FOOD & DRINK
Wahlburgers returns to New York with Long Island opening
Greater Rockville Centre coverage is funded in part by Toast Coffee + Kitchen, now open in Long Beach. Click here to visit the website. Wahlburgers has returned to Long Island, and one of the Wahlberg brothers came down to celebrate the new location. In late April, renowned chef Paul Wahlberg,...
NYC’s hottest new hamburger is from a gas station
It will really fill you up. The tiny hamburger joint Smacking Burger has opened inside of a working gas station — which happens to be the last one in Manhattan below 14th Street. On a recent Saturday, the owners said they served some 800 customers. The four-pump Mobil on the narrow corner of Eighth Avenue and Horatio Street has a small wedge of a convenience mart. When you walk in, there’s a typical cashier to the left. To the right, past a shelf of chips and adjacent to coolers of drinks, Smacking Burger occupies a tight triangle. In that cramped space, station owner...
New York LOTTO ticket worth $81K sold in Brooklyn
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Someone in Brooklyn is $81,844 richer, according to the New York Lottery. The second-winning prize ticket was sold at Maita Deli Grocery Corp. on St. John’s Place in Brooklyn, officials said. The winning numbers from the New York LOTTO drawing were 35-45-46-50-52-56 with a bonus number of 3. Officials said the […]
N.Y. Lottery: Powerball player gets $50K with winning ticket sold in NYC
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A $50,000 third-prize winning Powerball ticket was recently sold in New York City. The New York Lottery announced the winning ticket for the May 4 drawing matched four white balls and the red Powerball. It was sold at V&K Liquor, located at 5916 Avenue N in Brooklyn.
Why this patisserie owner in Brooklyn went viral for accepting SNAP/EBT at her business
At Jatee Kearsley’s Je T’aime Patisserie in Brooklyn, you’ll find classic baked goods like croissants, cakes and biscuits. But something sets Kearsley’s shop apart: Her business welcomes customers using EBT and SNAP, government food assistance programs. Her business can do that because she sells products the...
What the peck?! Wild turkey spotted strutting around Manhattan after epic journey
She’s gobbling up city life. A rare wild turkey was spotted strutting her stuff around Manhattan Wednesday — dodging traffic and roosting in a tree after an epic journey across the East River from Queens, sources said. The brassy bird spent a full day foraging for food in the urban jungle, near 49th Street and Madison Avenue, beginning Tuesday — causing onlookers to squawk with confusion and delight, according to footage and local birders. “It’s so extremely uncommon for a turkey to be in a place like Manhattan,” said David Barrett, who runs a popular birding account on X. “This is a healthy bird that can fly 40...
Brooklyn-based grocery store signs lease for 13,500 square feet of space at LIC mixed-use development
The local grocery store Dumbo Market has signed a lease for approximately 13,500 square feet of space at Jasper, a $370 million mixed-use development in Long Island City. Located at 2-33 50th Ave. in the Hunters Point neighborhood, the new Dumbo Market location, along with the rest of the development, is expected to open in early 2025.
First ever pet-friendly homeless shelter opens in the Bronx
NEW YORK – New York City has opened its first-ever pet-friendly homeless shelter. For the first time, residents living in a New York City shelter won't have to leave their beloved pets behind. The Uplift Families Residence in the Bronx has 161 units that can house approximately 587 people. During the pilot program, which is run by the city's Department of Homeless Services and the Urban Resource Institute (URI) in conjunction with Pets and Animals Living Safely (PALS), five-apartment-style family units will be in use, with the hope of expanding to more. "We understood from talking to survivors that they had pets....
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