origins of the phrase "New York Minute" are analyzed and found to have not…
While it's possible to find a good burger on just about every corner in this City, the West Village has such a high density of top-tier burger joints that the team at Viewing NYC thought it…
The Bodega is a comedic web-series on The Flama about two lazy brothers working at a Washington Heights bodega who always seem to find a way to get in trouble. In this episode, the brothers…
Peter Fleming is a local resident in the neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens. He and his family love the Florida Keys, tiki bars and Jimmy Buffett, but getting down there isn't always so…
Over the weekend, the 13th Annual Big Apple Barbecue Block Party took over Madison Square Park and it's surrounding streets to serve up some of the best 'cue in the country. The block party…
DNAinfo recently published an interesting interactive map as part of an article on Presidential Visits to The Bronx throughout history. Barack Obama is only the latest president to visit the…
A new Kickstarter campaign from Yukie Ohno, the historian behind local historical blog The SoHo Memory Project, seeks to open a popup-historical learning experience to help preserve some of…
