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NYers mourn Van Ritshie, longtime voice of LIRR, Metro North announcements: ‘That voice is the Long Island Rail Road’

He’s left a gap in the hearts of commuters.


Van Ritshie, who for three decades cautioned MTA riders to “watch the gap” as the official announcement voice on LIRR and Metro North trains, died at 80 last week — and passengers were still in mourning Thursday.


“When I heard that the announcer passed, my heart physically sank,” said Amanda Martinez, 19, a student at Montclair State University. “It’s very familiar. He’s such a well-known voice.”


Kierra Brown, 35, of Bayside, Queens told The P...
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Exclusive | Inside the only Manhattan voting district that favored Trump in the 2024 presidential election: ‘It used to be a safe city’

This slice of Gotham is seeing red.


Just one district in Manhattan chose Donald Trump over Kamala Harris in last week’s election — becoming the first in the borough to vote for a Republican presidential candidate in at least a decade.


The sole pro-Trump district in Manhattan is composed of just one apartment complex, Knickerbocker Village, a majority Chinese-American affordable housing development in the Two Bridges section of the Lower East Side, which voted roughly 51% Trump to Harris’ 4...
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LGBTQ groups finally invited to march in Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade — ending NYC event’s decades-long anti-gay ban

LGBTQ groups will be allowed to march in Staten Island’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade for the first time ever this year, organizers announced Tuesday — ending a long-running controversy over the annual event’s anti-gay stance.


The announcement followed years of boycotts from local pols over LGBTQ groups being banned from marching in the borough’s annual Irish heritage parade.


“The Richmond County St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee wishes to announce that the Staten Island Pride Center has bee...
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Average upfront cost for an NYC apartment with broker’s fee hits whopping all-time high

The average upfront cost of a Big Apple rental apartment with a broker’s fee has reached an all-time high — nearly $13,000, a new analysis shows.


The whopping amount includes the broker’s cut, first month’s rent in advance and security deposit, according to the study by the rental-listing company StreetEasy.


The upfront average cost for such rentals now stands at $12,951 so far in 2024 — the most ever — and is about 47% more than the equivalent for a “no fee” rental, or $8,769, the websit...
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NYC straphangers outraged as Hurricane Sandy repairs to A train line will leave riders out in cold for winter: ‘Worst thing that could happen’

Thousands of Queens straphangers are going straight from the “summer of hell’’ to a winter nightmare — with another key subway service about to get iced for months for repairs.


Service on the A line and its shuttle to the Rockaways — the only trains to the area — is set to be cut from Jan. 17 to May 19 to repair damage from Hurricane Sandy, the MTA announced last week, causing frustration among public transit customers on the peninsula who will now have to wait for shuttle buses or ferries in...
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Empire State Building won’t light up for Polish Independence Day — and critics aren’t taking the snub lightly

The Empire State Building won’t light up to honor Polish Independence Day on Tuesday — and charged-up critics aren’t taking the snub lightly.


Several City Council members told The Post they’ve pushed for the tribute but they’ve been met with multiple denials from the organization that decides on the lighting schedule for the famous Manhattan skyscraper.


“The Polish-American community is one of the largest ethnic communities in New York, and they have made significant contributions to our c...
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Exclusive | Saks Fifth Avenue cancels famed holiday lights show in apparent cost-cutting measure: ‘Challenging year’

It’s lights out for a beloved holiday tradition in Manhattan.


Saks Fifth Avenue’s annual holiday light show at its flagship location has been canceled after nearly two decades of yuletide spectacle — apparently because of cost-cutting, The Post has learned.


“For many years, the holidays at Saks Fifth Avenue included a light show at our flagship store, and for some time, we have contemplated changing our approach,” a Saks Fifth Avenue rep told The Post on Monday.


Now, instead of the glow...
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MTA says social media companies are ‘mostly compliant’ in removing subway-surfing content — despite no data showing removals

Well, this doesn’t track.


The Metropolitan Transportation Authority claims it has pushed social media companies to take down viral videos of subway surfers — but it can’t say how many clips have actually been removed.


The authority said it has flagged more than 10,900 social media posts showing the boneheaded and sometimes deadly trend since last June, but it’s not clear how many actually ended up deleted or if anyone — including the social media companies — is even tracking those numbers....
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NYC liquor stores were ‘crazy’ busy on election night — with workers revealing one bizarre trend among customers

The only places that might’ve been busier than the polls on Election Day in the Big Apple were the liquor stores.


