Rebuilding the Half-Demolished 100 Clark Street, B...

Published by mcbrooklyn on July 21, 2008.

Rebuilding the Half-Demolished 100 Clark Street, B...

Published by mcbrooklyn on July 21, 2008.

"Hair" is once again taking the stage, opening Tuesday night in Central Park.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 21, 2008.

Decades later, the music still resonates. Rehearsals for the 60's rock musical have been taking place at the Public Theatre in Greenwich Village.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 21, 2008.

Hair will begin its run Tuesday at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 21, 2008.

But the 30-year-old Midland Beach native is also stuck in a Las Vegas hospital, longing to come home after contracting meningitis and suffering a stroke.

Published by SI Live on July 21, 2008.

"This kid doesn't want anything more than to come home," said his longtime friend, Gina Giovazzino. "If I had a nickel for every time I heard him say Staten Island or 10305 ... "

Published by SI Live on July 21, 2008.

After more than two decades of soaking up the salty air daily at Nichols Great Kills Park Marina, Vinnie Palmieio is selling his boat.

Published by SI Live on July 21, 2008.

The New Springville resident is selling because "the high price of fuel is making lousy fishing trips not worthwhile."

Published by SI Live on July 21, 2008.

Only about three or four potential buyers have come to see the "Down Time," and he has yet to receive an offer. The Arrochar resident is asking $23,000 for his boat -- $17,000 less than he paid six years ago.

Published by SI Live on July 21, 2008.

The headmaster at Grace Church School in Greenwich Village, George Davison, estimated that more than a third of his first-graders are 7 years old.

Published by New York Sun on July 21, 2008.

The director of the Upper East Side's Epiphany Community Nursery School, Wendy Levey, said that every year she has a couple of students, usually boys, whose parents decide to delay kindergarten and keep their children in nursery school instead.

Published by New York Sun on July 21, 2008.

The 30-state, seven-week bus tour organized by the Consumer Electronics Association, whose 2,300 members include Apple, Google, and Microsoft, begins today in Lower Manhattan and will include visits to the Democratic and Republican national conventions.

Published by New York Sun on July 21, 2008.

The cross-country campaign's kickoff will be held at J&R Music World on Park Row near City Hall.

Published by New York Sun on July 21, 2008.

David Irving, 70, spoke Wednesday at St. Stephen of Hungary Parish, a Catholic church on East 82nd Street. A clergyman there said the church was not aware of Mr. Irving's views on the Holocaust and was told that a small group wanted the space to discuss a book.

Published by New York Sun on July 21, 2008.

More than 89,000 customers living in the Park Slope, Bay Ridge, Borough Park, and Sunset Park neighborhoods have been urged to stop using nonessential appliances, including air-conditioners and washers and dryers, as crews attempt to fix the problem.

Published by New York Sun on July 21, 2008.

More than 89,000 customers living in the Park Slope, Bay Ridge, Borough Park, and Sunset Park neighborhoods have been urged to stop using nonessential appliances, including air-conditioners and washers and dryers, as crews attempt to fix the problem.

Published by New York Sun on July 21, 2008.

More than 89,000 customers living in the Park Slope, Bay Ridge, Borough Park, and Sunset Park neighborhoods have been urged to stop using nonessential appliances, including air-conditioners and washers and dryers, as crews attempt to fix the problem.

Published by New York Sun on July 21, 2008.

More than 89,000 customers living in the Park Slope, Bay Ridge, Borough Park, and Sunset Park neighborhoods have been urged to stop using nonessential appliances, including air-conditioners and washers and dryers, as crews attempt to fix the problem.

Published by New York Sun on July 21, 2008.

"At the time, I thought it was the worst thing that could ever have happened to me," Mr. Smart said at his Midtown training club. "Like I was being punished, or I was cursed."

Published by New York Sun on July 21, 2008.

He then received a scholarship to attend St. John's University, where he twice won the NCAA title.

Published by New York Sun on July 21, 2008.

The Brooklyn resident is about to compete in his third consecutive Olympics. After beginning his career at Manhattan's Peter Westbrook Foundation, which brings underprivileged children into fencing, he attended Brooklyn Technical High School.

Published by New York Sun on July 21, 2008.

Then, it's off to the world of business. Building on his old finance job, he will be starting at Columbia Business School in the fall.

