Residents of a Los Angeles suburb may finally get some peace after weeks of being terrorized by incessant screams coming from a new roller coaster at Universal Studios Hollywood. The “Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift” coaster, which reaches speeds of up to 72mph, soft-launched for a limited number of park guests in July, and Toluca … Read more
Where you live in your neighborhood could significantly affect your sleep, according to experts and recent research on urban landscapes. Erin Palinski-Wade, a New Jersey-based nutritionist and author of “The Sleepdemic Solution,” confirmed that household surroundings and ambient neighborhood conditions can directly interfere with restfulness. Factors such as cohabitating with family members, pets or high-noise environments frequently … Read more
In February, a man started plotting out cancer cases in his hometown of Keyport, New Jersey, about 30 miles south of Newark. He recorded as many as 28 people with cancer on a single street. Now nearly 400 cancer cases in the area have been identified, including people with cancers of the lungs, prostate, brain, … Read more
On New York City’s nightlife scene, sex is always on the menu. While the concrete jungle may not be the ideal hunting ground for finding true love, it is, apparently, the perfect place for a random roll in the hay, per a trending list of “Best bars to get laid at in NYC by neighborhood.” The … Read more
An Encino mansion that’s become an OnlyFans production hub also doubles as a Hollywood hangout for some very well-known stars. Neighbors have voiced concerns about the controversial Encino content mansion run by Creators Inc., but it’s been a longtime hangout for celebrities, athletes, and reality stars visiting the property and getting featured in content on … Read more
Say it ain’t dough. After 124 years, Caputo’s Bake Shop, a fixture of Brooklyn neighborhood Carroll Gardens, has baked its last loaf of Italian bread. And owner James Caputo is overwhelmed at the thought of saying goodbye. “I haven’t cried since I was a child, and I thought I never would again,” Caputo, 54, told … Read more
At 1 p.m. on a warm spring Thursday, a crowd spills onto the sidewalk at Melrose and Western in Los Angeles — long one of the city’s more commercially undesirable intersections, but today an epicenter of cool. Influencers and the casually affluent, purse dogs in tow, they’re here for jamón serrano y queso arepas, coconut … Read more
When one former Keyport, NJ, resident started keeping tabs of all the cancer diagnoses on and around his childhood street, the numbers were “freaking snowballing.” In recent interviews with NJ.com, Rusty Morris, 46, recounted how he’d collected the names of so many neighbors that he eventually created a map, marking the houses with red X’s … Read more
Affordability, low crime, quick commutes and quality schools are some of the top priorities for homebuyers searching for a neighborhood to call home. They may need to add “absence of zombie cells” to their list. A new study from the NYU School of Global Public Health found that certain neighborhoods may be aging their residents … Read more
“It was ‘the hood’ last year, but like the flip of a switch, every Palm Beach Island New Yorker is over here now to Instagram their breakfast,” commented someone in the subreddit r/WestPalmBeach. They’re riffing about the new Nora District — short for North Railroad Avenue — the city’s largest redevelopment project in 25 years. … Read more
Enough with the Portugal destination weddings when neither bride nor groom has any connection to the Algarve. It’s time to show some hometown pride — really, since one of the best things about a wedding is paying homage to the place that built you. One great way to add some local flair? Root, root, root … Read more
A Florida beach house, dubbed the “Trump house,” has taken TikTok by storm for its eye-catching décor. Marvin Peavy’s Walton County home sits on Florida’s Scenic Highway 30A in the northwestern part of the Sunshine State, which has been dubbed the “Hamptons of the South.” Peavy stepped into the spotlight over a legal dispute with local … Read more
They’re making a big stink in Washington Heights. With pooch poop lining its streets and sidewalks, the neighborhood is the No.1 ZIP code with the most gripes about canine number-two’s in 2025, per new 311 complaint data. Repping ZIP code 10032 — but boasting zero dog-waste-bag dispensers — Washington Heights produced 160 of the more … Read more
Residents will gather Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil. The 20-foot-tall (6-meter-tall) pencil was sculpted out of a mammoth oak tree at the home of John and Amy Higgins. The beloved tree was damaged in a storm a few years ago when … Read more
A landscaper-turned-OnlyFans-entertainer who rolled a provocative billboard through one of Sydney’s wealthiest suburbs this week has revealed some of the backlash she has experienced following the stunt. Shianne Foxx paid $2,000 to have a truck drive around with her picture on the side with the message: “Are you rich, old and lonely? I’m looking for … Read more
DEAR ABBY: While doing some house cleaning, I came across a column of yours that I had clipped and tucked away. On one of the pages I had dog-eared was the poem, “Decide to Forgive.” I was struck by how timely it is. The message is much needed at this time. I believe in “doing … Read more
Runner up? Fughedaboutit! A ritzy area of Brooklyn was named as one of America’s nicest places, according to Reader’s Digest, but fell short of the Mormon territory winner Provo, Utah. Judges, which included the likes of Al Roker, crowned the Salt Lake City area spot over the gorgeous Fort Greene for a strong sense of … Read more
It’s the most pressing story in the city. A sharply dressed Brooklyn man is spending his weeknights ironing strangers’ clothes at a bar for free — simply to do some good for his neighborhood while kindling a love of linen. While he’s been steamrolling over the city’s wrinkles for nearly a decade, this everyday hero … 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
Residents of an apartment building in Sydney woke to find a bizarre handwritten post-it note stuck to the front of each letter box. “Remove ur (sic) car immediately from parking-2 This is paid parking,” read the notes, plastered over the unit block in Lakemba, in the city’s west. There were at least 30 identical notes … Read more