New Yorkers eager to celebrate or mourn their presidential candidate Tuesday night raided booze shops across the five boroughs, according to several store employees — many of whom told The Post they noticed one bizarre trend among clientele.


“People were buying sparkling wine and a bottle of liquor for both [outcomes],” said Sebastian, an employee at the Juice Box in Brooklyn’s...
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Barista reveals alleged food-safety problems at viral NYC coffee spot’s new eatery: ‘Someone’s about to get seriously ill’

A barista at a buzzy West Village coffee spot has spilled the beans on his employer’s alleged revolting food-safety faux pas.


Food handlers at Fellini Cucina, Fellini Coffee’s new restaurant in the trendy Manhattan neighborhood, are preparing food on top of garbage containers and storing meat and dairy at temperatures upwards of 45 degrees Fahrenheit, disgruntled barista Corey Kiser claimed in a now-viral TikTok video posted Sunday afternoon.


“The management, all they care about is show an...
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Queens residents spar over proposed 16-mile waterfront bike path: ‘No place to put this fantasy’

A major fight is brewing in Queens over a massive biking path critics say will reshape a suburban section of the borough into another bustling urban district – and might serve as a new frontier for scooter-riding bandits.


The outrage reached a fever-pitch at a Department of Transportation public workshop last month about the 16-mile Queens Waterfront Greenway project, which descended into chaos as verbal and physical spats erupted between advocates and naysayers.


“We’re not Williamsburg, w...
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To-die-for Transylvanian treats made from 200-year-old family recipe on sale for Halloween in Queens

You don’t have to visit Dracula’s castle to get a taste of Transylvania this Halloween.


A 200-year-old family recipe for a popular pastry from the spooky region of Romania is being served up by a native of the area in Queens — and by all accounts, it’s definitely something to sink your fangs into.


“This is real Transylvanian stuff,” said Radu Sirbu, 51, who sells the twisted-looking cakes, called Kürtöskalács, from his food truck this holiday.


“Of course, I’m going to be dressed as Drac...
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Elizabeth Street Garden eviction pause may end as soon as this week – as activists await appeals court decision

They’re planting their feet in the ground.


The fate of the beloved 20,000-square-foot Elizabeth Street Garden in Nolita — where the city is vying to build 123 affordable housing units — may be sealed in the coming days as activists await a decision regarding whether its eviction will be paused as they fight their appeal in housing court, an attorney for the greenspace told The Post.


A decision on the garden’s motion to pause the eviction and demolition until the case — an appeal of a May c...
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Everything to know about New York Liberty’s ticker-tape parade on Thursday

Get ready to paint the town seafoam green.


The New York Liberty’s highly-anticipated ticker-tape parade will march Thursday morning up Manhattan’s “Canyon of Heroes” – and every New Yorker is invited to attend.


Spectators should expect floats, music, confetti – and, of course, the newly-minted WNBA champions themselves, according to the Downtown Alliance, which provides confetti and additional cleanup for the city-led event.


Sunday’s win marked the Liberty’s first WNBA Championship in 2...
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NYC honors WNBA champions NY Liberty with ticker-tape parade through Canyon of Heroes

The NY Liberty carried their torch high through the Canyon of Heroes.


Thousands of New Yorkers crowded lower Manhattan Thursday to witness the highly-anticipated ticker-tape parade celebrating the WNBA team’s first championship win. 


The massive seafoam green-clad party started at 10 a.m. and trekked up Broadway’s “Canyon of Heroes” – complete with floats, music, 3,000 pounds of confetti, Liberty mascot Ellie the Elephant and, of course, the WNBA champs themselves.


Liberty guard Courtne...
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NYC’s ‘confetti king’ has retired after two decades— here’s who will be powering Liberty’s ticker-tape parade

He’s passed the torch.


The New York Liberty’s ticker-tape parade on Thursday will be among the first without the longtime “Confetti King” shepherding the festivities along Manhattan’s Canyon of Heroes.


Joe Timpone, who procured paper shreds for more than a dozen parades in his 20 years with the Downtown Alliance, retired in 2015 – and a new fleet of confetti connoisseurs has assumed his responsibilities.


