At the Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, 93 percent of the senior class — nearly all collegebound — collected their diplomas on Thursday, far higher than the city’s graduation rate of roughly 50 percent.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

Florent, the undistinguished but somehow unforgettable diner that ushered in the transformation of Manhattan’s meatpacking district, closed amid fanfare and heartbreak on Sunday night. (See related slide show.)

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

With a strike deadline looming, Governor Paterson convinced Consolidated Edison and Local 1-2 of the Utility Workers of America to take almost three days off from their negotiations.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

Gloria Hedges is still having trouble grasping that her companion, Andrew Seabrooks, a lifelong resident of South Ozone Park, was killed in Afghanistan, Susan Dominus writes in her Big City column.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

A rezoning of Downtown Brooklyn has enabled plans for a major expansion of the Fulton Mall, a retail district that business owners say has untapped potential. [Daily News]

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

A rezoning of Downtown Brooklyn has enabled plans for a major expansion of the Fulton Mall, a retail district that business owners say has untapped potential. [Daily News]

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

The Brooklyn district attorney’s office is seeking hate-crime charges against a Chinatown man, Victor Yau, 60, who attacked a Falun Gong practitioner with a steering-wheel locking device. [New York Post]

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

With plans for a performing arts space at the former World Trade Center site foundering, some Lower Manhattan advocates are seeking grant money to free up more space downtown for cultural activities. [New York Sun]

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

Using 2000 census data, the Coalition to Protect Chinatown and the Lower East Side, which was recently formed, points out that while Community Board 3 is 28 percent white, almost three-quarters (73 percent) of that population sits in the rezoned area.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

Using 2000 census data, the Coalition to Protect Chinatown and the Lower East Side, which was recently formed, points out that while Community Board 3 is 28 percent white, almost three-quarters (73 percent) of that population sits in the rezoned area.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

Using 2000 census data, the Coalition to Protect Chinatown and the Lower East Side, which was recently formed, points out that while Community Board 3 is 28 percent white, almost three-quarters (73 percent) of that population sits in the rezoned area.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

Local Law 73 mandates that four city social services agencies — Administration for Children’s Services, Human Resources Administration (which handles and food stamps and other public assistance), the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, nd the Department for Homeless Services — offered fairly extensive translation services, including translating documents into six languages and having bilingual staff on hand.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

The New York Highlanders, as they were known before the team changed its name to the Yankees in 1913, played at Hilltop Park on 168th and Broadway, a field overlooking the Hudson River.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

Perhaps not as unplanned and sudden as most flash mobs, one announced by a group of M.I.T. students traveling the country will take place tonight at 7 p.m. in Grand Central to support the rights of photographers. [Photography is Not a Crime]

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

But construction on much of the site is affected by the long delayed demolition of the former Deutsche Bank building at 130 Liberty St.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

“The World Trade Center site is so complex because of the infrastructure that runs underneath it and the requirements for rebuilding that no one should be surprised that the commercial development and the memorial will take longer than originally anticipated,” said Mitchell Moss, a professor of urban planning at New York University. “

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

Many planners, officials and local residents insist that the dates and budget numbers were unrealistic the day they were announced by the Port Authority and former governor George E. Pataki, who made the rebuilding of ground zero a cornerstone of his administration. Still, Julie Menin, chairwoman of Community Board 1, which covers the former World Trade Center, said she was dismayed by the latest news.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

The correspondent who, um, gushed about the Morningside Park example called it “a very natural looking falls and pond” and urged everyone see it because “it is a wonderful surprise.”

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

The listing was eccentric, ranging from the cheesy to the decorous to the memorable, including window-washer cascades, subway-pipe torrents, restaurant water walls and atrium water features as well as grand public works in Central Park.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

Adrian Benepe, the city parks commissioner, called that one “majestic, with a 30-foot drop,” adding that the waterfall resulted from the ill-fated attempt of Columbia University to build a gymnasium in the park in the 1960s.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

W Times Square Hotel Torrent, 1567 Broadway, at 47th Street, Manhattan. This may lack the grandeur of the Bond Clothing Store Sign on Broadway (its 50,000-gallon waterfall was 27 feet high and 120 feet long and once occupied the block from West 44th to West 45th Streets starting in 1948). But only two blocks away from that vanished classic, visitors to the W Hotel can now wait for elevators under the glass bottom of a pool that diverts water down transparent walls in the lobby.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

