Jen Chung

Photograph by Pete of Brooklyn From the Gothamist Newsmap: An overturn at 37th St & 3rd Ave in Manhattan, a barricaded EDP on Tillary St in Brooklyn and a shooting on College Ave in the Bronx. Louisiana is in a state of emergency because Hurricane Ida is on the... continue reading on Gothamist

Miss Heather reports that Russian Blue kitten Lucas is missing from Greenpoint pet food & supplies store Pets on the Run—and what's more troubling is that it's the second missing cat from that area in recent days. A cat went missing from a nearby bodega—and it turned out that... continue reading on Gothamist

Photograph by flat luxe on Flickr Aha! After a rocky start with accepting credit card payments (the striking... the threatening... the chasing... the punching), taxi drivers had conceded last year that plastic payments were helping them out. Now, two years after the program was launched, the NY Times further... continue reading on Gothamist

Chris Douglas-Roberts, the second year Nets guard, has swine flu, the team confirmed yesterday. Coach Lawrence Frank spoke to Douglas-Roberts, "e doesn't sound very good...All the measures are taken, now it's a matter of when he feels better." Players are being given Tamiflu as a precaution—forward Bobby Simmons said,... continue reading on Gothamist

Photograph by maevro on Flickr Well, NY Times reporter Ariel Kaminer was encouraged to join until someone at the Church of Scientology Googled her name and realized that she was a reporter for the NY Times. But she still got enough material for a piece titled, "In Scientology’s Door,... continue reading on Gothamist