With bedbug reports up 47 percent this year, New York City has been scrambling to get the epidemic under control. Getting rid of the bugs can take weeks and cost several thousand dollars. Mary Plummer and Bradley Gallo report on the city’s newest solution: bedbug dogs. [ ... ]
The MTA artificial reef program takes worn out subway cars and drops them onto the ocean floor. Over 2,400 cars have been sunk off the coasts of six states, from New Jersey to Georgia. It may sound like bad news for the environment, but it's said to be greatly improving sea life along the East Coast. [ ... ]
More than 55 years ago, members of the Columbia rowing team branded a rockface with a gigantic "C." Located across the river from Columbia's Baker Athletics Complex, if you're at the northernmost tip of Manhattan, it's hard to miss. [ ... ]
George Lee Miles is a walking encyclopedia of Harlem. An actor, tour guide and self-taught historian, his apartment is filled with thousands of books, many on the history of the neighborhood. If you ask him one story about Harlem, he’ll tell you at least three. [ ... ]
Bags of animal corpses are found in Inwood Hill Park almost every day. They are the remains of Santeria religious sacrifices. The large Dominican population of Inwood, found a way to practice Santeria in the urban areas. [ ... ]
A New York Times study and interactive graphic show unemployment stats by neighborhood throughout New York City. Washington Heights doesn't fare well. […]
For the decade that Milo Meed has lived in Harlem, he has been frustrated with the lack of healthy food. Watching his 11-year-old son, Danny, grow up, he grew even more concerned, as he noticed far more obese children north of 96th Street. […]
State Senator Bill Perkins, a consistent critic of Columbia University's planned West Harlem expansion, has asked Governor Paterson not to appeal last week's surprise court ruling that blocked the use of eminent domain for the school's project. […]
If buildings could sing, the Choir Academy of Harlem would echo with gospel and jazz. But the sound of music at the beleaguered school, once the home of the famed Boys Choir of Harlem, may soon become much fainter. […]