Published by New York Sun on July 21, 2008.

Police said she was crossing the street at Rockaway and Glenmore avenues in Brownsville at about 9 p.m. on Saturday when a tan Nissan Maxima hit her and then sped from the scene, leaving the wounded girl behind.

Published by New York Sun on July 21, 2008.

While the driver has yet to be found, police discovered the driver's empty vehicle at Park Place between East New York Avenue and Boyland Street shortly after the incident.

Published by New York Sun on July 21, 2008.

In a separate hit-and-run in Brooklyn early Saturday morning, a speeding car struck Rondell Grant, Jr., 11, while he was in the street outside 608 E. 42nd St., near his home on East 43rd Street.

Published by New York Sun on July 21, 2008.

Rebuilding the Half-Demolished 100 Clark Street, B...

Published by mcbrooklyn on July 21, 2008.

Rebuilding the Half-Demolished 100 Clark Street, B...

Published by mcbrooklyn on July 21, 2008.

You'd think that the buyers of $100 million apartments in the stat-warping 15 Central Park West would want something a tad more highbrow--say, a Prada or a Harry Winston--occupying...

Published by The New York Observer on July 21, 2008.

The Strand Theatre, a vaudeville theater built in 1918 at 647 Fulton Street between Ashland and Rockwell places, will undergo a $17.3 million conversion for BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn and UrbanGlass.

Published by The Real Deal on July 21, 2008.

Cops arrested lawyer Louis Posner, proprietor of the popular Hot Lap Dance Club, located at 344 West 38th Street, and some 20 other people, including adult film star and "feature performer" Alexia Moore, on prostitution and money-laundering charges over the weekend.

Published by The New York Observer on July 21, 2008.

People in the Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park and Park Slope neighborhoods had been asked to stop using all nonessential electrical appliances, including air conditioning. The energy firm said as of Sunday night it suspended its request for those customers to reduce their electricity use.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 21, 2008.

People in the Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park and Park Slope neighborhoods had been asked to stop using all nonessential electrical appliances, including air conditioning. The energy firm said as of Sunday night it suspended its request for those customers to reduce their electricity use.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 21, 2008.

People in the Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park and Park Slope neighborhoods had been asked to stop using all nonessential electrical appliances, including air conditioning. The energy firm said as of Sunday night it suspended its request for those customers to reduce their electricity use.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 21, 2008.

People in the Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park and Park Slope neighborhoods had been asked to stop using all nonessential electrical appliances, including air conditioning. The energy firm said as of Sunday night it suspended its request for those customers to reduce their electricity use.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 21, 2008.

A 9-year-old Brooklyn girl was fighting for her life Sunday night after she was mowed down by a cruel driver who cursed at the broken child before driving off, police and witnesses said. Cops said Nacirema Brown was struck by a tan Nissan Maxima when she dashed onto Rockaway Ave. near Glenmore Ave. in Brownsville.

Published by New York Daily News on July 21, 2008.

"I'm just flabbergasted. I'm shocked, shocked," he said yesterday morning at the Manhattan House of Detention. "The Hot Lap Dance Club is one of the cleanest clubs around."

Published by New York Daily News on July 21, 2008.

Gore Schiff, a writer and attorney, and her husband Andrew Schiff, a biotech venture capitalist with Aisling Capital, sold the unit at 137 East 66th Street to Fabrizio Freda, Estee Lauder's chief operating officer, according to property records published today.

Published by The Real Deal on July 21, 2008.

Nacirema Brown Police have arrested a 41-year-old Brookyn man who they suspect in a hit-and-run accident that has left a 9-year-old girl fighting for her life. Cops said Nacirema Brown was struck by a tan Nissan Maxima when she dashed onto Rockaway Ave. near Glenmore Ave. in Brownsville.

Published by New York Daily News on July 21, 2008.

Did you know that the former model grew up on a farm with pigs and cows and chickens? Neither did we! Read on for more as the chiseled-faced photographer tells us why the baby seal hunt was too intense for fellow brit Paul McCartney, his Meatpacking District studio, and his membership at Soho House.

Published by The New York Observer on July 21, 2008.

