New York City is finally making headway in its long-delayed effort to clean up the Gowanus Canal. The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced last week the completion of excavation for the Red Hook tank, an eight-million-gallon underground facility designed to capture sewage overflow that would otherwise spill into the canal during rainstorms. Construction on [...]
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By New York Post | FOX Weather | 3/31/2025 1:39 PM
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Actress Scarlett Johansson and SNL staff writer Colin Jost are moving to a Park Avenue penthouse. As first reported by the Wall Street Journal, the A-list couple paid $13,000,000 for a 14-room triplex at 1220 Park Avenue, a Rosario Candela-designed co-op in Carnegie Hill. The magnificent residence measures 6,000 square feet across three levels and [...]
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A housing lottery launched last week for 40 mixed-income apartments at a new mixed-use development in the East Village. Located at 280 East Houston Street, the 12-story building, called “The Houston,” offers modern residences, exclusive amenities, and a prime location at the intersection of the East Village and the Lower East Side. New Yorkers earning [...]
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On a quintessential Park Slope block (just two blocks from the park), this 20-foot-wide red-brick townhouse at 428 7th Street is a perfect home base for anyone with a green thumb and outdoor aspirations. Asking $3,995,000, the two-family townhouse consists of a sunny garden flat topped by an owner’s triplex, with a private back patio, [...]
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Miriam Yarimi, 35, who is accused of smashing her Audi A4 into the pedestrians in Brooklyn's Gravesend on Saturday afternoon, had previously boasted about needing to have a fast vehicle, one of her acquaintances told The Post. ... Read full Story
Hordes of hoodlums vandalized three police cars early Sunday morning during a wild car meet-up in Queens, according to police and footage of the chaos. ... Read full Story
By New York Post | David Propper | 3/31/2025 1:05 AM
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There's the rose garden strategy -- and then there's the "Cuo Garden" strategy. Ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo is running a rose garden strategy in his comeback bid for mayor, keeping his interactions with the public and press to a minimum, an anti-Cuomo group claims. ... Read full Story
"We were worried in the beginning. We're relieved we got approved for roadside dining," Brooklyn-based Caffe De Martini owner Stefano De Martini told The Post. ... Read full Story
Even the clean energy industry admits that solar and wind energy isn't as reliable as fossil fuel power and that New York's green energy law to transition to renewables is a bust, according to a bombshell report. ... Read full Story
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 1, 2025 is:
cynosure \SYE-nuh-shur\ noun
A cynosure is a person or thing that attracts a lot of attention or interest. As a proper noun, Cynosure may refer to the North Star or its constellation Ursa Minor.
// He was the cynosure of all eyes as he walked into the room.
"Look at any picture of Kashmir and you'll understand why it is called heaven on earth. And Srinagar, framed by the majestic Zabarwan Mountains, is the cynosure of all travel itineraries, offering a mix of breathtaking landscapes, rich culture, and spirituality." — Mallika Bhagat, Times Now (Mumbai, India), 17 Dec. 2024
Did you know?
Ancient mariners noted that all the stars in the heavens seemed to revolve around a particular star, and they relied on that star to guide their navigation. The constellation that this bright star appears in is known to English speakers today as Ursa Minor, or the Little Dipper, but the Ancient Greeks called it Kynósoura, a term that comes from a phrase meaning "dog's tail." Kynósoura passed into Latin and Middle French, becoming cynosure. When English speakers adopted the term in the 16th century, they used it as a name for both the constellation and the star (which is also known as the North Star or Polaris) and also to identify a guide of any kind. By the 17th century, cynosure was also being used figuratively for anything or anyone that, like the North Star, is the focus of attention or observation.