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A creep has been sneaking up behind women at the West 8th Street subway station near Surf Avenue and snatching their shoes, according to police. Cops released video of the grand larceny suspect in hopes the public will help identify the man, who they describe as a white male in
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Luna Park Houses (Source: Google Maps)A 93-year-old survivor of the Holocaust died Monday morning after a fire ripped through his 15th floor apartment. Lipa Briks, who fled Poland in the 1930s, was pulled unconscious from his burning apartment at the Luna Park complex at 2954 West 8th Street shortly
bruiser the sea lion
We stumbled across this delightful video of a sea lion strutting his stuff for a happy crowd at the New York Aquarium ( Surf Avenue and West 8th Street). The sea lion, who I believe is named “Bruiser,” jumps, swims, high-fives and flops around to the delight of the audience, displaying
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The NYPD issued a Silver Alert for Simona Ortiz, an 80-year-old Hispanic woman who was last seen leaving her residence near West 12th Street and Avenue W wearing a black jacket, black pants, and black shoes in Brooklyn. Ortiz went missing yesterday at 6:00 p.m. She is described
a-maze-ing water
The aquarium, seen through the eyes of Korean animators for Futurama.Despite the fact that water is one of the most central parts of our lives, children rarely hear about, let alone understand the concept and importance of water conservation. The New York Aquarium in Coney Island has launched a
subway fires
Firefighters and transit workers teamed up to battle a blaze that consumed a signal room and stretch of tracks at West 8th Street – New York Aquarium F and Q station on Friday evening, taking about three hours to squash the flames. Tipster Elina N. sent in the above video taken