“While no one could ever take the mantle of ‘Confetti King,’ Joe passed the torch t...
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The Vessel’s new safety netting is an eyesore that ruins the Hudson Yards attraction, NYC tourists say: ‘Don’t think it was worth it’

Tourists who flocked to Hudson Yards for the Vessel’s reopening on Monday were bummed out about new security measures that they said defeats the purpose of the sightseeing attraction.


The 16-story honeycomb-shaped structure opened to the public for the first time in three years after several people jumped from it to their deaths in 2021 — with added floor-to-ceiling netting to prevent future tragedies.


“We paid $10 and we were restricted in where we could go – the nets were in the way, and...
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Another Duane Reade set to close on UES as NYC pharmacies grapple with crime — and surviving drug store is ‘robbed about once an hour’

It’s a hard pill to swallow.


Yet another Duane Reade is set to close on the Upper East Side next month — part of a string of closures affecting big-box pharmacies grappling with rampant crime.


The closure of at least five other big-box pharmacies in the neighborhood over the last year has stoked residents’ fears over organized shoplifting — as they also face longer lines and extended travel times to get their prescriptions.


“My local Duane Reade, which is the only surviving nearby drug...
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Beloved NYC sculpture garden holds off eviction for now as locals fight to block affordable housing development

The Elizabeth Street Garden got a last-minute legal win against the city to temporarily block its eviction – delaying a plan to pave it over with affordable housing, activists said Wednesday.


An appellate court issued a temporary stay on the eviction as garden organizers appeal a May eviction decision and continue the fight to keep the 20,000-square foot sculpture garden open in the Nolita neighborhood.


The garden was served a move-out notice earlier this month as Mayor Eric Adams’ adminis...
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Port Authority bus terminal replacement OK’d by city planners – but ‘long overdue’ makeover could take a decade

The Port Authority bus terminal in Midtown finally got the greenlight for a $10 billion “eyesore to eye-popping” transformation Wednesday – but it could take a decade to see major changes.


The City Planning Commission unanimously voted to approve the revamp – which would turn the blighted 1950s-era intrastate stop into a spacious, bright transit hub.


“Even with multiple renovations, the 74-year-old terminal is too old and outmoded to continue effectively serving commuters,” commission Chai...
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Neglected Hell’s Kitchen pier featured in ‘Taxi Driver’ transforms into luxe $47.5M park

A neglected corner of Hell’s Kitchen has finally cleaned up its act.


Pier 97, the latest extension of Hudson River Park in Hell’s Kitchen, opened to the public Tuesday at the site of what was once a gritty maritime port that housed city sanitation trucks and crumbling warehouses.


The pier’s midcentury shoddiness — immortalized in the opening credits of Martin Scorsese’s 1976 film “Taxi Driver” — is a far cry from the colorful new playground, athletic field and sunset deck with bistro table...
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Tattoos of the Statue of Liberty are the focus of this offbeat NYC spot: ‘She’s an ideal’

Give me your tired, your poor — and your tatted masses.


The Statue of Liberty has long been a symbol of freedom and the American Dream, but also an irresistible option for a tattoo among a surprising number of ink addicts.


“It started off with us wanting something that focused on New York City tattoo culture,” said Dave Herman, founder of Williamsburg’s City Reliquary, which is now displaying a first-of-its-kind exhibit dedicated entirely to the statue’s history in tattoos.


“For some pe...
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NYC’s Elizabeth Street Garden fights to stay open days before eviction – but city isn’t budging: ‘We’re not packing up’

They aren’t letting their garden down.


Organizers behind Nolita’s beloved Elizabeth Street Garden are fighting to keep the space open with just days left until it’s evicted — but the city isn’t budging yet on its plan to plow it over for senior housing.


Garden officials, whose supporters include actor Robert de Niro, are pushing embattled Mayor Eric Adams to consider two alternative locations to build 123 units of affordable senior housing as the clock ticks to Thursday.


“These sites co...
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Charli XCX tells fans to ditch work for album release party in NY — and hundreds listen

What a bunch of “brats.”


Fans of Charli XCX ditched work Thursday — with some calling in for bogus “mental health” or sick days — to whoop it up at the singer’s mid-day album release party in the Hudson Valley.


Gen Z’s pop queen asked fans to play hooky to make it to her 3 p.m. listening event at the sculpture museum Storm King — prompting around 1,000 people ranging from software engineers to dog walkers to flock to the oddly timed weekday party.


“‘Brat’ has been such a phenomenon and...
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