Did you know that the former model grew up on a farm with pigs and cows and chickens? Neither did we! Read on for more as the chiseled-faced photographer tells us why the baby seal hunt was too intense for fellow brit Paul McCartney, his Meatpacking District studio, and his membership at Soho House.

Published by The New York Observer on July 21, 2008.

You'd think that the buyers of $100 million apartments in the stat-warping 15 Central Park West would want something a tad more highbrow--say, a Prada or a Harry Winston--occupying their ground-floor retail espace. Instead, the gilded tenants at the A.M. Stern-designed tower will have a Best Buy, a West Elm, and a JP Morgan Chase Bank.

Published by The New York Observer on July 21, 2008.

In an industry presently experiencing substantial turmoil, the JPMorgan Chase Bank lease represents the largest retail bank branch lease in Manhattan in 2008.The approximate 11,000 square foot space boasts two levels on the northwest corner of 61st Street and Broadway.Construction is expected to commence in the summer of 2008 with the branch opening planned for the 4th quarter of the year.

Published by The New York Observer on July 21, 2008.

Cops arrested lawyer Louis Posner, proprietor of the popular Hot Lap Dance Club, located at 344 West 38th Street, and some 20 other people, including adult film star and "feature performer" Alexia Moore, on prostitution and money-laundering charges over the weekend.

Published by The New York Observer on July 21, 2008.

The Financial Times' Jeremy Lemer parachutes into Long Island City and relays the massive changes in the neighborhood back to the folks in Europe.

Published by The New York Observer on July 21, 2008.

Socialite Olivia Palermo has come a long way over the past couple of years. She left that whole Socialite Rank mess behind her, started dating Wilhelmina model Johannes Huebl, and according to this week's Page Six Magazine, she's even moved out of her parents' Upper East Side home.

Published by The New York Observer on July 21, 2008.

Greenwich Village and the Upper East and West sides are among the neighborhoods hardest hit, bucking what city officials said is an overall drop of 8.9 percent citywide.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

In the 10th Precinct in Chelsea, there have been 62 burglaries so far this year, 10 more than last year, for a 19.2 percent increase.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

On the Upper West Side, burglars have struck 71 times so far this year, a 24.5 percent increase over last year through July, when 57 burglaries were reported.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

The Upper East Side's 19th Precinct has seen a 26.9 percent increase in burglaries, with 212 so far this year, compared with 167 last year at the same time.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

But Nicole Delia, 25, a mother of two on First Avenue at East 93rd Street, said burglaries are the least of her worries. "There's a lot of crime, especially drug activity, a lot of drug dealers," Delia said. "In the last year, it has gotten worse."

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

In the 17th Precinct - which includes Sutton Place, Beekman Place, Kipps Bay, Turtle Bay and Murray Hill - burglaries are up 20.2 percent over the last year.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

In the 17th Precinct - which includes Sutton Place, Beekman Place, Kipps Bay, Turtle Bay and Murray Hill - burglaries are up 20.2 percent over the last year.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

In the 17th Precinct - which includes Sutton Place, Beekman Place, Kipps Bay, Turtle Bay and Murray Hill - burglaries are up 20.2 percent over the last year.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

In the 17th Precinct - which includes Sutton Place, Beekman Place, Kipps Bay, Turtle Bay and Murray Hill - burglaries are up 20.2 percent over the last year.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

McCain ducked reporters, describing the meeting with Klein as "private," even though it was listed on his schedule. He ended his Big Apple trip at Yankee Stadium, where he was joined by former GOP rival Rudy Giuliani.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

Nacirema Brown was hit at 8:47 p.m. Saturday as she was crossing west on Glenmore Avenue at Rockaway Avenue, authorities said.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

The driver abandoned the tan 2004 Nissan Maxima 2½ miles away on Park Place near New York Avenue, cop sources said.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

US Attorney Mary Jo White even named Wahhaj one of 170 unindicted co-conspirators in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the thwarted plan to blow up a slew of buildings.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

Lodge and a group of local parents want the city to stop using the black mats in Carl Schurz Park. They also want better signs warning people of the heat dangers, and shading put around certain areas.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

One of the Bowery's last flophouses just got a new lease on life. The Sunshine Hotel, which has been featured in several documentaries for its mix of bleak conditions and eccentric personalities, will not be demolished to make way for condominiums, after all - at least not within the next three years.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

