charles schumer
ClimateCentral.org built this map, predicting the risk posed by storm surges of various heights. This shows a 10′ surge.The National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA), the federal government’s weather sleuths, will soon launch storm surge warning maps to help highlight the specific areas vulnerable to flooding in
marijuana
Source: smokershighlife/FlickrThe bill legalizing medical marijuana passed the State Senate Health Committee on Tuesday, bringing it a step closer to law. While advocates, including the bill’s sponsor, Senator Diane Savino, celebrated, Capital New York turned to one of the bill’s main opponents [http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/
Source: smokershighlife/FlickrThe bill legalizing medical marijuana passed the State Senate Health Committee on Tuesday, bringing it a step closer to law. While advocates, including the bill’s sponsor, Senator Diane Savino, celebrated, Capital New York turned to one of the bill’s main opponents [http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/
GrimmFederal prosecutors have released documents outlining the government’s case against Congressman Michael Grimm, revealing that Grimm’s own texts and e-mails are being entered as evidence alongside testimony from former employees and business associates. The Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dc/grimm-texts-emails-financial-disclosures-prosecutor-evidence-blog-entry-1.1799239] : > The preliminary
GrimmFederal prosecutors have released documents outlining the government’s case against Congressman Michael Grimm, revealing that Grimm’s own texts and e-mails are being entered as evidence alongside testimony from former employees and business associates. The Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dc/grimm-texts-emails-financial-disclosures-prosecutor-evidence-blog-entry-1.1799239] : > The preliminary
Belt Parkway
The bike path in 2009, just days after it was hit by a nor’easter. This unsalvageable section was ultimately ripped apart and covered in sand and gravel, and has stayed that way since.It looks like we’ll be going our fourth consecutive summer without the Plumb Beach bike
ave w
Avenue W and Knapp Street (Source: Google Maps)UPDATE (1:07 p.m.): We’ve just received word that the child has been found. Good news, and good work to the officers of the 61st Precinct. Original story: We don’t have too much information on this yet, but we’
1605 sheepshead bay rd
Photo by Lisanne AndersonStrolling by the 1605 Sheepshead Bay Road storefront recently vacated by Anatolian Gyro [/anatolian-gyro-moves-sheepshead-bay-road-new-location-now-open/] (which has moved around the corner to 2623 East 16th Street) will give you a little glimpse into Sheepshead Bay’s commercial history: a portion of the sign from the long-lived Izzo’s
2364 86th street
The long-lived 86th Street video game store Circle Two Inc. closed down this month, and workers were on-site emptying the storefront out last Tuesday. At 2364 86th Street, the business had served the community for at least 15 years or so that we can recall, weathering massive changes in the
2007 surf ave
Rodriguez (Source: Facebook)Rosa Rodriguez, the police officer critically injured in a Coney Island fire allegedly set by a bored teen [/coney-fire-cops-injured/], returned home Monday after more than a month in the hospital. Daily News set the scene [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/injured-coney-island-blaze-heading-home-article-1.1797852] : > There were pipes and
Rodriguez (Source: Facebook)Rosa Rodriguez, the police officer critically injured in a Coney Island fire allegedly set by a bored teen [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2014/04/coney-fire-cops-injured/], returned home Monday after more than a month in the hospital. Daily News set the scene [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/injured-coney-island-blaze-heading-home-article-1.
beer island
Beer Island in 2008. Apparently, no one on Flickr took photos of the real sites, so you get this lonely guy with a murse. (Source: laserlars/Flickr)On the list of things that I’m way too excited about and probably flag me as less than a gentleman, Coney Island’