#Meryl Streep gets an only-in-New York birthday greeting

#Meryl Streep gets an only-in-New York birthday greeting

“#Meryl Streep gets an only-in-New York birthday greeting” It’s a Big Apple birthday greeting for a big star of the silver screen. Straphangers passing through Manhattan’s 72nd Street 1, 2, 3 station today will see the stop has been renamed “72 Streep” — on both the uptown and downtown platforms — to celebrate the birthday…

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#Man in NYC subway station sucker-punched while on the phone

#Man in NYC subway station sucker-punched while on the phone

“#Man in NYC subway station sucker-punched while on the phone” A 42-year-old man was sucker-punched in an unprovoked attack inside a Brooklyn subway station last Wednesday, police said. Video of the assault provided by police shows the victim getting walloped in the face by an unidentified man in the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center subway station. The…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 8, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — May 8, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — May 8, 2021” The Issue: A Facebook oversight board’s decision to uphold the company’s ban on former President Donald Trump. The decision by Facebook to continue banning former President Donald Trump from the platform should scare every American (“FaceBlocked,” May 6). Censorship by social-media entities is the stuff of socialist…

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#La Noxe speakeasy is hidden inside an NYC subway station

#La Noxe speakeasy is hidden inside an NYC subway station

“#La Noxe speakeasy is hidden inside an NYC subway station” To find NYC’s most exclusive new watering hole, you’ll need to head underground.  Cocktail lounge La Noxe is now open to the public — if the public can find it, let alone get past the 1,500-person waitlist. The 600-square-foot speakeasy is tucked behind a discreet…

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#Letters to the Editor — April 11, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — April 11, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — April 11, 2021” No ticket for TigerI find it incomprehensible that Tiger Woods was not charged with speeding or reckless driving (“Tiger gets free drop,” April 8). The facts warrant it. He was driving at a speed of 87 miles per hour in an area with a 45-mph limit. The…

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#McDonald’s to close hundreds of eateries inside Walmarts

#McDonald’s to close hundreds of eateries inside Walmarts

“#McDonald’s to close hundreds of eateries inside Walmarts” Happy Meals will soon get harder to find at Walmart. This summer, hundreds of McDonald’s eateries located inside Walmart stores across the US are slated to close because of sluggish business — a trend that was accelerated by the pandemic. The decades-old partnership between the largest restaurant…

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#Abandoned subway station is Hollywood’s go-to film location

#Abandoned subway station is Hollywood’s go-to film location

“#Abandoned subway station is Hollywood’s go-to film location” In 2016, Sam Hutchins, a location manager for movies including “Joker” and “Jack Reacher,” was looking for a subway station to film a scene in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.” Hutchins, a 20-plus-year veteran of the film industry, contacted Ruthie Jones, the director of…

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