Department of Health
Shayne bellies up to the bar at The Gate, by Catherine CrockerNeighbors are barking mad after the Department of Health banned dogs [/blog/animals/doh-ruins-all-our-fun-and-bans-dogs-at-the-gate] from 5th Avenue bar The Gate [https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Gate/68409593032], and now they’re hoping to “paws” the action and allow pups
Department of Health
The city Department of Health will be spraying mosquito-killing pesticides throughout parts of our neighborhood tonight, between 8:15pm and 6am – which was supposed to happen last week [http://ditmasparkcorner.com/blog/health/west-nile-spraying-in-our-area-tonight-what-to-do] but ended up being canceled because of the rain, according to a DOH spokeswoman. The area
ariel jasper
Ariel Jasper is leading the fight to legalize ferret ownership. (Photo by Vanessa Ogle)by Vanessa Ogle There are dog people. There are cat people. And, now, there are ferret people. For the first time since 1999, New York City is considering reversing a ban on ferret ownership in all
Department of Health
When you head out for a bite to eat in the neighborhood, does a restaurant’s letter grade from the Department of Health [http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/services/restaurant-inspection.shtml] factor in your decision on where to dine? Neighbor Jason L. De Leon reached out to us
Department of Health
Hot damn, that’s sexy. (Source: teddy-rised/Flickr)When I sit down to eat a sloppy tower of meat by-product stacked on soggy bread with wilted lettuce and questionable “secret” sauces, the last thing I really want to know is the awful, shudder-inducing details of what I’m cramming into
City Hall
Councilman Vincent Gentile, Source: council.nyc.govCity Councilman Vincent Gentile has announced that the City Council has given its seal of approval to a legislative package reforming the city’s restaurant inspection system that he helped fight for. The system has come under fire in recent years from small business
bath beach
Source: NYC.govHealth Department trucks will be driving through Bath Beach, Dyker Heights and Bay Ridge today, weather permitting, to spray for the West Nile virus. According to the Department of Heath [http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/wnv/wnv-notice-20130822.pdf] (DOH), the effort hopes to curb potential
boro park
A Microscopic Look at the Measles Virus (Source: Center For Disease Control via Wikimedia Commons)The measles outbreak in Borough Park is getting worse. Last week we reported [/measles-outbreak-hits-ultra-orthodox-in-borough-park/] that the outbreak has already infected 21 people in Borough Park this year and one in Williamsburg. Now Failed Messiah is
Catskill Bagels
The Department of Health [http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/services/restaurant-inspection.shtml] closed down Catskill Bagel on Cortelyou Road yesterday, following a series of inspections this year that left the business with an ever higher number of violation points — 18 on 1/07 or Grade B, 30 on
circumcisions
Stained glass at the Cloisters shows baby Jesus’ bris, in which some accounts say he received metzitzah b’peh. (Source: pboothe/Flickr)BETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: As soon as the New York City Department of Health (DOH) established a regulation recently to require written parental consent before a circumcision,
1000 Coney Island Avenue
Pamir Village Cafe on the corner of Parkville Avenue and Coney Island Avenue has been closed for over two weeks (since September 11) by order of the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene. The cafe scored 40 points on its health inspection (zero is a perfect score). Violations included live
Department of Health
Source: Gravitywave/FlickrIt’s summer! Yes, that means nice weather and sunny days at the beach, but it also means nights filled with annoying buzzes, itching and scratching. It’s mosquito season! As the weather gets warmer and mosquito season commences, residents of coastal communities surrounding the Jamaica Bay area