New York City Informer

The last stop on the 4 train — where Utica Ave. crosses Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, Brooklyn — is a Caribbean stronghold, a neighborhood laced with brightly colored restaurants and bake shops serving this largely West Indian nabe.      Food / Dining – NY Daily News

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Thanks to the new entrance to the Atlantic Ave. 4 train station at the Barclays Center, you can exit even closer to the culinary spoils near busy Fifth Ave. That’s a victory for both commuters and foodies.      Food / Dining – NY Daily News

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As the 4 train makes its final stops in Manhattan — at Wall St. and Bowling Green — it travels under the oldest roads in the city, now the stomping grounds of thousands of city worker bees and sightseeing tourists.      Food / Dining – NY Daily News

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While the glassy Fulton Street Transit Center won’t be completed for another year, the thoroughfare itself is already looking pretty spiffy.      Food / Dining – NY Daily News

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Decades ago, the blocks around the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall subway stop were not particularly kind to lunch-breaking foodies. But now the area is a gastronomical gold mine.      Food / Dining – NY Daily News

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Colorful costumes and hats filled the street in front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral for the event on Sunday. NYT > N.Y. / Region

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Authorities said that the seven bodies had bullet wounds and had been placed individually in the sitting position New York News – NY Daily News

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While restaurant rows blossom along Lenox Ave., the eastern stretch of E. 125th St. is home mainly to fast-food outlets and major chains. But if you know where to look, within a few blocks of this 4 train stop are a handful of spots where the cooking isn’t just homemade, but from the heart. Food [...]

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They’ve gotten the green light — so long as developers of housing along the toxic Gowanus can keep out the bright-green canal water. The City Planning Commission today OK’d the controversial plan to build 700 rental apartments along the shores of the highly polluted Brooklyn waterway after the developer… NY Post: Brooklyn

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The streets outside the 4 train’s southernmost stop in the Bronx — minutes from three Harlem River bridges to Manhattan — hold many personalities. Food / Dining – NY Daily News

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Rose Gill Hearn has been the city’s top municipal corruption investigator for more than a decade. As commissioner of the Department of Investigation since 2002, the former federal prosecutor, who favors pearls and conservative suits, has caught corrupt contractors, bent tax collectors, bri… Village Voice | News

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Rose Gill Hearn has been the city’s top municipal corruption investigator for more than a decade. As commissioner of the Department of Investigation since 2002, the former federal prosecutor, who favors pearls and conservative suits, has caught corrupt contractors, bent tax collectors, bri… Village Voice | News

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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — Gio Gonzalez wasn’t sure how fans would treat him in his first outing since his name surfaced in reports about a clinic drawing scrutiny from Major League Baseball. Gonzalez drew cheers and positive chants Monday night as he pitched two hitless innings for the Washington Nationals in a 6-4 [...]

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Restaurateurs, take note: Despite the thousands of folks who live, work and play near the Yankee Stadium subway stop, there are only a handful of kitchens to serve the South Bronx ’hood, and that’s if you’re counting fast food chains and the sports bars just outside the ballpark. Food / Dining – NY Daily News

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As the 4 train chugs through Mount Eden and Morris Heights, it crosses hilly residential streets and highways that are full of twists and turns. Some of the area’s best eats are hidden in their corners, like these three busy favorites. Food / Dining – NY Daily News

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