From the East End of Long Island, Claire grew up coming to NYC & now gets to write about the best city every day! Her favorite borough is Queens (living in Astoria for 5 years), & on weekends she can be found at a local brewery, new restaurant, or reading the latest mystery novel.
You’ve already seen the empty city streets in photo form, and now you can with epic drone video aerial shots. If you’ve been wondering what the city looks like almost completely empty from all angles, you ca...
Yesterday evening, April 13, a magical thing happened in NYC. After a day of severe winds and thunderstorms, something incredible burst through the clouds: a rainbow! Right at 7pm when New Yorkers have started clapping...
First there was clapping, now there is horn beeping! The MTA, Amtrak, NJ Transit, Port Authority and other regional transit agencies have organized a #SoundTheHorn campaign, in order to bring awareness and thank transpo...
Love conquers all, even quarantine! Greenpoint, Brooklyn couple Ken and Paula were supposed to get married in DUMBO on March 21, but plans quickly got postponed. Instead of simply rescheduling for months later (which th...
Bored at home? Tune in to the Bronx Zoo’s penguin population, which you can now do every minute of every day if you want! The Bronx Zoo has launched three different LIVE cams so you can see what the animals are up...
United Airlines has partnered with New York City to provide free, round-trip flights for healthcare workers coming to help fight COVID-19, since New York is the “epicenter” of the virus. And over the weekend...
If you order one thing at Magnolia Bakery, make sure it’s the banana pudding. That’s what pretty much any New Yorker will tell you about the dessert mecca in NYC. There’s nothing quite like those layers of vanilla wafer...
In a press conference this afternoon, Governor Cuomo led a conference call with other local governors to announce a coordinated “reopening plan.” Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey, Ned Lamont of Connecticut...
Though all the zoos and aquarium are closed, we’re here for all the new animal content coming through from NYC! Our latest obsession is the New York Aquarium’s weekly updates on a baby sea lion pup that was...
In his daily press conference this morning, April 13, Mayor de Blasio called on the Rent Guidelines Board to enact a rent freeze in NYC, for those with rent-stabilized apartments. The Rent Guidelines Board is the group...