• East 36th Street and Madison Avenue Blog: Starbucks closings killed their coffee buzz

  That won’t be a problem for Sandy Yadad. He was sitting comfortably the other night at a Starbucks at East 36th Street and Madison Avenue, just before closing time.

  Published by amNY.com on July 23, 2008.

• 565 Fifth Ave. Blog: Starbucks closings killed their coffee buzz

  His Starbucks, at 565 Fifth Ave., is among 11 in the city targeted for closure by the overextended coffee-shop chain.

  Published by amNY.com on July 23, 2008.

• 575 Fifth Ave. Blog: Starbucks closings killed their coffee buzz

  “It’s not right,” he says. Dayan works nearby, comes down “two, three times a day” and knows the people who work there. He asks if there is anything that can be done to save it, and finds no relief in the fact that the Starbucks on the other side of the block at 575 Fifth Ave. has been spared.

  Published by amNY.com on July 23, 2008.

• Science Business Industry Library Blog: Starbucks closings killed their coffee buzz

  Yadad is here twice a week. He studies at the Science Business Industry Library nearby, but sometimes he comes from his home in Jersey City just to work in this well-lighted Starbucks.

  Published by amNY.com on July 23, 2008.

• Insieme Top chefs battle to turn tofu tasty

  Expect similar tactics from fellow science chefs Wylie Dufresne of WD-50, Erik Battes of Perry Street CafĂŠ and Edward Higgins of Insieme who along with sushi master Akinobu Suzuki of Sakagura will battle it out at the Astor Center in the East Village for the title of tofu king and the added incentive of $5,000.

  Published by amNY.com on July 22, 2008.

• Rockefeller Center Ashanti on tour promoting Nassau in NYC

  Suozzi held a news conference at Top of The Rock in Rockefeller Center to introduce nine "ambassadors" who will promote tourism in the county. The biggest name among the ambassador class was Ashanti, the hugely popular singer and native of Glen Cove, who donned an orange blazer with a Nassau County patch over her white dress.

  Published by amNY.com on July 22, 2008.

• Sakagura Top chefs battle to turn tofu tasty

  Expect similar tactics from fellow science chefs Wylie Dufresne of WD-50, Erik Battes of Perry Street CafĂŠ and Edward Higgins of Insieme who along with sushi master Akinobu Suzuki of Sakagura will battle it out at the Astor Center in the East Village for the title of tofu king and the added incentive of $5,000.

  Published by amNY.com on July 22, 2008.

• WD-50 Top chefs battle to turn tofu tasty

  Expect similar tactics from fellow science chefs Wylie Dufresne of WD-50, Erik Battes of Perry Street CafĂŠ and Edward Higgins of Insieme who along with sushi master Akinobu Suzuki of Sakagura will battle it out at the Astor Center in the East Village for the title of tofu king and the added incentive of $5,000.

  Published by amNY.com on July 22, 2008.

• Port Washington Ashanti on tour promoting Nassau in NYC

  Then it was off to lunch at Louie's Oyster Bay and Grille in Port Washington, followed by a trip to Americana Manhasset mall, where each family will get a $250 gift card.

  Published by amNY.com on July 22, 2008.

• Sunset Park Power restored to almost all Brooklyn customers

  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.

• Park Slope Power restored to almost all Brooklyn customers

  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.

• Borough Park Power restored to almost all Brooklyn customers

  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.

• Eldert Lane stop Police looking for man in sex attack

  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.

• Upper East Side Crane inspector quits month after suspension

  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.

• World Trade Center 9/11 relative fights co-op board over flag

  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.

• Bay Ridge Power restored to almost all Brooklyn customers

  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.

• Rockaway Ave. and Glenmore Ave. Police make arrest in hit-run of Brooklyn girl, 9

  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.

• Upper East Side 180: A career unleashed

  "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.

• Flatbush Brooklyn man arrested in fatal hit-and-run

  Police have arrested a Brooklyn driver in a hit-and-run accident that killed an 11-year-old boy. The boy was run down just before 1:30 a.m. Saturday in the borough's Flatbush section.

  Published by amNY.com on July 20, 2008.

• Fort Greene Park Compost used to nourish Brooklyn parks

  In Fort Greene Park each Saturday, locals deposit vegetable scraps, fruit rinds and coffee grounds in six metal garbage cans placed alongside the Greenmarket. Volunteers transport the organic waste to three local community gardens where the leftovers decompose into nutrient-rich compost.

  Published by amNY.com on July 20, 2008.

• Red Hook Park Taco carts back at Red Hook park

  It's opening weekend for the food vendors at Red Hook Park, and the crowds are already waiting.

  Published by amNY.com on July 20, 2008.

• Jamaica Water search for missing Queens girl comes up empty

  The search for the teen, identified in published reports as Tiara Coaxum, 16, of Jamaica, began soon after she and another 16-year-old girl went swimming near Beach 116th Street about 3 p.m. Friday.

  Published by amNY.com on July 20, 2008.

• Rockaway Beach Water search for missing Queens girl comes up empty

  Despite a search involving divers, boats and helicopters, rescue crews were unable Saturday to locate a Queens girl who went missing Friday in the waters off Rockaway Beach.

  Published by amNY.com on July 20, 2008.

• World Trade Center WTC survivor staircase moves again at ground zero

  The survivors' staircase, an escape route for people fleeing the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, made another move across ground zero Saturday.

  Published by amNY.com on July 19, 2008.

• Upper East Side Cop shoots, kills knife-wielding man

  A man armed with a knife was shot dead by an NYPD officer in an Upper East Side apartment Thursday night after the man's girlfriend flagged down a passing patrol car, city police said.

  Published by amNY.com on July 18, 2008.

• East 125th Street and Park Avenue Historic buildings now eyesores

  It's hard to imagine today that the eyesore at East 125th Street and Park Avenue once was one of Manhattan's most picturesque buildings.

  Published by amNY.com on July 18, 2008.

• Columbia University City OKs $6.2B Columbia U expansion

  A New York agency is one step closer to forcing some property owners near Columbia University to give up their land after approving a $6.2 billion expansion.

  Published by amNY.com on July 18, 2008.

• Bear Stearns Feds eye more charges for Bear Stearns execs

  Federal prosecutors confirmed Friday that they expect to bring more criminal charges against two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers already accused of lying to investors about the collapse of the subprime mortgage market.

  Published by amNY.com on July 18, 2008.

• Grand Central Terminal Milestone for tunnel linking LIRR, Grand Central

  One hundred forty feet below Grand Central Terminal, in a muddy, slippery tunnel filled with mind-boggling machinery, a recommendation graffitied onto the wall advises: "Watch your butt."

  Published by amNY.com on July 17, 2008.

• Long Island City Milestone for tunnel linking LIRR, Grand Central

  The new tunnels connect to two tunnels below the East River used by the F train that will link to the LIRR in Queens. A 4-mile-long conveyor belt carries muck from the tunnel out to Long Island City, where it is carted off to landfills or used in roads, said Joe Trainor, the chief engineer for MTA Capital Construction.

  Published by amNY.com on July 17, 2008.

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