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Brooklyn in Top 5 of Tripadvisor’s Trending Destinations in the US

Brooklyn Bridge, Dumbo. Photo by Miltiadis Fragkidis via Unsplash.Tripadvisor, the popular travel platform where people can rate their experiences, announced on Tuesday their winners of the 2020 Travelers’ Choice Awards for Destinations. Tripadvisor has an average of 463 million monthly unique visitors, according to their data from 2019.

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New Neighborhood Maps — DOT Wayfinders — Are Arriving In Fort Greene-Clinton Hill

Photo via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership.If you’ve ridden the G train to or from the neighborhood in the last week, you might have noticed a new addition to the sidewalk: a tall, shiny directional map — one of the city Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Wayfinder walls. A regular

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Taking The Path Through History To Ditmas Park

Looks like we’ve got a new addition at the Newkirk Plaza subway station, as spotted by jwilcox79. The state’s Path Through History, a statewide roadmap of historically and culturally significant sites throughout New York, includes the Ditmas Park Historic District, which was designated as such on August 29,

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Could Citi Bikes Help Boost Tourism For Sheepshead Bay, Brighton Beach And Coney Island?

Source: Joe Shlabotnik/FlickrIn the wake of Superstorm Sandy, there are a lot of talk about how to help Sheepshead Bay bounce back economically. A key question to most is how to make the area more appealing to visitors; a getaway for city-dwellers, and an off-the-beaten-path destination for out of

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New Food And Concessions Headed To Jamaica Bay?

Photo Courtesy Of Jeremy DrakefordOfficials from the Parks Department and the National Parks Service are collaborating on plans to bring food concession stands, and bike and kayak rentals to Jamaica Bay, according to a report by the New York Daily News. Officials hope that an expansion of services in the

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Orphaned Baby Walrus Paralyzes Everyone He Comes Across With Dangerous Level Of Cuteness

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPShPnzDWek?rel=0] Mitik, the adorable 236 pound Walrus seen in the video above, is beginning to thrive at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Aquarium in Coney Island. According to the New York Aquarium, Mitik, or Mit as he is more

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Brighton Beach: Come For The Sun, Flee From The Speedos

Brighton Beach’s Bureau of Tourism* recently commissioned its award-winning marketing team to create a documentary on the wonders that are Brighton Beach. Experience the beach, the sun, the ill fitting speedos, and the worldly shopping choices of “Little Russia by the Sea.” Don’t take our word for it,

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I Cannoli New York

Governor Andrew Cuomo has asked New Yorkers to add their own artistic touch to the state’s iconic “I Love New York” tourism campaign. Cuomo put the creative call out for folks to submit artwork showcasing what they love about the state. He intends for the tourism board to use

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Less Death, More Tourists: A Good Year For NYC

City & State’s morning newsletter, First Read, carried this little nugget: The Bloomberg administration has been on a record-breaking streak this past few weeks. Last week, the mayor proudly welcomed the city’s 50 millionth tourist. On Tuesday, he trumpeted the dramatic increase in life expectancy for city residents,

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NY Aquarium To Rock New Facility, More Teeth

Fortunately, the NY Aquarium will NOT have flying sharks. (Source: wowfailblog.com)A new housing complex is coming to Coney Island, with what will be the neighborhood’s most dangerous residents: sharks! The NYC Public Design Commission approved a new structure at the New York Aquarium (Surf Avenue and West

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“Pryvet. Kak dela?”

I had the pleasure of meeting a lovely young lady a few days ago at an event in Manhattan. We were just at the beginning of our niceties, exchanging some basic information about what part of the city we live in, when she stated something about her experience with Sheepshead