The city will install five public restrooms in separate city parks at a cost of approximately $5.3 million, according to the Parks department. These five new toilets are part of a pilot project and their installation coincides with an initiative by several city legislators to increase the number of places where New Yorkers can relieve … Read more
In Jackson Heights, Laura Siciliano Rosen is the go-to guide for all things food. And in this neighborhood, that includes Latin cuisine. “I was always in the middle of so many different cultures and was able to explore food. I just take the love of food to another level,” said Siciliano Rosen. IT MAY INTEREST … Read more
Welcome to the Jackson Heights neighborhood, which for residents like Roberto Ramírez who has lived here for eleven years, there are many reasons that make it unique. “All the stores are within reach, the trains, the buses are close, there is more movement in commerce, the gastronomy more than anything there is from different countries,” … Read more
Located south of the equator, Zaruma is a magical town, where its people, gold and coffee are part of the charm. Three thousand miles away, we found a little piece of this land in Brooklyn. This is the Zaruma Gold Coffee cafeteria. After years in New York, Diana Aguilar had decided to return to Ecuador … Read more
Del, a seven-year-old, 90-pound German Shepard, along with his partner Mike, spend about 12 hours a day in the cold tending to businesses in the Penn Station area of 34th Street. This is because theft in some businesses has gotten out of control, according to Kevin Ward, vice president of the 34th Street Partnership, a … Read more
The alligator rescued over the weekend from a frozen New York lake had swallowed a bathtub stopper, according to authorities. The nearly 5-foot-long female was torpid and exposed to the cold when she was found Sunday in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park lake, according to a spokesman for the Bronx Zoo, where she is recovering. After being … Read more
“It is a pride to be a father. It is also a happiness when a child comes into your life”, said Kevin Báez. For Kevin Báez, there is a before and after after the arrival of his daughter Daphne. The girl was born three years ago when he was 24, without having been able to … Read more
There are many reasons why students sometimes do not go to class, one of them, and although it may seem surprising, is not having clean clothes. “It sounds a bit unfortunate to hear this that parents sometimes do not have enough, even to wash the children’s clothes,” said Alfredo Velázquez. And in keeping with the … Read more
“My name is Edwing D’Angelo and I am a fashion designer here in New York City. Creativity is the part that pleases me the most and fulfills me when it comes to sewing, I love creating, I love colors, I love pretty fabrics.” D’Angelo is the fifth generation of a family of seamstresses from Buenaventura … Read more
An owl at the Central Park Zoo has flown from its cage where it was being kept on display after someone smashed it through the stainless steel mesh, zoo officials said Friday. The Eurasian eagle owl, named Flaco, disappeared at 8:30 p.m. Thursday and was still on the loose Friday, according to Max Pulsinelli, a … Read more