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This Is New York

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This is the city’s story and every day it’s different. Our reporters see unique things that make their neighborhoods great. This blog is for those moments that make you scratch your head, celebrate, or gripe to your coworker about how, for better or worse, "This is New York."    

Greenpoint »

Walter's Coffee Roastery baristas wear HazMat suits and serve coffee in beakers instead of cups.

East Harlem »

The sign on 117th Street between Lexington and Third avenues was posted a month ago, neighbors said.

Belmont »

The zoo is now home to a young Asian small-clawed otter in its JungleWorld exhibit.

Red Hook »

A new comic series features Brooklyn as a character that literally tears itself away from New York.

Greenpoint »

Thanks to the NY Train Project, you can click through images of all the subway signs in the two boros.

Union Square »

Videos and photos surfaced online of several New York rats chomping into a slice on a subway.

Park Slope »

Tween Brooklyn musicians do right by Journey, Dolly Parton and other legends with these covers.

Midtown »

Jessica Mendoza makes sports broadcast history; Putin's birthday; a possible pumpkin shortage.

Williamsburg »

Smokey the lamb has been breaking fences and sneaking onto other people's property.

Lower East Side »

The production has had a difficult time finding the ideal spot, according to a location scout.

Midtown »

The Photogrammar archive contains 170,000 photographs from 1935 to 1945. 

Union Square »

New York's attorney general is looking into allegations of insider trading at two fantasy sports sites.

Inwood »

More than 12,000 New Yorkers drew their neighborhood borders on DNAinfo's map.