In Spike Lee’s new thriller “Highest 2 Lowest,” Denzel Washington and A$AP Rocky spend as much time above the skyline as they do on the streets of Brooklyn — thanks to a cinematic cameo from one of the borough’s priciest listings. The penthouse that appears in the trailer isn’t a movie set; it’s the top … Read more
Each week, Alexa is rounding up the buzziest fashion drops, hotel openings, restaurant debuts and celeb-studded cultural happenings in NYC. It’s our curated guide to the very best things to see, shop, taste and experience around the city. What’s making our luxury list this week? Christopher John Rogers for J. Crew, Jenny Bird’s pop-up, and … Read more
Talk about a pickup game. The city’s pickleball courts have become hotspots for Gen Zs and millennials looking to play — and find love without hitting the bars or logging on to Hinge. “There are good looking people here, so you never know what is going to happen,” said Christina Ali, 25, of the bustling … Read more
It can really stink to live here. New Yorkers are being smoked out of their own apartments by the stench of marijuana. Since cannabis was legalized in the city in 2021, its pungent odor has become increasingly common on NYC streets, and now Gothamites say they can’t even escape it in their own homes. “The … Read more
Libra author, straw hat enthusiast and father of new journalism Truman Capote maintained, “New York is not a city, it’s a world.” The roughly 340 neighborhoods found within this world, this sprawling, five borough constellation, are defined as much by their physical properties and energetic feel as they are the people who inhabit them. … Read more
Fans of a feather flock together at Randolph Beer in DUMBO. Those who feel sour about missing the pickleball craze can bowl over this new obscure pastime: feather bowling. While few have heard of, let alone played, the niche sport before, it’s actually a classic at Rust Belt taverns where the curious game has been … Read more
“Your Place or Mine,” Netflix’s recently released rom-com flick, stars Ashton Kutcher (Peter), Reese Witherspoon (Debbie) — and a drop-dead gorgeous Brooklyn apartment. The film is a battle of the beauties, between both Kutcher and Witherspoon, and between the leading man and his character’s amazing home at 60 Water St. in prime Dumbo — a … Read more
Don’t expect director Tim Burton to make another “Dumbo” movie for Disney. The director, known for Disney Studios flicks like “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Ed Wood” and “Alice and Wonderland,” revealed on Saturday at the Lumière Festival in Lyon, France, that his filmmaking relationship with the Mouse House is likely over. “My history is that … Read more