Hey, he’s walking here! For the past few months, Matt Bass has acted as Gotham’s very own Batman for a very specific, but sizeable subset of New Yorkers: the easily irritated pedestrian. His version of the Batsuit, though, is a simple black T-shirt, shorts, sunglasses and a backwards baseball cap — a suitably surreptitious disguise … Read more
All aboard! These die-hard New Yorkers have spent decades doing what most would find unthinkable — showing tourists the sights of the Big Apple. This year, Circle Line Cruises celebrates 80 years of sailing around Manhattan. Many of the workers have been boarding the boats for nearly that long — and they wouldn’t trade their … Read more
Eat your hearts out, breakfast purists. The best sandwich for the morning in New York state isn’t the classic bacon, egg and cheese roll. It’s not even served on a bagel. Chowhound — a food website — listed the best breakfast sandwiches in every state based on Yelp reviews, Reddit threads, and community forums “to … Read more
Retired New Yorkers need an average of $50,997 per year to cover their living expenses after factoring in Social Security payments, new research has found. GOBankingRates gathered national average annual expenditures data for people 65 and older from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center in order to calculate … Read more
Sydney Charlet’s got drive. To cover her hefty Upper West Side rent, she’s become the hero that Gotham didn’t realize it needed: “The Car Sitter.” Charlet, 29, a Big Apple transplant from Seattle, Washington, charges her new NYC neighbors — mostly locals around her age — up to $50 for a 90-minute car-sitting session during alternate … Read more
Talk about a chilling effect. As summer officially kicks off and an oppressive heat wave threatens to melt the Northeast, New Yorkers will be venturing to rooftop lounges and chic watering holes to cool down, but with icy flair. Big Apple bars are happy to pay extra to have crystal-clear ice delivered to their doors … Read more
Forget rooftop pools and drinking Frosé. The “it” summer activity in the city is collecting miniature art prints from old-fashioned coin-operated machines. “It’s so fun,” said Kiana Ting, 25, who works in data analytics in the beauty industry and lives in Manhattan. Kiana Ting loves collecting Inciardi prints from vending machines around NYC. Emmy Park … Read more
This month, Italian startup carrier Neos launched the first ever nonstop direct flights from America to the country’s buzziest region, Puglia. The JFK to Bari route will operate once weekly through Oct. 15, with prices starting from $1,000 for standard economy seating and an upgraded Premium Relax cabin for around $400 more. The outbound flight is … Read more
New York’s distinct accent — the one that brought us Joe Pesci’s defensive “Funny how?” in “Goodfellas” and Fran Drescher’s thick “Oh, Mr. Sheffield” from the sitcom “The Nanny” — is rubbing a lot of Americans the wrong way. Nearly 60% of Americans say they find the accent annoying, according to a new survey by … Read more
Dave Portnoy just handed out one of his highest pizza ratings ever to a newly opened pizza spot in Little Italy – which is now causing impatient lines and sold-out pies. The Barstool Sports founder is known for his viral — not to mention controversial — one-bite pizza reviews. And he recently gave Ceres — … Read more
They’re repeat customers. More and more New Yorkers are opting for follow-up facelifts to maintain a youthful appearance several years after first going under the knife. “I am seeing a lot of patients in their late 50s and early 60s coming in for second facelifts,” Upper East Side facial plastic surgeon Dr. Sean Alemi told … Read more
New Yorkers certainly love their takeout. Supposedly, in NYC, around 45 to-go food searches are made each month per 1,000 residents, according to a study from Betway, originally reported by Time Out. While it’s easier than ever for New Yorkers to snap their fingers and have food delivered to their home — they have to … Read more
When David Kleinman realized just how much the price of gold had gone up, he beelined to the Diamond District with a bag of his wife’s unused jewelry. And, after Alon Mirzaev, manager of U.S. Gold Refinery on 47th Street, handed him $659 for the three gold rings and two gold necklaces his wife never … Read more
They’re taking a bite of the Big Apple — literally. NYC parks sound like the last place you’d want to eat something off the ground. However, a growing number of New Yorkers are perusing these urban oases for wild berries, top-shelf fungi and other locavore eats not available at Gotham’s inflation- and tariff-ravaged grocery stores. … Read more
How much would you pay to shorten your NYC commute? Astoria resident Sam Ressler, 26, shelled out $1,200 to reclaim precious minutes, speeding up the daily trek to and from his SoHo office in a novel new way — with a pair of motorized Moonwalkers Aero shoes. Like a pair of rollerskates that require less effort — or … Read more
NYU economics professor Bill Easterly, a highly respected expert in foreign aid, global poverty and development in Africa, can add a novel title to his lengthy resume — pingpong player extraordinaire. Easterly, 67, picked up the unusual skill as a way to cope with Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that can cause tremors, slow movement … Read more
New year, same old New Yorkers. Only 70% of Empire Staters planned on even attempting a New Year’s resolutions this year, according to a December survey — which also found nearly 80% of the state’s jaded residents don’t believe they could see a resolution through. Out of all the state’s hopefuls, 48% resolved to work … Read more
The Big Apple is home to an eye-popping 436 Guinness World Record holders, nearly 8% of all the risk-takers in the country and second only to California’s 615, according to the 70th edition of the “Guinness World Records.” Here are four of the New Yorkers whose grit and determination helped them reach immortality. Miki Sudo – Most wins … Read more
Jingle bells? Wassailers? The yule log crackling in the inglenook? No, that’s the sound of a thousand hungry thumbs rubbing against a thousand index fingers. The holidays are a time when guilt tipping, tipping fatigue and tipflation snowball. Who should receive a tip for what services, and how much that tip should be is less … Read more
Happy Christmas? Merry Hanukkah? Happy Challahdays? There’s no need for an identity crisis this year for those who celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah, with both happily coinciding on Dec. 25. New Yorkers who normally nurse some serious “Christmas envy” are plotzing over the cultural conundrum they’ve dubbed “Chrismukkah,” a Judeo-Christian mashup for the ages. Comedian … Read more