Thomas Fasanella, 55, said he suffered torn ligaments in his knee and herniated discs in his back following a May 15 attack as he drove students home to Coney Island from PS 141 in Prospect Lefferts Gardens.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

The Brooklyn divorce lawyer who was slain in bed with his wife in their Marine Park home was eulogized yesterday as a larger-than-life personality.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

Last week, the Funulator sat at the corner of Prince and Greene streets in front of the SoHo Apple Store, where Megan McCarthy, 23, giddily popped in two coins.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

Romano said he put the flag up following the death of his wife's cousin, who worked at Marsh & McLennon in the World Trade Center's North Tower. It measures just a foot across, he said, and attaches to his metal door magnetically.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

Areas affected included pockets of Bay Ridge, Sunset Park and to the west of Green-Wood Cemetery into Gowanus, Con Ed spokesman Joe Petta said.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

Areas affected included pockets of Bay Ridge, Sunset Park and to the west of Green-Wood Cemetery into Gowanus, Con Ed spokesman Joe Petta said.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

Areas affected included pockets of Bay Ridge, Sunset Park and to the west of Green-Wood Cemetery into Gowanus, Con Ed spokesman Joe Petta said.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

Areas affected included pockets of Bay Ridge, Sunset Park and to the west of Green-Wood Cemetery into Gowanus, Con Ed spokesman Joe Petta said.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

Samvil Davydov, 94, had been pushed in his wheelchair by a caregiver to a local park in the morning, only to return and find no elevator service back up to his family's fourth-floor apartment in their building at 970 47th St. in Sunset Park.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

Supermarkets were among the businesses hardest hit by the outage. Luis Villa said his Bravo supermarket on Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park lost about $14,000 in meat, dairy products and frozen food, not to mention $17,000 in average Sunday business.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

"We're not out to shock or put on a public spectacle. We want only to do things that other people do in the way that we are most comfortable doing them. That, for us, is without clothes," he said. About 50 diners - whose motto is "no hot soup" - regularly turn up for Ordover's monthly meals held at venues including the Mercantile Grill on Pearl Street and Pete's Downtown in Brooklyn.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

"We're not out to shock or put on a public spectacle. We want only to do things that other people do in the way that we are most comfortable doing them. That, for us, is without clothes," he said. About 50 diners - whose motto is "no hot soup" - regularly turn up for Ordover's monthly meals held at venues including the Mercantile Grill on Pearl Street and Pete's Downtown in Brooklyn.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

"The first time I tried comedy naked, it was the best thing ever," said Andy Ofiesh, founder of the Naked Comedy Showcase, whose stable of stark-naked funnymen and women perform once a month at the People's Improv Theater in Chelsea.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

The Floating Pool Lady is drawing lots of attention to Barretto Point Park this summer: more than 900 visitors each day according to NYC Parks Department staff.

Published by West Bronx Blog on July 21, 2008.

Willie Williams, 18, Keoma Carter, 20, and a third man who remains at large, forced their way into three rooms on the second-floor a single-room occupancy building at 90 Park Avenue in Port Richmond at about 5:30 a.m. July 13, cops allege.

Published by SI Live on July 21, 2008.

Williams, of the 300 block of Vanderbilt Avenue in Clifton, and Carter, of Holland Avenue in Mariners Harbor, were arrested on Friday.

Published by SI Live on July 21, 2008.

Williams, of the 300 block of Vanderbilt Avenue in Clifton, and Carter, of Holland Avenue in Mariners Harbor, were arrested on Friday.

Published by SI Live on July 21, 2008.

Willie Williams, 18, Keoma Carter, 20, and a third man who remains at large, forced their way into three rooms on the second-floor a single-room occupancy building at 90 Park Avenue in Port Richmond at about 5:30 a.m. July 13, cops allege.

Published by SI Live on July 21, 2008.

Williams, of the 300 block of Vanderbilt Avenue in Clifton, and Carter, of Holland Avenue in Mariners Harbor, were arrested on Friday.

Published by SI Live on July 21, 2008.

Williams, of the 300 block of Vanderbilt Avenue in Clifton, and Carter, of Holland Avenue in Mariners Harbor, were arrested on Friday.

Published by SI Live on July 21, 2008.