Greenacre Park, 217 East 51st Street, between Second and Third Avenues, Manhattan. The mighty, roaring torrent in 6,360-square-foot Greenacre Park has been called a sister park to the better-known Paley Park.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

Olympic Tower Atrium Falls, 645 Fifth Avenue, between 51st and 52nd Streets, Manhattan. To the South of Paley Park is the three-tiered vertical channel of water in the Olympic Tower atrium, splashing down onto brown granite, and swirling in a foaming plunge pool.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

At a City Hall news conference, the mayor, who has been trying to drum up excitement around the July 15 All-Star Game in the last season at the current Yankee Stadium, pointed out that it will coincide with a baseball convention at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and a July 15 parade on the Avenue of the Americas, with Hall of Famers like Yogi Berra and Willie Mays.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

“He’s my neighbor, too,” Mr. Bloomberg said. (The mayor and Mr. Garfunkel both live on the Upper East Side.)

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

The hard rock band Bon Jovi will give a free concert on July 12 to as many as 60,000 people on the Great Lawn of Central Park in honor of Major League Baseball’s 79th All-Star Game, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced at a news conference on Monday afternoon.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

...another child. Red-headed Edythe was born on June 30, 1918, in a tenement at Church Avenue and East 35th Street in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn. Little Edythe was the cutest of the Marrener kids...

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 30, 2008.

Edythe’s family moved to 2568 Bedford Ave. and she got herself a paper route delivering the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, the first girl...

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The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at the Dibner Auditorium, Polytechnic University, 6 MetroTech Center.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 30, 2008.

• 80 DeKalb Avenue, an 80/20 project of Forest City Ratner Companies in Fort Greene, will receive $137 million in financing for a 34-story building with 365 units, 73 of which will be reserved for low-income tenants.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 30, 2008.

• Greenpoint — $485,000 to finance the renovation of a former police precinct building into a three-story co-op with 14 units at 43 Herbert St. Additional financing will come from the HPD and the borough president.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 30, 2008.

• Coney Island — $425,000 to finance construction of 14 co-ops on several sites on Mermaid Avenue and West 16th Street.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 30, 2008.

...services to parolees returning to the community. Held at Alpha School Center for Progressive Living, 2400 Linden Boulevard, Brooklyn. For information, contact Sandy Silverstein: (718) 250-2300...

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 30, 2008.

Norman Edwards, who owned and operated N.A. Edwards Enterprises at 798 Nostrand Ave. in Crown Heights, for more than a decade, was also fined $40,000. The judge specifically ordered him to be confined to his home for 15 months.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 30, 2008.

...city’s Parks Department when the property was acquired following condemnation. The courthouse building at 360 Adams St. was designed with a main entrance through the Montague and Court Street side, via a...

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 30, 2008.

...report from an eyewitness said Kotzalides approached the 7-year-old at the corner of 50th Street and 19th Avenue, where he is alleged to have exposed himself, then fled the scene in a black...

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 30, 2008.

...10 p.m., Kotzalides was spotted blocks away approaching two children at the corner of 56th Street and 13th Avenue. There, witness reports detail, Kotzalides again exposed himself in front of two girls, ages 5...

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 30, 2008.

The DOI says that’s when Aliev said he could help the restaurant located at 4307 18th Ave. avoid closing. He later arranged a meeting at the restaurant with the establishment’s owner...

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 30, 2008.

n oasis in upper Manhattan, the Cloisters is the palace-like setting of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s medieval architecture branch. Perched on a hill, this monastic castle will make you feel all Romeo and Juliet in the semisecret gardens - perfect for a stroll with a special someone more interested in you than in 12th-century stonework.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 30, 2008.

Half a century ago, when America was having problems with its image during the cold war, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., the United States representative from Harlem, had an idea. Stop sending symphony orchestras and ballet companies on international tours, he told the State Department.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 30, 2008.

The annual Bikers for Babies ride brought six months worth of diapers and wipes to the Mother Hale House in Harlem.

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And since 2004, the holdings books, magazines, original flyers and manuscripts have been housed in the distinguished Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, part of the NYPL system. Now anyone can explore this rarely told history.

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Next weekend you have the opportunity to catch a game of good old fashioned East Harlem Stickball.

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Amber Medina is one of a group of girls who are empowered enough bring the sport “to the concrete jungle of East Harlem.”

