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Neighborhood Backgrounder- Crown Heights

Crown Heights is a small neighborhood located in the center of Brooklyn, NY. The neighborhood is known for its aesthetic row houses and tree-lined avenues. The neighborhood seems to be next on the inevitable list of neighborhoods being gentrified in … Continue reading

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Neighborhood Backgrounder – Flushing

While much of Flushing is associated and identified with Main Street, there is much more to the neighborhood than a single Asian district. Flushing is the largest urban area in Queens, stretching all the way from Flushing Meadows Park to … Continue reading

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Neighborhood Choice Memo: Merrick

Few people know the history of the town of Merrick, located in Long Island. It was not always known as Merrick. In fact, when Europeans first arrived in the mid 1600’s, it was called “Meroke” and it included the entire … Continue reading

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Neighborhood Memo: Williamsburg

Williamsburg is a Brooklyn neighborhood that borders Greenpoint, Bedford Stuyvesant, and Bushwick. It is home to the Brooklyn brewery, Domino Sugar factory, and the Williamsburg Bridge, which extends to Lower East Side in Manhattan. On Driggs and Broadway, you will … Continue reading

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Jackson Heights

On any sunny afternoon Jackson Heights is a bustling, busy, beautiful neighborhood. Located towards the North-western area of Queens, It is a melting pot of different nationalities, cultures and religions. The size of the neighborhood is deceptively small and cozy. … Continue reading

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Neighborhood Choice Memo: Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Neighborhood Pitch Walking on the half-cracked pavements, past half- civilized frames of buildings, to partial civilization, a feeling of loneliness embraces you. Butcher shops, graffiti, and a waterfront confuse you. These strange feelings are reminiscent of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Williamsburg has … Continue reading

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Neighborhood Choice: Hell’s Kitchen

While a small riot was in progress on 39th Street and 10th Avenue in the early 1880s, a police officer referred to the area as “Hell’s Kitchen,” and the name stuck. Also known as Clinton or Midtown West, Hell’s Kitchen … Continue reading

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Neighborhood Choice: Glendale

Not many residents can truthfully say that there are more deceased in their town than there are living, except for the residents of Glendale. An area usually clumped in with neighboring Ridgewood, even by some of its own residents; Glendale … Continue reading

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Neighborhood Choice Memo – Long Island City – Aaron Monteabaro

Long Island City (known as L.I.C.) is one of the largest neighborhoods in Queens in part due to that it was originally formed as a collection of several other townships and hamlets in the late 1800s. After the industrial boom, … Continue reading

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Neighborhood Choice – Flushing

Flushing is not where I grew up, and for much of my adolescence served as little more than a transportation hub to other places. But now I do live there and I would like to learn more about my neighborhood. … Continue reading

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Neighborhood Focus Feature Writing Fall 2010

Dear Feature Writers, We will be writing a series of neighborhood related stories in this Feature Writing class, all related to your specific neighborhood beat. They include: A profile or a neighborhood faces story, a community business story, a community … Continue reading

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Kosher Food and the East Twenties…A Recipe Flop

Leah Aronn’s first class of the day ends at 12:30 in the afternoon, also known as lunch hour. She needs to eat, but her next class starts in one short hour. As a student at Baruch College, located on Lexington … Continue reading

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We Can Eat Anywhere You’d Like, As Long as it’s Shack Shack

What’s that long line in the park? Why is it there, everyday? And why are the squirrels and sparrows near there so fat? Shake Shack, Shake Shack, and…not entirely Shack Shack, because they have reduced-fat fries. Shake Shack is the … Continue reading

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Hot Date on a Icy Rink

The weather and economy may have cast a cold spell over New York City but that doesn’t mean dating life should burn a hole in your wallet. Now a days with the economy, dating is getting more and more expensive … Continue reading

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Bargains abound at Union Square Market

During this economic hard time, holiday shoppers flock to Union Square Park in hopes of finding good gifts at low prices. From Nov. 27 to Dec.24, a variety of vendors will have tents lined up along the circular park ready … Continue reading

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Blind date with the Internet

Although I am an avid internet user, I have to admit that I had never attended events solely based on information from the internet. Now, I was ready to explore this new way of networking. I found an interesting event … Continue reading

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Seasonal foods abound at Union Square market

The Union Square Holiday Market is one of the best places to find unique gifts during the shopping season. Besides the gifts, the festive food is something else to look forward to. “The holiday food always cheers me up and … Continue reading

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Brussels Sprouts Journalism

Reading about the Texas Tribune case, one learns about “Brussels Sprouts in journalism.” In this case, the newspaper had a choice to cover an important story, but they choose not to. There can be a good and bad side to … Continue reading

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The Future of Journalism and News in American Society

News outlasts journalism in print or on-line, news was around before television, radio, and even the printing press. When people are in need of information and current events, they find it, or the data finds people. This premise is not … Continue reading

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The Future of American Journalism

While riding New York City’s subway system on a daily basis, it’s common to see passengers enjoying the daily paper at all times of the day. This has been a long time tradition for many years and it is still … Continue reading

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