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First Self-Driving Car Service in New York State Launches at Brooklyn Navy Yard

Optimus Ride, a self-driving vehicle technology company, just launched a free, self-driving car service in the Brooklyn Navy

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Cybele Mayes-Osterman Aug 7, 2019

Arts & Culture

Enter a Trippy New Dimension at ZeroSpace, a New Immersive Art Experience in NYC

You’ve been briefed on your mission. You’ve passed the evaluation test. You’re ready to enter ZeroSpace. Led

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Nicole Saraniero Aug 6, 2019

Food & Drink

Beloved Golden Mall Food Court in Flushing is Now Closed [VIDEO + PHOTOS]

The Golden Mall, an underground food court in Flushing beloved by locals in New York City and made famous by

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Michelle Young Aug 6, 2019

Arts & Culture

A Hunt for Forgotten Time Capsules at the City College of New York

As a lifelong Lower East Sider, there are swaths of northern Manhattan that were once undiscovered to me, like the

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro Aug 6, 2019

Architecture

Old Kosciuszco Bridge Becomes Artificial Reef off Fire Island, Long Island

In 2017, we watched as the Kosciuszco Bridge between Queens and Brooklyn was demolished, barged down the East River in

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Patricia Whyte Aug 6, 2019

Arts & Culture

Untapped Cities NYC Tours and Events this Week: August 5th – August 10th, 2019

Did you know there are hidden champagne vaults inside the Brooklyn Bridge? Or that there is a secret staircase right

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Nicole Saraniero Aug 5, 2019

Arts & Culture

Discover Ghost Stories of the West Village with a Boroughs of the Dead Tour

Photograph Courtesy of Boroughs of the Dead Every street that winds through New York City is full of its own

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Untapped New York Aug 5, 2019

Architecture

8 of NYC’s Spookiest Crypts and Catacombs

New York City may not be as old as some the cities in Europe, whose catacombs and crypts have become

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Untapped New York Aug 5, 2019

Arts & Culture

Travel to Gorgeous Latin American Landscapes on 6th Avenue’s Latest Public Art Installation

Ready to take spontaneous adventure to Latin America for free?! Amidst the high rises of the Avenue of America in

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Alex Schirn Aug 5, 2019

Arts & Culture

Go Behind the Scenes at NYC’s African Burial Ground National Monument

Digging around New York City, you are bound to turn up something surprising. In 1989 while conducting site preparation for

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Nicole Saraniero Aug 2, 2019

Arts & Culture

Feline Fashionistas Strut the “Cat”walk at the 2019 Algonquin Hotel Cat Fashion Show [PHOTOS]

One of the many reasons we love the Algonquin Hotel is because of its resident cat. We’ve had the

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Michelle Young Aug 2, 2019

Arts & Culture

The Top 10 Oldest Parks In NYC

New York City is endowed with many iconic parks, perhaps none more famous worldwide than Central Park. But its existence

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Patricia Whyte Aug 2, 2019