Some libraries have NO SMOKING or NO CELL PHONE signs on the front door. At the Yonkers Public Library? I’m amazed that this is such a problem as to necessitate a laminated sign. I mean, I wasn’t planning on bringing any balloons inside…But it’s sort of a downer to know I couldn’t if I suddenly…
Let me speak on behalf of the little dog who was left to die in a snowstorm two nights ago: THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! My girlfriend and I just got back from dropping off our unexpected pal to her new home with a very warm and loving married couple, who I…
SHE FOUND A NEW HOME!! CLICK HERE!! This morning, as a buddy of mine drove to work via the Williamsburg Bridge, he noticed something: a small gray dog chained to the pedestrian walkway, shivering, completely drenched and half-frozen. As you probably heard, New York had a very big snow storm last night; we’re almost certain…
To find one of my all time favorite signs in Times Square, you have to go a few blocks from the neon lights and hi-def LCD screens of New York’s bustling epicenter… …to the corner of 42nd Street and Ninth Avenue, an intersection that has remained defiantly seedy despite literally existing in the shadows of…
I was robbed for the first time about three years ago. It happened at about 6AM – I know, because that’s when I woke up and heard someone opening my bedroom door. At the time, I was living in a loft with other people, and, half-asleep, figured it was just someone drunkenly coming into the…
It’s your first time on a movie set. You’re nervous, excited. You watch impressed as more than a hundred crew members scurry to set up a shot that’ll probably last no more than 5 seconds in the final film. Then, someone turns and asks you for a C-47. Not wanting to reveal your inexperience, you…
“Hi scoutingny! I don’t know if this would interest to you, but it is definitely unique, and should experienced at night, because you can’t see it during the day.” “On the west side of the Park Avenue sidewalk, between 36th and 37th street there is a small construction crew. I don’t know what they are…
It happened in midtown Manhattan in the early afternoon on New Year’s Eve that a man walked several kilometers from West 32nd Street all the way to West 63rd Street without seeing anyone or being seen by anyone. (pic by Flickr user undeleterious) It was a clear sunny day. He did not use any disguise…
The 8th Avenue Post Office is extremely film friendly – shoot me an email for details at nycscout@gmail.com! On October 9th & 10th, 2010, over 350 sites, tours, and events were made available to the public FREE for the annual Open House New York program. Open House New York is…well, an open house of New…
It happened in midtown Manhattan in the early afternoon on New Year’s Eve that a man walked several kilometers from West 32nd Street all the way to West 63rd Street without seeing anyone or being seen by anyone. (pic by Flickr user undeleterious) It was a clear sunny day. He did not use any disguise…