This is a very sweet little New York City Christmas crime story by Damon Runyon (best known for Guys and Dolls). Set primarily in a speakeasy, it’s best to picture it being narrated with a thick Brooklyn accent, with just the right amount of Yuletide inebriation. Merry Christmas! Dancing Dan’s Christmas by Damon Runyon Now…
This year’s holiday shopping suggestion is one of my favorite stores in New York, and I highly recommend a visit to everyone, especially if you’re searching for a one-of-a-kind Christmas gift. Located in the shadow of the Empire State Building, Fantasma Magic is tucked away on the third floor of 421 Seventh Avenue, and other…
Last week, I was scouting some studio spaces in a Chelsea office building when I happened to notice a vacant office across the hall. Normally, I wouldn’t have given it a second thought, except something in the room happened to catch my eye… …was that a subway car inside??
If you’re a fan of Scouting NY, would you consider making a donation to my film fund? I’m trying to make my first movie, and if you’ve enjoyed my work on this site (to date, more than 650 articles and over 12,000 pictures!), all I can say is that I’ve been working a thousand times…
In my travels through the city, I’ve driven down the northern end of Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn roughly eight billion times… …and I have never once given a second thought to the nondescript office building at Dekalb, part of the Long Island University campus. And I don’t think I ever would have if I hadn’t…
A week ago, I was out taking pictures of Citi Field… …and for some reason, I found myself paying attention to the long line of car repair places across the street. I’ve always been peripherally aware that the neighborhood has a high concentration of autobody shops along the main drags, but it never occurred to…
The other day, I was driving down Flushing Avenue in East Williamsburg when I happened to look over at this strip of abandoned storefronts near Varick… …and something very peculiar caught my eye…
For the past week, I’ve been going into Manhattan via the Triboro, and each time I drive down 125th Street, I’ve wondered about the sign on the building at 26 E 125th Street for the Trowel & Square Ballroom. It’s such a great period sign, with red lettering that looks as though it dates to…
Happy Halloween! -SCOUT
Looking for something spooky to watch this Halloween? Why not pick a horror movie set in New York! Longtime Scouting NY readers know I’ve been writing and revising this list for the past five years. While some of these might skirt the boundaries of the horror genre, my main requirement was simply that they’d feel…