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Johnny Rockets

New York City Restaurants Will Display Cleanliness Grades Under New Regulations

The city voted to implement a controversial plan that will see restaurants rated for cleanliness based on a letter system.

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Columbus Avenue, Where More Than Half of Buildings Don't Have Street Numbers Displayed

Study Shows 40 Percent of Manhattan Buildings Don't Display Addresses

On some blocks, more than half of buildings didn't have their street numbers displayed.

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Kristen Nemec, Killed in 2007 Hit-and-Run

Family of Bridesmaid Killed in SoHo Hit-and-Run Finally Sees Driver Sentenced

Fatal incident happened 12 years ago while victim was still wearing wedding gown, pearls.

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Small Fire Breaks out in West Village Apartment on Bank Street(Jennifer Glickel / DNAinfo)

Fire Forces Residents Out of Bank Street Apartments in West Village

A small fire broke out in a second floor apartment of a five-story walk up on Bank Street Thursday morning.
Dept of Sanitation Calls For Bids For Waste Dump at Hudson River Park(Wikimedia Commons/Jim.henderson)

City Moves on Recycling Plant for Hudson River Where Some Locals...

The city wants to build a recycling plant on an open stretch of Hudson River Park that some local residents were hoping to see used as a recreational space.

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Risotto(Gramercy Tavern/Ellen Silverman)

Danny Meyer's Gramercy Tavern May Get Ingredients From a Local School

A school's rooftop garden could provide key ingredients to some of Manhattan’s elite restaurants.
Preservationists Hope to Galvanize Support to Bring Historic Ship SS United States to Manhattan(Photo: Big Ship Films)

Historic Ocean Liner's Planned Move to Manhattan May Get Sunk,...

Preservationists pushing to bring an ocean liner to New York worry a sale to a scrap yard is imminent.
High Line Near 34th Street(Photo by Jesse Chehak/Courtesy Friends of the High Line)

High Line Soars Over First Hurdle to Extend Park to 34th Street

The city cleared the first major hurdle in extending the High Line up to 34th Street when a huge crowd gathered at a Midtown Community Board 4 meeting on Wednesday voted in favor of the proposal.
Kelly Callahan(Nicole Breskin/DNAinfo)

NYU Smoking Ban Has Students, Village Residents Questioning Right...

NYU’s new smoking ban has left students and locals fuming over the legality of policy that bars lighting up within 15 feet of all entrances, exits and air vents of university buildings.
Bat(Photo: Gcarter2/Wikimedia)

Greenwich Village School Unveils Plans for New Rooftop Eco Lab

Bats, birds and more will make their homes in an eco-friendly science lab to be built on the roof of a Greenwich Village school.
St. Vincent's Nurses Pray For Ailing Debt-Ridden Hospital(Nicole Breskin/DNAinfo)

Hospital Nurses Pray For St. Vincent's Savior

Seeing no solutions for the hospital's woes, dozens of medical center staff offer it up to higher power at hospital chapel.
Sullivan Street(Nicole Breskin/DNAinfo)

SoHo Residents Relieved Sullivan Street Rezoning Plans Withdrawn

SoHo residents and preservationists are celebrating the withdrawal of a controversial rezoning plan that could have replaced a small neighborhood bakery with a trendy nightclub.
Kelly Callahan(Nicole Breskin/DNAinfo)

NYU Bans Smoking on Public Sidewalks Outside School Buildings

NYU is stepping up its war on cigarettes by banning smoking on public sidewalks outside school buildings.
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