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.
Many NYC institutions are temporary closing and/or postponing events to help the city limit the spread of COVID-19. Here’s a full list so you can keep track, and it will be updated as more announcements are made....
Just as soon as New York City public libraries announced they canceled all of their public programming but would remain open, now they have announced they will close entirely through at least Tuesday, March 31. This inc...
If you’re practicing social distancing to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, odds are you’re going to have a lot more time to spend at home. And of course, our modern activity of choice is a dedicated T...
They started with $50 discount tickets, and now all Broadway show performances are suspended for good. Governor Cuomo announced at a press conference this afternoon, March 12, that all Broadway shows must close at 5pm t...
The MTA has been stepping up their game to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 on mass transit, and now will be disinfecting the subway twice a day. First they were disinfecting turnstiles, MetroCard, ticket vending mac...
Governor Cuomo announced late last night that NYC’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade (set for Tuesday 3/17) will be postponed to a later date, after discussing it in depth with the Parade and Celebration Comm...
Though NYC public schools remain open (at the time this article has been published), NYS Governor Cuomo just announced that all SUNY and CUNY campuses will be closed as of March 19, and students and teachers will have t...
There’s a shop dedicated to almost every dessert in NYC—doughnuts, cupcakes, pies—but never for the Japanese sweet rice dessert mochi. Until now, that is! Mochidoki, which you could previously order mochi ice crea...
You’ve probably heard by now that the highest sky deck in the Western Hemisphere, Edge, is now open! Well, to celebrate its opening day, six aerialist dancers put on a truly unbelievable performance. Edge is locat...
If you’ve been to your friendly neighborhood Duane Reade recently, you’ve probably noticed all the disinfectant wipes and hand sanitizer have been cleaned out. Deliveries are on backorder for many drugstores...