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Exclusive | Quirky NYC shop trades pickles for books — and is so popular with fans from Harry Styles to Olivia Wilde and Jacob Elordi that it’s expanding

A quirky Lower East Side book shop has found itself in a pickle — and it’s loving it.


Sweet Pickle Books — which trades jars of pickles for books and counts celebs Harry Styles, Olivia Wilde and Jacob Elordi among its customers — has become so successful that it’s scouting a second location.


“I had no idea what I was doing with this store, and it worked out tenfold — I hit the jackpot,” owner Leigh Altshuler, 34, told The Post.


Altshuler, a former communications director for the famed S...
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Popular roller disco nixed at NYC park — and locals are wheely fuming

A popular weekly summer roller-disco event in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park has gotten the wheels pulled out from under it — and locals are in an uproar.


The Dreamland Roller Disco — filled with DJs, dancers and drag queens — was scrapped earlier this month when organizer Lola Star refused to accept a 50% pay cut from the new operator of the LeFrak Center at Lakeside, according to a Change.org petition to “save” the event.


The center, where Roller Disco was held for 11 years during the summer,...
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Jamaica, Queens tries to rebrand with $100K marketing campaign as locals brace for change

A $100,000 marketing campaign is aiming to rebrand a stretch of Jamaica. Queens with a hip-sounding nickname ahead of a rezoning expected to transform the transit hub.


The new nickname “DJQ” — for more than three dozen blocks along Jamaica Avenue — comes ahead of a rezoning that officials believe will pave the way for new residential units, shops and public space.


“Jamaica has always been a commercial hub, and now it’s about bringing awareness and opening people’s eyes up to the fact that...
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Hundreds of Gen Zers attempt world record at largest PACER test in Central Park, fueled by gym class nostalgia: ‘Childhood nightmare’

Forget lookalike contests and run clubs. The latest tongue-in-cheek meet-up for socially starved young New Yorkers had them reliving their gym class “nightmares.”


More than 200 Gen Zers flocked to Central Park Saturday morning to attempt to smash the world record for the largest FitnessGram PACER test – for many, a dreaded grade school running exam – after a flyer promoting the bizarre event went viral on social media. 


The fitness test, described as a “childhood nightmare” by one bystand...
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Exclusive | Foreign tourism to NYC expected to see ‘devastating’ $4B drop this year according to industry experts

For foreign tourists, the shine is coming off the Big Apple.


Some 2 million fewer visitors from other countries are expected to make the trip to New York City this year, which could cost New York City $4 billion in foreign tourism dollars for 2025, a major industry group said.


The drop — which could be as much as 14% — will have a brutal effect on the New York economy, as foreign tourists usually spend big, according to NYC Tourism + Conventions, which did the study.


“Although internati...
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Trouble-packed NYC animal shelters land another $1M in taxpayer funds — GOP’s Sliwa slams as ‘drop in the bucket’

The city is dumping another $1 million into its troubled jam-packed animal-shelter system to hire and train 14 new staffers, City Hall said Friday.


The Animal Care Centers of New York City — a nonprofit with a $1.4 billion contract to run the Big Apple’s animal-shelter system for 34 years — recently announced it was suspending its intake of dogs and cats because of “critical” overcrowding.


The move came days after a Post expose revealed ongoing sickening conditions at ACC’s new $75 million...
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Problem-plagued NYC animal shelters suspend intake of dogs and cats due to overcrowding — GOP’s Sliwa calls to end $1.4B ‘mismanaged’ contract

What a cat-astrophe.


The city’s animal shelter operator halted its intake of Gotham’s unwanted pets last week – for the first time in its nearly 30-year history – due to “critical” overcrowding, prompting calls from Curtis Sliwa to cut its billion-dollar contract.


“This is not a decision we take lightly, but we cannot take any more owner surrenders,” the Animal Care Centers of New York wrote on social media Friday, adding it is at a “breaking point” with over 1,000 animals in its care acr...
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Bomb-sniffing NYPD K-9s, handlers honored at French consulate for beefing up Paris Olympics security

It’s nothing short of a grand prix.


Four NYPD officers and their bomb-sniffing canine partners were honored for their service safeguarding the Paris Olympics at a ceremony at the French consulate in Manhattan Monday afternoon. 


