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Whoa, tonight's wild thunderstorm has hit Staten Island in a serious way: There's an island-wide power outage right now, not to mention "starting fires, flooding streets, causing car crashes downing tree branches," according to SILive. Also, we're hearing that a police officer was struck by lightning. Be careful out there!
There will be thunderstorms tomorrow as well.
http://www.gothamist.com/archives/weather/index.php
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May 30, 2006
The MTA Doesn't Care About Babies in Strollers
The convoluted ways of the subway never to amaze: A mother was fined for using the service entrance for her daughter in a stroller because she didn't wait for the station agent to buzz her in. WABC 7's "Seven on Your Side" gets all advocate-for-the-viewers on the case and laid out the details: The mother, Michelle, put her Metrocard in the card slot at a 34th Street service entrance - which she's done many times before. The door opened. But then a station agent told her, "Excuse me, did anyone give you permission to go through that door?" - and then ticketed Michelle and her mother $60 each for not getting permission! The MTA claims that riders are supposed to know that they should wait in line if they want to use the service entrance (which is only for the handicapped), but Seven on Your Side didn't see any signs indicating this, even after the MTA said they'd put them up! And the MTA still expects Michelle and her mother to pay.
On the MTA's website, we found this Q&A:
Why do I have to stand in line with my stroller before the agent lets me use the Service Entry gate?Customers who need to use Service Entry gates, including those with children in strollers, must wait in line with our other customers at the station booth to inform the station agent of their need to use the gate. The station agent will buzz the gate open after the customer has paid a fare at a turnstile and rotated the turnstile arm in view of the agent. We have found that customers who proceed directly to the Service Entry gate distract the station agents from conducting fare transactions at the booth. This policy also ensures that station agents will witness the payment of fares by Service Entry customers.
Still, if there are no signs actually at the service doors, it doesn't seem very clear. Maybe the MTA needs to start handing out pamphlets of rules for parents at hospitals! It is interesting though, since most people will try to get the station agent's attention when using the service entry, maybe some of the stroller clan think they own the subway.
May 31, 2006
The Hungry Cabbie Eats The Outer Boroughs: New Park Pizzeria
http://www.gothamist.com/archives/food/ Since I’ve dubbed myself The Hungry Cabbie, I thought my first post as Gothamist’s outer borough food correspondent should be about a classic eating institution that absolutely every cabbie should know: New Park Pizzeria.
It lies directly beneath the flight path into JFK Airport in the proud, old Italian neighborhood of Howard Beach, Queens. Unfortunately, the neighborhood is not known for being a particularly inviting place to outsiders thanks to a white mob that lynched a black man 2 decades ago. And knuckleheads like Fat Nick Minucci, who went to trial this week for racially slurring a black man before he allegedly cracked his skull with a baseball bat (he also beat a turbaned Sikh man as the towers burned on September 11), don’t help much either. Howard Beach is referred to more often as an “enclave” than a neighborhood as though it is a UN Compound amidst a raging third world genocide. It might be the only section of the city in which it makes sense that the locals buy their tacos and shish kabobs from a place called Vito’s.
(I lived here during this event, just over in South Ozone Park and spent a lot of time in the Gino's pizza, Me)
But don’t let wretched things like race riots and hate crimes deter you. New Park Pizza is fifty years old this year, and it is well worth an intrepid journey into the enclave. A slice from New Park is full of old-fashioned New York flavor. The light and chewy crust is charred just enough, and the cheese is plentiful but not overwhelming. The star of a New Park experience, however, is clearly the tomato sauce. It is tangy like a good sauce should be, yet it retains a slight hint of sweetness which gives the slice an addictive quality that has me driving miles out of my way at least once a week for a fix.
The grumpy pizza guys at New Park offer a Sicilian slice too, but mostly they stick to what they know best, and that is the classic New York thin crust cheese slice. If you ask them nicely, they’ll throw some pepperoni on there. And if you ask your cabbie nicely, maybe he’ll pull off the Belt Parkway or the Conduit on the way out to JFK and grab a slice with you. If I were your cabbie, I know I would.
New Park Pizzeria, 15671 Crossbay Blvd., Howard Beach, Queens
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[ back to top ] added 6/12 as my side navagation does not work as it should, on the side.
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