Photo: Chikodinaka Chima

In LIC, bicycle parking is not for the timid
By Chikodinaka Chima

A new bike lane through Long Island City was recently completed by the Department of Transportation, but no parking spaces for bikes were installed, leaving some to wonder who the lanes were meant to serve. Read more »

Where many a Lower East Side bar is filled with electronic quips, Rene Lopez brings back an unassuming version of the acoustic troubadours of old.

The lucky cats aren't selling as well as they used to in Chinatown, an indication of how the economic crisis is affecting residents and shoppers.

Selma Jackson helped changed the face of Fort Greene with her influential art gallery. Now, nine months after the gallery’s closure, Jackson is back in school as she considers her next project.

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The opening of Sunnyside Community Services’ renovated senior center has attracted more members, even as the center loses a portion for their funding from the Department for the Aging.