By Matt Chaban 10/29/12 10:43am

Transportation

Don't want to be this guy. (Free Images UK)

Trapped in Manhattan: Holland and Brooklyn-Battery Tunnels Closing at 2 p.m., Bridges Could Be Next

Governor Cuomo just announced that the Holland Tunnel and the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel will be closed at 2 p.m. today because they would be the most prone to flooding. There was no mention of the Lincoln Tunnel, which presumably will remain open and could be the one life-line for Manhattan as the bridges will also close should wind speeds surpass 60 miles per hour. Earlier today, a wind speed of 51 miles per hour. Read More

By Max Abelson 3/19/07 12:00am

$2.45 M. Tribeca Newlyweds’ Spread for Bloomberg’s Daughter

It’s hard to leave home if your dad is the billionaire Mayor of New York, especially if he has a 7,500-square-foot Beaux-Arts townhouse on East 79th Street. But 27-year-old Emma Bloomberg needn’t worry: According to city records, she and her new husband have paid $2.45 million for a Tribeca condo. It’s an artsy loft with Read More

By Staff 1/09/06 9:34am

Welcome Back, Squeegee Man

You periodically hear rumors that New York’s iconic petty extortionist, the Squeegee Man, has reemerged at this park crossing or that tunnel entrance, but I don’t think I’d actually seen one since sometime in the 1990s.

There he was though yesterday, a wiry guy in a checked shirt, working the line of cars Read More