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Why a forgotten teacher’s grave became a Jewish pilgrimage site

Along Britton Road in Rochester, New York, a brick gatehouse sits across from ordinary homes. Beyond it lies Britton Road Cemetery, its grounds divided into family plots and sections claimed over time ...

Family for religious reasons blocks autopsy of man, 81, who died on frigid Brooklyn roof

Everet Goldberg was found dead on the roof of his apartment building on Avenue H near New York Ave. in Flatbush about 9:55 ...

Brooklyn day care teacher accused of sexually abusing four girls as cops seek more victims

Devante Brown, 30, who worked as a teacher at a childcare center in Bushwick, was arrested Wednesday on charges he subjected two 5-year-old, a 6-year-old and a 9-year-old to sexual abuse several ...
The New Yorker

A Tour Through Central Park’s Cruising Grounds

Arthur Tress’s new book, “The Ramble, NYC 1969,” provides a view into a world otherwise all but invisible to passersby.

NYC mom crushed alive after falling into trash compactor — as residents heard her terrified screams

Michelle Montgomery, 39, likely tumbled into the trash chute while trying to retrieve her purse on Jan. 31, police sources said.

NYC’s Green-Wood Cemetery will soon offer corpse composting option that returns bodies to the earth

Everyone is dying to try this new burial trend. Eco-conscious New Yorkers can soon turn their corpses into compost as part of ...