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Born in Manhattan, Donny Goines spent his youth going back and forth between Philly, the Bronx, and Harlem.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 30, 2008.

Most of the funding went to established programs like the Jazz Museum and Harlem Stage but a $510,352 grant and a $1.5 million loan go to the Business Resource Investment Service Center to fund BRSIC operations and a loan pool for the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Small business lending program.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 30, 2008.

Most of the funding went to established programs like the Jazz Museum and Harlem Stage but a $510,352 grant and a $1.5 million loan go to the Business Resource Investment Service Center to fund BRSIC operations and a loan pool for the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Small business lending program.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 30, 2008.

Most of the funding went to established programs like the Jazz Museum and Harlem Stage but a $510,352 grant and a $1.5 million loan go to the Business Resource Investment Service Center to fund BRSIC operations and a loan pool for the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Small business lending program.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 30, 2008.

Additionally, a $250,000 grant will go to help Rocking The Boat Inc. establish its first permanent home at 812 Edgewater Road in the Bronx, while a $150,200 grant will help the New York Gauchos and Teamwork Foundation renovate its main gymnasium and entranceway at 478 Gerard Avenue in the Bronx.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 30, 2008.

Additionally, a $250,000 grant will go to help Rocking The Boat Inc. establish its first permanent home at 812 Edgewater Road in the Bronx, while a $150,200 grant will help the New York Gauchos and Teamwork Foundation renovate its main gymnasium and entranceway at 478 Gerard Avenue in the Bronx.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 30, 2008.

$1.26 million grant to Jazzmobile as part of a $3.65 million project that will help the oldest jazz organization in the United States continue strengthening its mission to bring jazz and jazz education to underserved communities in New York City.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 30, 2008.

$1 million grant to Harlem Stage to help fund a $5.33 million project to expand its operations at the 135th Street Gatehouse, which is becoming its primary venue. Using both Aaron Davis Hall at CUNY’s City College Campus and the Gatehouse, Harlem Stage presents a variety of dynamic programs in theater, music, art, film and dance which are rooted in and reflect the rich and diverse traditions of people of color and has established itself as Harlem’s premier center for the performing arts.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 30, 2008.

$1 million grant to Harlem Stage to help fund a $5.33 million project to expand its operations at the 135th Street Gatehouse, which is becoming its primary venue. Using both Aaron Davis Hall at CUNY’s City College Campus and the Gatehouse, Harlem Stage presents a variety of dynamic programs in theater, music, art, film and dance which are rooted in and reflect the rich and diverse traditions of people of color and has established itself as Harlem’s premier center for the performing arts.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 30, 2008.

$550,000 grant to the Museum of the City of New York as part of a $2.9 million project to digitize 32,000 images from five iconic photographic collections that concentrate on the borough of Manhattan dating from the 1890s to the 1960s.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 30, 2008.

$336,000 grant to help the Association of Hispanic Arts implement its $491,800 strategic plan.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 30, 2008.

$200,000 loan and a $50,000 grant to help Project Enterprise Inc. establish a micro-loan program in the Bronx Empowerment Zone.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 30, 2008.

$250,000 grant to help Rocking The Boat Inc.’s $960,000 project to consolidate and renovate its educational facilities.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 30, 2008.

Several students who attended P.S. 48 said last week that teachers would examine their answers during official test administration periods and point out mistakes and how to correct them.

Published by New York Sun on June 30, 2008.

The Department of Education is also investigating cheating allegations at a nearby school, M.S. 201, which this year was taken over by P.S. 48's former principal, John Hughes.

Published by New York Sun on June 30, 2008.

"You get more if you play along more and you get less if you don't play well," a professor of public affairs at Baruch College, Douglas Muzzio, said.

Published by New York Sun on June 30, 2008.

With the plans for a performing arts center at the former World Trade Center site floundering, members of Lower Manhattan's cultural community are focusing on plotting an initiative to free up more space downtown for cultural activities.

Published by New York Sun on June 30, 2008.

With the plans for a performing arts center at the former World Trade Center site floundering, members of Lower Manhattan's cultural community are focusing on plotting an initiative to free up more space downtown for cultural activities.

Published by New York Sun on June 30, 2008.

The organization was slated to move into the performing arts center until 2005, and is now looking for somewhere downtown after a location near the South Street Seaport fell through.

Published by New York Sun on June 30, 2008.

The march began at 52nd Street in Midtown and wound down to the West Village.

