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When foods become trendy, it usually starts right here in New York City. And we’ve seen them all, the great, the no-so-great, and the downright weird. And somehow, these foods blow up to be the biggest thing of the summ...

NYC has a ton of great songs that take place within it, or about it, and a lot of them are as nuanced as specific locations in the city. And with perfect reason! There’s a lot of awesome places in the city to write a so...

The Bronx, or as it’s formally called, the Boogie-Down Bronx, has an interesting history. Not just as a borough but also in terms of its names. It wasn’t always the Bronx, so how did we get there? Way before The Bron...

This crowd sourced map divides NYC into cultural groups (hipsters, tourists, rich, normies) based on YOUR input. You've all seen maps of NYC, but nothing like this.  User sourced maps are nothing new here on Secret N...

If New York sometimes feels a little out of the ordinary, that’s because it is. In fact, living in NYC is kind of like a video game in a few different ways, and with the right strategy, you could be leveling up in no ti...

Queens is that distant borough that people know is there and think is pretty cool, but rarely take the time to visit. Well, we say forgo your next lay out in Central Park and take the 7 train over to Flushing Meadows Co...

Fans of the hit show Brooklyn 99 recognize the department's mad-capped antics aren't exactly based in much realism, but that lead some to wonder about the medals work on NYPD Captain Holt's chest... are they real, and i...

The views of NYC are pretty amazing if you just know where to look. If you spend all of your time inside Manhattan, you’ll never get the epic skyline view that everyone raves about. Get yourself off the island for a bit...

Ever think to yourself, I could be a social media influencer; it’s easy! Well, you might want to take tips from these 10 NYC influencers who are the hottest thing on social media right now. 1. Humza Deas: Deas is...

Sometimes the way life goes in NYC, you just don’t have words. And even the emoticons that already exist don’t totally encapsulate all the feels, without using about 20 of them. NYC and New Yorkers, in general, need the...