An out-of-control car slammed into two motorcycles near the Staten Island Ferry during the evening rush hour Monday, killing one person and injuring two others, one critically. Police said the Volkswagen Jetta was going so fast it nearly crashed over a cement road divider at Whitehall and South Sts.

Published by New York Daily News on July 21, 2008.

The buildings department hasn't commented on what role Carbone played in inspecting the scene of a May 30 crane collapse on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

Published by New York Daily News on July 21, 2008.

A distraught 19-year-old Brooklyn woman surrendered to cops early Monday morning after barricading herself inside her apartment in East New York with her two children for about three hours, police said.

Published by New York Daily News on July 21, 2008.

Police caught up to the driver in a hit-and-run incident that occurred over the weekend in Brooklyn. As of Monday morning, Nacirema Brown, a 9-year-old Brooklyn native, is clinging to life after being mowed down around 8:45 p.m. in the Brownsville section of the borough.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 21, 2008.

"I have nightmares," said Anne Casson, whose toddler son, Will, ditched his shoes at Carl Schurz Park on the upper East Side one day last May. "He stepped onto the black mats and was screaming hysterically," Casson said. "When I picked him up, the skin was just hanging off his feet."

Published by New York Daily News on July 21, 2008.

Reyhan Mehran, a marine scientist from Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, said her son Kian Mehran-Lodge was 14 months old in July 2004 when he was burned at Van Voorhees Park.

Published by New York Daily News on July 21, 2008.

A 41-year-old woman, who was baby-sitting two small children in the New Springville house, told police the four men, who were dressed in dark clothes and baseball caps, brandished silver badges and a gun.

Published by New York Daily News on July 21, 2008.

Mark Schwartz, 50, a lawyer, and Christina Petrowski-Schwartz, 48, a mediator, were found shot dead in their second-floor Marine Park home last Wednesday.

Published by New York Daily News on July 21, 2008.

"I talked to many New Yorkers working in pet care, and they said the field needs more good people. I built a website and left business cards at every vet office and pet store on the Upper East Side. The calls started coming in."

Published by amNY.com on July 21, 2008.

Police say a car struck the girl Saturday evening as she crossed Rockaway Avenue at Glenmore Avenue in Brooklyn. They say the vehicle then drove off.

Published by amNY.com on July 21, 2008.

People in the Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park and Park Slope neighborhoods had been asked to stop using all nonessential electrical appliances, including air conditioning. The utility says as of Sunday night it suspended its request for those customers to reduce their electricity use.

Published by amNY.com on July 21, 2008.

People in the Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park and Park Slope neighborhoods had been asked to stop using all nonessential electrical appliances, including air conditioning. The utility says as of Sunday night it suspended its request for those customers to reduce their electricity use.

Published by amNY.com on July 21, 2008.

People in the Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park and Park Slope neighborhoods had been asked to stop using all nonessential electrical appliances, including air conditioning. The utility says as of Sunday night it suspended its request for those customers to reduce their electricity use.

Published by amNY.com on July 21, 2008.

People in the Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park and Park Slope neighborhoods had been asked to stop using all nonessential electrical appliances, including air conditioning. The utility says as of Sunday night it suspended its request for those customers to reduce their electricity use.

Published by amNY.com on July 21, 2008.

The teen, who was unharmed, fled the train at the Eldert Lane stop in Queens. In a news conference yesterday, police commissioner Ray Kelly confirmed the attacker threatened the girl with a knife.

Published by amNY.com on July 21, 2008.

The buildings department hasn't commented on what role Carbone played in inspecting the scene of a May 30 crane collapse on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

Published by amNY.com on July 21, 2008.

Vincent Romano said Monday he put the flag on the door right after the attacks in 2001 to commemorate his wife's cousin who died at the World Trade Center.

Published by amNY.com on July 21, 2008.

Jason Malone, who works at the Getty station at 5931 Amboy Rd., said the man showed up at about 4:30 p.m. Monday driving the SUV, which is missing its driver's side headlight and a fender.

Published by SI Live on July 21, 2008.

"This kind of truck, [we see] maybe more than 10, more than 20 a day," said Shawn Shah, who works at the Sunoco station on Hylan Boulevard near Groton Avenue in Great Kills. "Now, when I see this truck, I open my eyes, open my mind."

Published by SI Live on July 21, 2008.