Behind the bustle of the main business area on 74th St., the residential part of Jackson Heights retains a quiet old world feel. Home to the famous Garden Apartments – the area bound from 76th street on the West and 88th street on the East was designated a Historic District in 1993. Joe Powers,...
As the 7 train climbs overland and clatters noisily into Queens, the demographic shift in the subway car is perceptible. Skin tones get darker, hemlines lower and necklines higher. The car slowly fills with Koreans, Hispanic families and middle- aged Indian men reading the newspaper. Incomprehensible chatter fills the air and boils down to...
The W line that runs from Astoria, Queens, to Manhattan's South Ferry is the quintessential middle child. It has trouble attracting attention and competes with its three other siblings, the N, Q, and R lines. The elimination of the Astoria part of the "W" line drew howls of protest from local commuter, but what...
So as your job hunt rambles across the New Year, the Wall Street Journal suggests the devil is indeed in the details. So please do sweat the small stuff as you head into your interviews. While the piece details several anecdotes on people who were shown the door for making snafus, caused by...
Quirky is a word that gets thrown about quite a bit when talking about New York coffee shops. But when you’re a slice of bohemian cool in a market place hemmed in by Indian purveyors of samosas, curries and kababs —the aura of a shop’s froths transforms an ordinary cup o’ joe into something outside...