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The 10 Best Boutique Gyms in NYC
Here are gyms for those who need to stay in shape but find the mediocrity of a chain a bit too much to deal with.
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Ben Jay
Food
The 7 Best Late Night Happy Hours In NYC
Some bars are kind enough to offer those sweet discounts way, way outside the hours of 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. in instances where you're chained to your desk late into the evening.
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Ben Jay
Arts & Entertainment
Photos: Vintage "Train of Many Colors" Takes Mets & Rail Fans To Citi Field
Baseball and rail fans alike converged on the 34 St-Hudson Yards station last night to take the 7 train together to Game 1 of the NLCS between the Mets and Cubs.
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Ben Jay
News
Wave Of Ditmas Park Robberies Has Neighborhood On Edge
Last night, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams hosted a town hall meeting at P.S. 139 to address community concerns in the affected 70th Precinct.
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Ben Jay
News
A, C Subway Tunnel Between Brooklyn & Manhattan Closing For 40 Weekends Next Year
Starting next spring, the Cranberry Street Tunnel, used by A and C trains between Brooklyn and Manhattan, will be closed for 40 non-consecutive weekends.
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Ben Jay
Food
A Q&A With Jay Rayner, Who Lost His Moral Compass On The Cronut Line
The Observer restaurant critic talks New York food, the growing popularity of waiting on line and the hypocrisy of the artisanal food movement.
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Ben Jay
Food
10 Tasty Restaurants For Avoiding Thanksgiving Stress
Let a professional handle that tricksy turkey.
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Ben Jay
Food
Photos: Lunch Mob Rallies To Support Endangered Cafe Edison
'It's one of the only places left with any ethnicity.'
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Ben Jay
Food
Beloved Queens Bakery Fighting Eviction As Dunkin' Donuts Opens Next Door
Bonelle Pastry Shop, a 23-year-old mainstay of Ascan Avenue in Forest Hills, is facing eviction at the end of the year, just as a Dunkin' Donuts prepares to open right next door.
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Ben Jay
Arts & Entertainment
How Affluent Upper East Siders Do Halloween
Scare Yourself Silly This Halloweekend on the Upper East Side.
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Ben Jay
Food
Wake Up Your Colon With An Herbal Enema At New Greenpoint Juice Bar
Because the only thing better than drinking cold-pressed juice is...
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Ben Jay
Arts & Entertainment
Photos: Cosplayers Kick Off NY Comic Con 2014
NY Comic Con kicked off yesterday, and we dropped by to check out some of the costumes.
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Ben Jay
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