Police Officers Rafael De La Cruz and Michael Finamore and Detectives Nick Velez and Andrew Barron — and their hero dogs Davie, Gunner, Rico and Vito — received distinctive service awards at the Upper East Side delegation commemorating their service protecting last...
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Exclusive | Quirky NYC art project sheds light on scorching hot subway stations with ‘feels like’ temps well above 100 degrees — and this one is the hottest

This quirky campaign is heating up.


A Queens-based artist and software developer is shedding light on the subway system — with a project showing temperatures regularly surpass 100 degrees at popular train stops across the city.


Jack Klein has been sharing his shocking findings with hundreds of thousands of viewers on TikTok as he treks underground with a heat sensor to log “feels like” temps — which hit a scorching high of 120 degrees at Union Square during the recent heatwave.


Klein, 3...
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Iconic NYC diner from ‘Taxi Driver’ to close as ‘spirit’ of old Meatpacking District vanishes forever

An iconic Meatpacking District diner featured in the movie “Taxi Driver” will shut down as part of a deal with the city – as locals said the “spirit” of old New York is slowly vanishing.


Hector’s Cafe and Diner, a 76-year-old eatery tucked under the High Line, will shutter on Friday after the local butchers that supply the eatery struck a deal to pack up so the city can build affordable housing and public space on the block.


“If we were making money, we’d be kicking and screaming,” owner N...
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NYC bill would ban pet stores from hawking birds — leaving activists crowing and small-biz owners crying fowl

City pet shops would be barred from hawking birds under a new local bill that’s pitting animal activists against mom-and-pop peddlers.


The animal-rights camp says the proposed New York City Council plan — introduced less than a year after the Big Apple banned shops from selling cats, dogs and rabbits — is needed to thwart cramped, inhumane breeding mills.


“Birds are not decorations, toys, or commodities—they are living, feeling animals who should not spend their lives caged in tiny New Yor...
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Exclusive | Migrant scammers are ‘hijacking’ NYC pedicab industry, licensed drivers say

Licensed city pedicab drivers fume that a flood of migrants zooming around on rogue contraptions are the ones ripping off tourists and disrupting Broadway shows — at their expense.


The angry pedalers claim their legit business has dropped by around 60% since the pandemic because of the illegal three-wheel scourges, who they said came to the Big Apple from places such as Turkey and Tajikistan during COVID.


“They’re hijacking our industry,” said New York Pedicab Alliance President and 16-ye...
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Livvy Dunne called too ‘sparkly’ for NYC neighborhood as locals question why co-op blocked her from buying Babe Ruth pad

She may have played gymnastics with the truth.


Former LSU gymnast and influencer Olivia “Livvy” Dunne’s viral sob story about being rejected by an Upper West Side co-op board stretches many details, neighbors and building insiders claimed.


Other locals said even if Dunne didn’t take a tumble in her $1.59 million bid to buy Yankees great Babe Ruth’s former apartment, the social media phenom would simply have been too “sparkly” for the subdued neighborhood.


“I think she’s making a lot of...
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Livvy Dunne called too ‘sparkly’ for NYC neighborhood as locals question why co-op blocked her from buying Babe Ruth pad

She may have played gymnastics with the truth.


Former LSU gymnast and influencer Olivia “Livvy” Dunne’s viral sob story about being rejected by an Upper West Side co-op board stretches many details, neighbors and building insiders claimed.


Other locals said even if Dunne didn’t take a tumble in her $1.59 million bid to buy Yankees great Babe Ruth’s former apartment, the social media phenom would simply have been too “sparkly” for the subdued neighborhood.


“I think she’s making a lot of...
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Self-driving robotaxi service Waymo makes debut in NYC with pilot testing program

Futuristic robotaxis are coming to Gotham — and could make the city’s iconic yellow cabs a thing of the past.


Driverless rideshare service Waymo, owned by Google parent Alphabet, deployed its fleet to New York City this week to begin mapping out the city roads – with humans still sitting behind the wheel while they await a change in state law to allow fully driverless riding.


“We’re on the move in the Big Apple,” the company posted on X Monday night. “We’ve begun testing in New York – be...
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Self-driving robotaxi service Waymo makes debut in NYC with pilot testing program

Futuristic robotaxis are coming to Gotham — and could make the city’s iconic yellow cabs a thing of the past.


Driverless rideshare service Waymo, owned by Google parent Alphabet, deployed its fleet to New York City this week to begin mapping out the city roads – with humans still sitting behind the wheel while they await a change in state law to allow fully driverless riding.


