Category Archives: Neighborhood Faces Story

Was Chelsea Ever Straight?

Posted on November 4, 2010 by daniel.collins

             Coming out of the closet is never an easy feat for the Gay population. Living a life that truly embodies your genuine essence and self-realization from the former Straight lifestyle is an enormous achievement.  But … Continue reading →

Posted in Neighborhood Faces Story | Comments Off on Was Chelsea Ever Straight?

Neighborhood faces profile: Juan Ortiz (FINAL)

Posted on October 5, 2010 by alexandra.torres

Around 3:30 p.m., a man walks into the Williamsburg Community Center accompanied by many happy-spirited children, who he had just picked up from school. On the surface, he seems like the typical citizen of the community, whose desk is strewn … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Writing Fall 2010, Neighborhood Faces Story | Comments Off on Neighborhood faces profile: Juan Ortiz (FINAL)

The Fifteen Year Old Calendar

Posted on October 5, 2010 by ddabrowska

Since 1995, Francisco Pablo Garcias has been living his dream. He wakes up in his two bedroom apartment shared with three other men, bikes six blocks, and begins his seven hour shift. He is a restaurant dishwasher in Williamsburg, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Neighborhood Faces Story | Comments Off on The Fifteen Year Old Calendar

Made in Chinatown

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Christine Liu

Imagine this.  A family of three sits around their dinner table talking about their days. The father complains of back pains from doing heavy lifting.  The mother moans about having to wake up at 4 a.m. every morning to go … Continue reading →

Posted in Chinatown, Feature Writing Fall 2010, Neighborhood Faces Story | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Made in Chinatown

Waiter, Check Please!

Posted on October 1, 2010 by juella.gumbs

Packing up the belongings she has collected over more than two decades is a bittersweet moment for Donna Weekes. Soundview, thirty-odd acres of Bronx land bordered by the Bronx River Parkway, Westchester Avenue, White Plains Road and Lacombe Avenue is … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Writing Fall 2010, Neighborhood Faces Story, The Bronx | Comments Off on Waiter, Check Please!

The Block That is Changing Hell’s Kitchen

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Kacey Herlihy

Many New Yorkers are too hurried to take in their surroundings as they bustle through the familiar yet undistinguishable city streets. On a normal commute to work, one does not normally stop to look at the fascinating architecture of nineteenth … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Writing Fall 2010, Hell's Kitchen, Neighborhood Faces Story | Tagged | Comments Off on The Block That is Changing Hell’s Kitchen

An Over the Counter Friendship

Posted on September 29, 2010 by dhe

For the residents of Flushing, traveling on Main Street is often a shoulder-to-shoulder affair. In a throng where each person goes about his or her own business and where the tempo of movement is entirely erratic, it is easy to … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Writing Fall 2010, Flushing, Neighborhood Faces Story | Tagged | 1 Comment

The Kids Are Her Priority

Posted on September 29, 2010 by joseph.jackson

“I always loved working with children, whether I was teaching them math or showing them how to tie their shoe laces…as long as I could make them smile.” These are the words that are proudly emitted from the lips of … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Writing Fall 2010, Neighborhood Faces Story, The Bronx | Tagged | Comments Off on The Kids Are Her Priority

Sports Fever with a Chance of Mellow

Posted on September 29, 2010 by dko

On top of a glass counter,displaying goods from New York sports teams such as the Jets or Mets, rests a sleek black laptop computer.  Behind its glossy exterior is a middle-aged man scrutinizing what he sees on the screen. Despite … Continue reading →

Posted in Graves End/Coney Island, Neighborhood Faces, Neighborhood Faces Story, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Neighborhood Pride Moves to Northwest Queens

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Aaron Monteabaro

Brooklyn pride shines forth on shirts and in songs, even with catchy phrases from the borough president on the city-limit signs, but no such in-your-face attitude is found in its neighbor to the north. One young entrepreneur, however, seeks to … Continue reading →

Posted in Astoria, Feature Writing Fall 2010, Long Island City, Neighborhood Faces, Neighborhood Faces Story, Queens | Tagged | Comments Off on Neighborhood Pride Moves to Northwest Queens

The Good Life or The Green Life?

Posted on September 28, 2010 by laddeo

It’s the Dalton School education for our children, the penthouse that overlooks Central Park, and the $180 caviar at Le Cirque. This is the dream as we drift to sleep at night, the wish on every birthday candle, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Writing Fall 2010, Neighborhood Faces Story, Upper East Side | Comments Off on The Good Life or The Green Life?

Visionary of The Delicatessen Circuit

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Simona Taver

Step inside the small bagel shop near the Coney Island subway station in the early morning hours, and you’re likely to see a crowd large enough to rival Coney Island itself. As early as seven o’clock in the morning, Coney … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Writing Fall 2010, Graves End/Coney Island, Neighborhood Faces Story | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Visionary of The Delicatessen Circuit

Fisher Avenue

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Kellin Lyons Bliss

Fisher Avenue For first time visitors, the busiest avenue in Crown Heights is Franklin Avenue. For those who make Franklin Avenue part of their daily routine, it has another name—Fisher Avenue—unofficially of course. As soon as you step foot off … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Writing Fall 2010, Neighborhood Faces Story | 1 Comment