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From left: Superdry at Broadway and Washington Place, Bruno Ravioli at Broadway between 78th and 79th streets On the Lower East Side, a secret speakeasy bar has opened in an undisclosed location a "little farther east than weekend revelers usually go." In Soho, Shecky's Media company has moved from its offices at 678 Broadway to a larger space at ...

THAT scowl your downstairs neighbour gave you this morning to remind you he hasn't forgotten your noisy dinner party the other night, those harsh words you exchanged with the woman who parks her car across your driveway too often to be a mistake - these are part of the "cheek by jowlness" that makes a city beautiful, says architect Michael Sorkin.

Almost indisputably, the mayoral race this year was a desert of big new ideas for New York City.

Across town from Tishman Speyer's Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, residents of Independence Plaza North at 80 North Moore Street in Tribeca are hoping the recent rent-stabilization ruling applies to them, too.

Two legendary outposts - Chanterelle , which put TriBeCa on the map, and Caf des Artistes , one of the city's more romantic and enduring destinations - closed.

Brooklyn has long been a haven for renters looking for cheaper deals than they can get across the river in Manhattan.

The movie industry has had a 70-year love affair with New York City, resulting in films such as Breakfast at Tiffany's, Taxi Driver, Rush Hour, Annie Hall, Wall Street and now, Sex and the City.

Boo at the Zoo Bronx Zoo 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. $15 adults; $11 kids ; $13 seniors Get into the spirit of Halloween at this spooktacular event! There will be bats, cats and slithery snakes, as well as pumpkin carving, a hay maze and the first-ever Haunted Safari.

Will be hosting 'free' dumpling workshops all over NYC and New Jersey Wai Hon Chu and Connie Lovatt , authors of the new cookbook, THE DUMPLING: A SEASONAL GUIDE will be hosting a series of FREE dumpling workshop classes all over NYC and NJ.

Show mutability. Move like a blaze of consciousness. Perfection is the devil. Express the eroticism of gravity.' Given 31 years of daring choices, she could add 'Resist comfort.' The 55-year-old choreographer, sitting in a beam of sunlight in her Tribeca loft, laughs at her impulses to give it all up.

It's odd to think of Tribeca becoming an international franchise. More than most, the film festival was a response to conditions at specific place and time.

Terrifyingly Gnarly # 17: CROPSEY in NYC with the Filmmakers and Myself! Thursday, October 22, 2009 04:55 AM Sam Zimmerman Terrifyingly Gnarly About five or so months ago, when the weather was a bit warmer in New York City and Halloween wasna t happily breathing down our necks, I was satisfying my need for the macabre at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Residents of Tribeca's 6 Varick Street are up in arms against New York Law School , which has been keeping the lights on 24/7 since the spring.

I've just returned from a quick weekend trip to New York. It's been two years since I was last there! Hard to believe so much time has gone by.

Along with 40 or so New Yorkers, I am standing in a queue outside a charity store in Tribeca.

Last Thursday night mayoral candidate Bill Thompson braved the wind and rain to join residents of Hudson Square and North TriBeCa neighborhoods to rally against the Department of Sanitation's planned garbage-truck garage on Spring Street and Washington Street on the lower west side.

ONE Sunday last month, I visited the avant-garde filmmaker Ken Jacobs and his wife, Flo, in the top-floor loft they rent on Chambers Street in Manhattan.

A 32-year-old rabbi keen on using a modern aesthetic to attract the neighborhood's hip, and often lapsed, Jewish set has signed a lease for 2,200 square feet at a high-profile location at 43 Crosby Street , a five-story, red-brick building between Broome and Spring streets.

The celebrity owned restaurants in New York City reflect a variety of tastes, including a rock bar, southern barbecue, literary hangout to vegetarian haven.

FIRST THERE was the pizza renaissance. Now there's the pasta renaissance, with star chefs all over the city and beyond using their noodles to dazzle diners.