One of the great attractions of our city is the wide variety of parks and other public places, available for the enjoyment of the whole family. One of them is Brooklyn Bridge Park, with 85 acres of land along the East River on the Brooklyn borough side. Brooklyn Bridge Park is relatively new. The first … Read more
Martina Santos donates her time twice a week to help pack the food that is distributed for free to those most in need in New York City. Martina is one of the dozens of volunteers who fill the bags with different foods. “We are like ants, each one has their job. They put three oranges, … Read more
From the Amazon jungle to the most famous concrete jungle, Adriana Aristizábal’s career is an example of reinvention and improvement. “My life has been a life marked by the closing of cycles and the beginning of cycles, the closing of careers and the beginning of a career. I am a business administrator, graduated from the … Read more
We have an update on the death of Flaco, the Central Park owl who won the love of New Yorkers, and the autopsy results show that his death was caused by an acute traumatic injury. Flaco reportedly died on Friday after crashing into a building on the Upper West Side. The owl escaped from the … Read more
This week there will be a big change in the way businesses in the city handle their waste. And it will no longer be allowed to pile up those gigantic black garbage bags on the sidewalks. Starting next Friday, all businesses must use containers for their garbage. This is part of an expansion of the … Read more
The images of the Argentine activist and actress Cecilia Gentili, 52, were placed at the foot of the altar of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, where little by little hundreds of people placed flowers in her honor. Alex Francisco was a friend of the activist for the rights of transgender people. “I’m super sad today because Cecilia … Read more
“I am Julián Medina, the Chef and owner of Soledad and my favorite dish is duck with mole, with rice, plantains and a fried duck egg.” “Here we have the duck, which is a… basically carnitas, it is cooked in its own fat. We have here some ripe bananas, duck egg, red rice, here there … Read more
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden occupies 52 acres in the center of Brooklyn, near Mount Prospect Park, Prospect Park, and the Brooklyn Museum. The garden is home to more than 14 thousand plant taxa and receives more than 800 thousand visitors each year. It also includes several special gardens, plant collections and structures. The Brooklyn Botanic … Read more
My name is Nelly Klinger, I am the chef here at Arepa Lady and this is my favorite Arepa. “The ingredients we make for that arepa are the following: we add meat, chicken, and we also add chorizo to make a mixed arepa.” Recipe created by the Arepa Lady herself, who started her business from … Read more
The Mojitos restaurant, in Jackson Heights, was one of the first to be part of the city’s outdoor restaurant program. Marcos Muńoz, owner of the Mojitos restaurant says: “It is correct through the Latin restaurant association. We had the opportunity to do the pilot program from this business” Now Muńoz is about to say goodbye … Read more