Grave Situation for City's Funeral Homes: New Yorkers Just Aren't Dying Like They Used To

By HILARY POTKEWITZ After 40 years of working in Williamsburg, Keith Senko thought he’d heard and seen it all. He grew up in the family...

Essex Street Market Vendors Will Get Cheap Rent in 2018—But They May Not Survive Until Then

By HILARY POTKEWITZ Three years ago, the city selected Delancey Street Associates to build the nine-block, $1.1 billion Essex Crossing...

Neighborhood Journal: Long Island City Scales New Heights with Gym

By HILARY POTKEWITZ Sometime last fall, Josh Bowen, owner and pit master of John Brown's Smokehouse in Long Island City, got a request...

Neighborhood Journal: Chocolate District in the Making in Brooklyn

By HILARY POTKEWITZ When aspiring chocolatier Jacques Torres opened his small kitchen in Brooklyn's Dumbo in 2000, he was lauded as a...

Battle for the Boros

By HILARY POTKEWITZ About a year ago, the banks started calling, which was unusual. Jack Friedman was used to hearing from life insurance...

Amid layoffs, law firms give scientists power of attorney

By HILARY POTKEWITZ Despite the layoffs of nearly 10,000 lawyers in New York because of the financial crisis, one patch of the legal...

Global fans share a common goooal

By HILARY POTKEWITZ Thirty-two teams from six continents will compete next month in soccer's FIFA World Cup, the world's most popular...

Pilots Detour Around New York

By HILARY POTKEWITZ When a flight lands at one of New York's airports, the pilot usually says over the loudspeaker, "On behalf of your...