Published by New York Sun on June 30, 2008.

The march began at 52nd Street in Midtown and wound down to the West Village.

Published by New York Sun on June 30, 2008.

ARTS ON THE WATER Manhattan's Pier A, on the Northwest edge of Battery Park in lower Manhattan, could house a performing arts center someday.

Published by New York Sun on June 30, 2008.

One of Lower Manhattan's most picturesque but long-neglected buildings, currently on the threshold of renovation, is the old Victorian Pier A — an elegant, three-story maritime structure with dramatic rows of arched windows and a campanile-style clock tower, located at the northwest edge of the Battery, just off Battery Place.

Published by New York Sun on June 30, 2008.

In 1891, Carnegie Hall was built on 57th Street not only for music, but also "to contribute to public life and discourse," according to its executive and artistic director, Clive Gillinson.

Published by New York Sun on June 30, 2008.

Officials said Nathan Allsbrook was walking home with friends at 2:30 a.m. when he was shot in the torso at the intersection of 127th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard.

Published by New York Sun on June 30, 2008.

Tsang, who graduated from Millennium High School this spring, would have been a freshman at Hunter College in the fall.

Published by New York Sun on June 30, 2008.

A 17-year-old girl was killed on the Upper East Side when a drunken driver hit the car in which she was a passenger, police said.

Published by New York Sun on June 30, 2008.

As Manhattan's luxury rental market softens, landlords are trying to lure renters with incentives like two months free rent, no security deposit or free amenities. The pace of rent increases has slowed, with rental buildings in neighborhoods like the Financial District, Harlem and Washington Heights offering the most incentives to move in. "A lot of landlords were getting ready to increase rents for the busy season, but they’re finding that those projected rents aren't attainable," said Daniel Baum, chief operating officer at the Real Estate Group New York. Philippe Starck's Dwell on Wall, at 95 Wall Street, is paying brokers' fees and giving away two months of rent.

Published by The Real Deal on June 30, 2008.

The scene on Carroll and 4th Saturday afternoon

Published by Brownstoner on June 30, 2008.

The 454-foot tower rising at 246 Spring Street tower will have 141 suites, 253 studio suites, five penthouse suites and one presidential suite. Studios starts at $1.2 million. The units range from 422 to 905 square feet.

Published by The Real Deal on June 30, 2008.

Mr. Kelley, director of economic development for the Union Square BID, and his partner Victoria Draper, a Howard University-bound graduate of Washington Irving High School, began their two-hour survey at Galaxy Global Eatery – the vegetarian-friendly diner at the corner of 15th Street and Irving Place that has glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling and hawks galaxy-emblazoned rolling paper at the front desk.

Published by The New York Observer on June 30, 2008.

The ground-floor windows in part of Shaya Boymelgreen's development on Atlantic and Smith have started advertising the coming of the Nu, the boutique hotel that'll occupy a section of the building. The 93-room Nu will be operated by Hersha Hospitality, which said it was going to put $6 million into finishing the property after it bought it off Boymelgreen earlier this year. The hotel experience will be "like wearing your favorite t-shirt with a beloved pair of jeans," according to its (incomplete) website, and if the rendering included is accurate, some or all the rooms will sport hammocks. The site says the Nu will be open sometime this summer but doesn't give any indication of the going rates. What we know, for now, is this: "The perfect fit for Brooklyn, Nu Hotel is smart, clean, elegant, simple, cool and confident – and most of all casual. Nu is all about you."

Published by Brownstoner on June 30, 2008.

Many old New York buildings come with their share of urban legends, and the 40-story co-op at 56th Street and Sutton Place is no exception. It's believed the rooftop pool closes after dark because residents used to go skinny-dipping at night, and emergency doors to the 40th floor are chained shut because penthouse dwellers don't want people on their hallway carpets.

Published by The Real Deal on June 30, 2008.

Serviam Gardens NEW YORK CITY-Groundbreaking will soon begin on Serviam Gardens, an 83-unit housing development for low-income seniors and the disabled at 323 E. 198th St. in the Bronx. The $65.6 million project will alter a portion of the Bedford Park Convent grounds into two eco-friendly buildings for residents earning 50% or less of Area Median Income.

Published by GlobeSt on June 30, 2008.

"He always said, on his birthday, everybody celebrates," Baptiste said outside McKay's home in Cambria Heights. "The last Fourth of July I enjoyed here with him."