“We’re on the move in the Big Apple,” the company posted on X Monday night. “We’ve begun testing in New York – be...
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Exclusive | Bizarre NYC swimming pool operating in the street goes viral, as NYPD stalls shutdown: ‘Having the time of their lives’

This Big Apple block is making a splash — for now.


A massive streetside swimming pool set up in the Bronx is heating up on social media, just as daredevils began testing the patience of the NYPD by dangerously plunging into the water off nearby building scaffolding Monday, shocking video shows.


The bizarre makeshift oasis in the middle of Mount Hope Place Friday, in the eponymous neighborhood, was erected by longtime block resident Kenny Perez — an ex-city lifeguard and swim instructor — f...
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Exclusive | Freddy the beloved NYC bodega cat is killed by dogs as their female owner, pals ‘cheered’: activists

A beloved Manhattan bodega cat was horrifically mauled to death by two pit bulls last week as the dogs’ heartless female owner and pals “watched and cheered,” animal rescuers claimed to The Post.


Tragic adorable tabby Freddy was attacked around 9 p.m. Friday outside Michelle Flowers, where he lived, in Washington Heights, according to volunteer rescuers with Cat Collective NY, who said they looked at surveillance video and spoke with witnesses.


The pit bulls’ owner and pals then smoked, da...
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Exclusive | Filthy, cramped conditions at $75M, NYC-funded animal shelter persist a year after Post investigation

Many pooches are still lying in their own filth and crammed into too-small cages at a $75 million city-funded animal shelter in Queens roughly a year after The Post exposed horrific conditions there.


Individual kennels are supposed to be cleaned each time a dog is walked, according to a worker at the Animal Care Centers of New York site in Ridgewood. But none were cleaned during a recent visit from The Post after several dogs were walked for about 5 minutes.


The dogs were simply returned t...
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Five ‘futuristic’ new toilets debut at NYC parks, costing city $1M a pop: ‘A little steep’

They’re flushing millions down the toilets.


The city dumped a whopping $5 million to install five new stainless steel toilets at public parks — even though the futuristic pods sell at a relatively cheap retail value of about $185,000.


The “Portland Loos” cost $1 million each with “additional site specific costs” that included related plumbing, electrical and pavement work that went along with the installation, officials said — but some Big Apple residents said the price tag is totally loo...
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NYC’s Central Park has been without a pool for years — but that’s about to change

It’s set to make a big splash.


A massive, free city pool will open at the northern tip of Central Park Friday after years of construction — and following a record-breaking heat wave this week.


Gottesman Pool at the Davis Center in Harlem Meer sits on the same spot as the Lasker Rink & Pool, which closed in 2021.


The official opening — preceded by a soft opening Thursday — is on the same day that the city opens all 64 of its other outdoor public pools.

“We’re thrilled to welcome people...
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Exclusive | Bed-Stuy aquarium returns and reignites fish abuse concerns as NYC sizzles during heatwave: ‘It will be a painful death’

This could turn into a Bed-Stuy fish fry.


A viral sidewalk “aquarium” that won over the Big Apple last summer has reemerged, The Post has learned – and animal advocates are already sweating in fear that the little swimmers will sizzle in this heat wave.


A glass tank of about a dozen goldfish was planted in a tree pit Saturday, an aquarium caretaker told The Post, next to the pond’s original site — its founder was sentenced to 12 years in prison on unrelated attempted murder charges in Janu...
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NYC bandits kidnap swan in bird-brained scheme, but mystery remains over its fate

Four people were caught on video awkwardly bird-napping a massive swan in Queens — as activists fear the missing bird may have met its end as an animal sacrifice or because of a senior prank.


The four — including one minor — were busted after snatching the mute female swan Saturday at Frank M. Charles Memorial Park in Howard Beach, according to US Park Police.


Authorities didn’t immediately release the names of the alleged bird-brained bandits, but local officials and activists speculate t...
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Elizabeth Street Garden saved in deal with NYC after decade-long fight to preserve beloved green space: ‘Basking in the joy’

This was no garden variety standoff.


Nolita’s beloved Elizabeth Street Garden was saved in a deal with City Hall announced Monday — but there’s a catch in the deal to end the 12-year battle to spare the greenspace from the wrecking ball.


The garden had been scheduled to be paved over for senior housing but the city has agreed to build 600 affordable units at three alternative locations though the deal is contingent on rezoning some of those properties, officials said.


“It was a combinat...
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