Posts published in “New York City”

Front Burner: Butter Tarts Clear Customs Btarts, a new pastry company based in Brooklyn, ships the sugary Canadian treat nationwide.

Front Burner: Los Viajeros Brings Its Food Truck Menu to Turnstyle Ropa vieja-filled tacos, chorizo quesadillas and fish burritos are among the items available in the food hall at Columbus Circle.

Review: A Bus Crash, a Breakup and More Reverberations in ‘Tremor’ Brad Birch’s psychological thriller finds former lovers warily circling each other in Wales.

Restaurant Review: Red-Sauce Italian Cooking Finds a Future at Don Angie Pasta and meatballs, garlic bread, a house Chianti: This new West Village restaurant beings new vitality and surprise to a familiar cuisine.

New York Today: New York Today: Survival Kit Additions Tuesday: Readers suggest essential items for New York, Walt Whitman at 199, and Manhattanhenge approaches.

City Nonprofit That Thrived After 9/11 Lags Under Mayor’s Wife New York’s first lady, Chirlane McCray, is chairwoman of the Mayor’s Fund, but her focus is often elsewhere and fund-raising at the nonprofit has slowed.

Manhattanhenge 2018: When and Where to Watch You might get a chance to take “the best sunset picture of the year” this week in New York.

Metropolitan Diary: A Human Touch at Grand Army Plaza Dropping an earring onto the tracks.

Push to Expand Speed Cameras Mired in Albany Politics A pilot program that places cameras in schools has slowed down traffic, but critics say it is simply a way for the city to fill its pockets.

the tony awards: Ding. Hiss. Chirp. Broadway’s Best Sounds (Other Than the Songs). The Tony Award for best sound design is back after a several-year hiatus. We speak to the five nominees in the play category.

A Colonial Cemetery in a Park, and a Question: Does the City Own It? An amateur historian in the Bronx is challenging whether the city acquired a half-acre burial ground when it condemned a big estate for Van Cortlandt Park.

Flip-Flops for the Greater Good Tidal New York, which manufactures stylish flip-flops out of a factory in New Rochelle, employs military veterans and uses a process that leaves almost zero waste.

A New Jersey Town Actually Adds Beach Parking. And It’s on the Beach. Officials in Wildwood are essentially turning the perennial battle over beach access in New Jersey on its head, building a parking lot for cars directly on the…

The Man Who Set Himself on Fire David Buckel, a gay rights lawyer turned master composter, was committed to fighting for social justice and the environment. What drove him to set himself on fire in a Brooklyn park?