Published by New York Daily News on June 30, 2008.

Two days after graduating from high school, Julie Tsang left her parent's Chinatown apartment ready to celebrate a bright future.

Published by New York Daily News on June 30, 2008.

The Administration for Children's Services probe came after Frederick Douglass Academy IV incorrectly listed 14-year-old Nailah Wilson as a student, looked for her at the wrong address and never called her phone number, the Bedford-Stuyvesant school's principal conceded.

Published by New York Daily News on June 30, 2008.

She has been at Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School in Windsor Terrace since the fall, according to a letter from her principal, Frank Brancato.

Published by New York Daily News on June 30, 2008.

Chris Martin and brother-in-law Jake Paltrow beat the sweltering heat inside the Rogan & Michael Stipe party by hanging out on the stoop of the Bowery bash. "It was really cute," said our spy. "They were goofing around and playing with Jane Pratt's baby, Charlotte. They get along very well." The party, to debut the Relics collection, was so hot that guests were guzzling Barefoot Bubbly champagne just to stay cool.

Published by New York Daily News on June 30, 2008.

Rudely fired Mets manager Willie Randolph was spotted buying CDs and DVDs at J&R Music and Computer World near City Hall on Wednesday. Could classic Yankees games have been in the stack? J&R is the exclusive distributor.

Published by New York Daily News on June 30, 2008.

Which NFL star pulled a girl toward the bathroom of a West Chelsea club the other night with the line: "Baby, you have no idea what I'm about to show you?" She fled toward the end zone.

Published by New York Daily News on June 30, 2008.

Development Watch: 194 Atlantic Avenue

Published by Brownstoner on June 30, 2008.

209 Dean Street GMAP (left)

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275 Adelphi Street GMAP (right)

Published by Brownstoner on June 30, 2008.

The developers of a development at 257 West 117th Street in Harlem are countering slow sales by providing would-be buyers with mortgages. Robert and...

Published by The Real Deal on June 30, 2008.

...week, one in Prospect Heights and one in Brooklyn Heights. The Prospect Heights pad, at 55 Eastern Parkway, is on the fourth floor with an asking price of $285,000 and monthly maintenance...

Published by Brownstoner on June 30, 2008.

...asking price of $285,000 and monthly maintenance of $435; the Brooklyn Heights unit, at 54 Orange Street, is asking $319,000 with a maintenance of $333. Which do you think is a...

Published by Brownstoner on June 30, 2008.

...10-room apartments are now on the market at the Dakota, the model for ritzy 15 Central Park West. The Dakota, built at 1 West 72nd Street in 1884, has two units on the...

Published by The Real Deal on June 30, 2008.

...at the Dakota, the model for ritzy 15 Central Park West. The Dakota, built at 1 West 72nd Street in 1884, has two units on the market, through Brown Harris Stevens and Warburg Realty...

Published by The Real Deal on June 30, 2008.

Rebuilding at the World Trade Center site will take longer and cost more than previously projected, a report from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is set to say on Monday, a published report reveals.

Published by WNBC on June 30, 2008.

For the third time in a week, the NYPD is investigating the slaying of a teenager.Police said 15-year-old Nathan Allsbrook was shot to death Sunday morning - possibly by a stray bullet - at 127th street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard in Harlem.

Published by WNBC on June 30, 2008.

The full seven-mile route takes 58 minutes at midday on a weekday, when the traffic is often the heaviest. It travels from Co-op City in the Bronx to 207th Street and Broadway in northern Manhattan.The Select Bus Service began operating on Sunday.

Published by WNBC on June 30, 2008.

The full seven-mile route takes 58 minutes at midday on a weekday, when the traffic is often the heaviest. It travels from Co-op City in the Bronx to 207th Street and Broadway in northern Manhattan.The Select Bus Service began operating on Sunday.

Published by WNBC on June 30, 2008.

The June 9 incident at Public School 219 in Flushing is the third incident in two months targeting a Sikh student in Queens. The hair cutting violates Sikh religious beliefs. School officials say the accused student was immediately suspended.

Published by WNBC on June 30, 2008.

School officials say the accused student was immediately suspended. Sikhs and elected officials are marching through Richmond Hill, Queens, on Monday, then holding a rally at Richmond Hill High School.

Published by WNBC on June 30, 2008.

New York City officials say Bon Jovi will be playing at a free concert in Central Park this summer.

Published by WNBC on June 30, 2008.