Tracks under the El train along McDonald Ave (1937)

1.15.1937 - Tracks under the El train along McDonald Ave - possible view north from 18th Ave toward Ave F

Additional details provided by Joseph D Korman: "The elevated line was opened in 1919. The tracks on the street was railroad type rail as shown before t
hat. The girder rail used on paved streets would have been replaced with the paving. BTW, for a time before the el was completed, the street track had elevated trains, trolleys, and LIRR trains."

Squash pros allegedly sexually harassed teens at ritzy Brooklyn Heights racquet club

New York Post : Squash pros allegedly sexually harassed teens at ritzy Brooklyn Heights racquet club. https://nypost.com/2019/03/16/squash-pros-allegedly-sexually-harassed-teens-at-ritzy-brooklyn-heights-racquet-club/

DEA Seizes Enough Fentanyl to Kill 2 Million People in NY Raid - NBC New York

DEA Seizes Enough Fentanyl to Kill 2 Million People in NY Raid - NBC New York

The New 30-Something - The New York Times

The New 30-Something - The New York Times

"It’s the financial riddle of the 30-something years. How does anyone, even those with a stable, upwardly mobile job, let alone a family, afford to live in places like New York City, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco or Washington, D. C.?

The answer: Many are bankrolled, to varying degrees, by their parents."

Shelter in place

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Helicopter crashes into East River

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/03/12/helicopter-crashes-in-new-york-citys-east-river-all-5-passengers-dead-pilot-only-survivor.html

As Storms Get Bigger, Oyster Reefs Can Help Protect Shorelines | Innovation | Smithsonian

As Storms Get Bigger, Oyster Reefs Can Help Protect Shorelines | Innovation | Smithsonian

Two hundred years ago, the streets of lower Manhattan were lined with “oyster cellars,” rough-and-ready establishments hawking all-your-can-eat oysters for six cents.
In those days, the floor of New York Harbor was covered in oyster reefs, making the bivalve a cheap and plentiful snack for the underclass of the rapidly growing city.