via The Wall Street Journal
Marking World’s Fair History
Amid the anniversaries of the 1939 and 1964 festivals, take a then-and-now look at the Queens fairgrounds.
Topic: Arts & Culture
via The Jewish Daily Forward
A Williamsburg Toy Story
The Wise Buys toyshop caters to children in Hasidic Brooklyn.
via Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Hookah Smoke Complaints Heat Up
Brooklyn residents who live above hookah lounges are calling on business owners to install better ventilation systems.
via DNAInfo.com
A Sign of Hip-Hop History
The street where hip-hop began four decades ago with a house party by DJ Ko…
via Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
Teen Graffiti Artists ‘Paint Straight’
A nonprofit program encourage youths who have been arrested for vandalism to express their art in safe and legal ways.
Color is the New Black
Our reporters hit Lincoln Center during New York Fashion Week to photograph street style and ask show-goers, “Why are you wearing what you’re wearing?”
via Brooklyn Based
Latino Club Thrives Amid Change
Toñita’s, a Williamsburg fixture for four decades, offers a sense of community and continuity in the neighborhood, which has lost more than 10,000 Latino residents over the last decade.
via Our Town Downtown
East Meets East Village In Candy
Pragati Sawhney brings a taste of her native India to her start-up chocolate business.