via The Village Voice
Some Take Dim View of the Dyker Lights
Some Dyker Heights residents complain the police are doing little to control large, unruly crowds drawn by the neighborhood's traditionally elaborate holiday displays.
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via DNAInfo
Arthur Ave. Xmas Tree Lights Out
The Belmont Business Improvement District canceled plans to put a Christmas tree in Vincent Ciccarone Playground, blaming a surge in panhandlers around Arthur Avenue.
Extending Gingerbread Lane
Master builder Jon Lovitch hopes to break his own world record by filling the New York Hall of Science with 1,020 gingerbread houses.
‘Twas the Week Before Xmas
Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority officers and the New York Foundling Hospital teamed to spread holiday cheers to some Bronx children.
Marines’ Mission: Toys For Tots
The Marines are teaming with Fao Schwarz for the seventh year to bring toys to need city kids.
Getting the Holiday Wrap-up
Rosie Sato out-wrapped the competition to take home $10,000 in the Scotch Brand Most Gifted Wrapper contest.
Currency of Culture: Holiday Business
Holidays are big business. We visit the gift market at Union Square, discuss Cyber Monday and find out how charities are faring in this economy.
Christmas Fan Lights Up Bayside
Robert Sibrizzi is the Christmas king of Queens. The display outside his 205th Street home includes 70,000 lights – and a bubble machine.