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Indulge in luxury pampering from around the globe at Brooklyn’s World Spa
World Spa is simply out of this world. The 50,000-square-foot, high-design super spa in Brooklyn’s Midwood neighborhood offers a circuit of rejuvenating bathing rituals from around the globe. Guests glide from the Turkish and Moroccan tiled hammams to a Himalayan salt room, Finnish saunas, Japanese onsen pools, Eastern European banyas, saltwater swimming pools and the Jacuzzi. All together, there are more than a dozen “cultural experiences,” along with an excellent on-site restaurant and add-on treatments, including massages, facials and body scrubs. Four hours here feels like a vacation. Here’s what a visit to the spectacular wellness facility (1571 McDonald Ave.), which opened...
Canners collect bottles, cans and 5-cent deposit to make living in NYC
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Money is tossed away in the garbage in the form of empty bottles and cans. Some people make a living by reclaiming the value. Customers pay a 5-cent deposit on many bottles and cans in New York. Collecting, sorting and redeeming them can be a full-time job. The crews are known as “canners” and […]
Police: Freeport Dentist Arrested for Operating Practice without a License
The Special Victims Squad reports on the arrest of a Freeport man on Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 3:15 PM for Unauthorized Practice. According to Detectives, defendant Jose L Rodriguez Delacruz, 53, of 152 E Milton Street was performing dental work at his place of business on a 2nd floor office located at 1 West Sunrise Highway, Freeport. After conducting an investigation, it was discovered he was practicing as an unlicensed dentist and was placed under arrest without incident.
Iconic Italian eatery Ortobello fights to rebuild after fire as Brooklyn residents rally to save community fixture
Andrea Cerasuoli hasn’t quite been himself since an early April fire torched Ortobello, the beloved Italian joint in Bensonhurst that his father started back in 1974. “I’ve been kind of — I don’t want to say depressed,” Cerasuoli, 48, told The Post on Monday. “But I’ve been feeling down because of the whole fire situation. “I’m not really over the shock of it all,” the Brooklyn restaurateur continued. “It’s all I think about. I think about the future, wanting to reopen and get back to normal. I didn’t shave for a couple weeks. Yesterday, I shaved for the first time.” The fire flared up...
Defendant’s family turns out for arraignment in gunpoint robbery at T-Mobile store on Staten Island
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Bail was set last week for two men charged in an armed robbery that played out weeks ago inside a T-Mobile store in New Springville. Carlos Santos Vicioso, 23, of W. 159th Street in Manhattan, and Juan Feliz, 26, of Elliot Place in the Bronx, were indicted recently on charges that include first-degree robbery, criminal possession of a loaded firearm, unlawful imprisonment and grand larceny, records show.
Billionaire’s new building to soar over Midtown for one very specific reason
In a bid to inject new life into Midtown Manhattan, especially in the wake of COVID, billionaire hedge fund titan Ken Griffin is placing bets on a soaring 62-story skyscraper that’s set to redefine the city’s skyline. The ambitious project aims to revitalize the neighborhood, which suffered from widespread vacancies during the pandemic-induced downturn. Teaming up with real estate giants Vornado Realty Trust and Rudin, Griffin’s Citadel and Citadel Securities will anchor the development at 350 Park Ave. The highly designed project is aiming to lure workers back to the office in a step away from working from home. “I am excited...
Lawrence: Nassau Expressway closed northbound between Rock Hall Road and Seagirt Boulevard
Nassau County police said that the north side of the Nassau Expressway between Rock Hall Road and Seagirt Boulevard in Lawrence is temproraily closed because of a car accident that occured on the expressway by CedarLawn Avenue Road at 1:53 p.m. on April 22. The story will be updated as...
Rabbi Albert Thaler, founding director of Ramah Nyack day camp, dies at 91
(New York Jewish Week) — When Rabbi Albert Thaler was invited to run Ramah Day Camp in Nyack in 1970 it had neither staff nor campers. It did have a site — a campus in New York’s Rockland County that had hosted American Seminar, a program for youngsters who were unable to attend one of the Conservative movement’s signature programs in Israel.
SEE ANYTHING? Pre-Dawn Hackensack Carjacking Reported By NY Driver
Hackensack police are investigating a New York man's report that he was carjacked at a local Wawa before dawn Monday.The 43-year-old driver told police four male robbers "forcefully took several belongings" with his 2018 Land Rover, outside the South River Street convenience store across from the S…
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