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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Barbecuing and the beach are the traditional sights and sounds of summer for many. But people who plan to stay home rather than go away are in luck. They’ve got a chance get into some Manhattan hot spots that are usually too crowded to visit. “I think it’s the best time of the year,” Josh Cornago said. “The crowds are…

(From the D15 presentation) Middle schools in Brooklyn’s District 15 may look very different next fall, as a result of the community’s new integration plan, and not everyone is happy about it. Last year, the district got rid of selective admissions “screens” for all of its middle schools and switched to a lottery. Instead of…

Vince always adored 42nd Street in the days before Disney and the do-gooders corrupted it into bland vanilla neon syrup. “The Deuce” had its own flair. It draped across mid-town Manhattan like a Christmas bow making a gift-wrapped present to the world. All forms of civilization on one sleek cross-town thoroughfare. The Deuce, Vince imagined,…

Staying home in LIC this weekend MEMORIAL Day weekend is here, and it’s going to be a beauty in Long Island City. Now I know what you’re thinking: ‘A 3-day weekend, the perfect occasion to catch-up and re-read all the posts on LICtalk, delve into the issues, leave lengthy comments on the site including links to white…