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
Out of all the coolest corners of the Earth, the Concrete Jungle shines as its hottest hot spot — and one Manhattan neighborhood’s got the most sizzle. Standing head and shoulders above all other major cities, NYC has been ranked the “most interesting place in the world,” per a recent survey of top-searched locations conducted … Read more
Home is where the horror is. Ghoulish decor abounds across New York, but nowhere more so in the five boroughs than Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens. The adjacent Brooklyn neighborhoods have become the city’s de facto Halloween headquarters — with residents going all-out on spooky displays for their brownstones. “It’s really ugly out there in … Read more
An 11-year-old Oklahoma native has reeled in an exotic catch — one that is most certainly not native to Oklahoma. Charlie Clinton of Edmond, Oklahoma, caught an exotic, invasive fish known as the Pacu, a freshwater fish related to the carnivorous piranha. It’s a South American fish, native to the Amazon. The boy reeled in the fish on July … Read more
Whoooo’s there? That bump in the night was not the intruder these Canadian homeowners thought, although it could be described as a menacing figure. In fact, it was an owl named Winky who ruffled some feathers, breaking into and destroying two homes. Standing only 9 inches tall and weighing a mere 1.7 pounds, Winky may … Read more
You’ve heard about snakes on a plane, but what about snakes in your neighborhood? A massive, 10-foot-long, 75-pound boa constrictor was captured by a deputy in a St. Lucie County, Florida, neighborhood with help from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Agriculture Deputy Clay Mangrum helped wrangle the slithery suspect from the Tall Pines … Read more