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NYC parents having meltdown over $14 ice cream cones: ‘It’s out of control’
They all scream at this price tag! Queens parents are having a meltdown over a local ice cream truck’s astronomical prices — including $14 for a waffle cone. On a scorching Tuesday afternoon, unsuspecting parents found themselves digging back into their wallets to afford double-digit frozen treats from the bubblegum-pink New York Ice Cream truck set up near Astoria Park. “I gave her $20, thinking I was going to get some change back, and then she told me it’s more. They got me good!” exclaimed Henry Fernandez, who forked over $26 to treat his two kids a small sundae and shake float after...
What's it like being one of the few people who live in Teterboro? We asked them
Teterboro is more than just an airport to the dozens of people who call the tiny Bergen County borough home. Teterboro ranks among the smallest towns in New Jersey. According to Teterboro's website, it occupies a 1.1 square mile area with only 61 residents (as of the 2020 census). This area not only includes the airport, but also the Bergen County Technical School and Bergen County Animal Shelter, and major businesses like Walmart and Costco.
Riverside Park’s overgrown grounds, crumbling infrastructure and floods have officials ‘screaming’ for funding after years of neglect
Riverside Park’s crumbling infrastructure and lakes of mud have locals fuming – as park officials blame City Hall for starving the greenspace of years of needed funding. The Upper West Side has resembled Roman ruins in recent months: century-old stairs are crumbled into piles of wayward blocks, cobbled paths have grown into hedgerows of weeds, and pools of rainwater have turned lawns and walkways into bogs of muck and murky water. “It’s just sort of a threadbare carpet,” said Jonathan Weiner, 70, a Columbia University teacher who has lived by the park for 20 years. “There’s a lot that is a little bit...
Rezoning Approved for Synagogue Rehabilitation and New Construction at 817 Avenue H in Kensington, Brooklyn
New York-based real estate law firm Rosenberg & Estis P.C. has secured rezoning approval for Agudist Council of Greater New York, a Brooklyn congregation, to rehabilitate its synagogue and senior center at 817 Avenue H in Kensington, Brooklyn. The site has been owned and operated by the Agudist Council since 1975.
Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2024: Date, time and location set for Brooklyn celebration
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Thousands of mermaid lovers and art enthusiasts will return to Brooklyn this year for the annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade. The 42nd annual Mermaid Parade — known as the nation’s largest art parade — is slated for Saturday, June 22, at 1 p.m.
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