Extra Extra: How NYC deliveristas are customizing their e-bikes

Emily Nadal

Published Jul 7, 2025

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Emily Nadal

Published Jul 7, 2025

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It’s Monday afternoon in New York City where you can see a rare dinosaur or a chunk of Mars during Sotheby’s 'Geek Week.'

Here’s what else is happening:

Hector’s Cafe and Diner in the Meatpacking District will close its doors on July 18 after 76 years in business. The owner told Eater that since the neighborhood’s namesake butchers have left, it was time for the restaurant to leave too.
“For many delivery workers, purchasing an e-bike marks a major milestone, a signature purchase not unlike buying a first car.” The City documented some of the ways deliveristas are customizing their bikes.
All the hot food at this new pizza joint in Brooklyn is cooked in a coal oven from 1890.
Speaking of pizza, there is at least one remaining true $1 slice in New York City.
Last year, a New York Post investigation uncovered disturbing conditions at a city-run animal shelter in Queens. The outlet followed up this year and found not much had improved.
A New Jersey tiki bar is fighting a town ordinance requiring them to cut the music at 11 p.m.
The girls are having a “bob girl summer.”
And finally, big mood: