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Senior-Citizen Willys Doing Just Fine In The Big City

This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. Is this old Jeep 50 years old? 60? More »

01/24/10

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By Murilee Martin

#carculture

The New York Library's Digital Photo Archive: Spills! Chills! LaGuardia!

We recently stumbled upon the New York Public Library's digital photo archive. The library houses thousands of cool images, and its online archive is an eye-popping way to suck up an hour or two. Fiorello LaGuardia in a microcar, anyone? More »

01/19/10

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By Sam Smith

#traffic

TomTom's 20 Most Traffic Congested Cities

TomTom's taking traffic congestion to the future, aggregating speed data from its in-car navigation systems to pinpoint precisely which cities have the worst traffic congestion. Here's their scientifically-derived 20 most traffic-clogged cities. The results may surprise some. More »

12/08/09

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By Matt Hardigree

#downonthestreetbonusedition

DeLorean DMC-12 Down On The New York Street

This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. Not many DeLorean owners painted their cars' stainless-steel exteriors; this is a rare find indeed. More »

12/06/09

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By Murilee Martin

#licenseplates

New ‘Empire Gold’ New York License Plates A Car Owner Shakedown

Albany's pitching replacing all license plates with these new "Empire Gold" plates — similar to ones used between 1973 and 1986 — as a safety enhancement, citing increased visibility. Taxpayers, however, are up in arms over the mandatory $25 fee. More »

11/11/09

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By Wes Siler

#newyork

Why Broadway Is Closed In NYC By Emergency Personnel

10/07/09

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#newyork

NYC Cyclist Gives Cab-Hailing Tourists A High Five

Typically an act of frustrating desperation, a cyclist has turned hailing a New York City cab into a congratulation. He's probably trying to get people to think about cycling instead of taxis, but really he's just scaring commuters and tourists.

09/30/09

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By Wes Siler

#carcrime

New York Driver Gets 56 Tickets In 13 Minutes

Authorities claim 21-year-old Joshua Bracci led police on a harrowing 13-minute chase Tuesday night through the upstate New York town of Greece at speeds clocked at 111 mph. Impressively, he racked up 56 tickets over the 13-minute period. More »

09/10/09

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By Ray Wert

#planelopnik

NYC Airspace to close tomorrow because of Walter Cronkite. Seriously. [Mediaite]

09/08/09

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Rust Hasn't Forgotten Staten Island, But It Hasn't Yet Eaten These Two GM Survivors

This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. Nuyear68 has found a couple of The General's old soldiers. More »

08/30/09

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By Murilee Martin

#musclecarwars

Midtown Manhattan Muscle Car Rental Wars Heat Up!

Midtown Manhattan's been a little slow to the Muscle Car Wars, but now even they've got the pony car fever. Remember the Camaro we spotted at Avis a few months back? Look what's peeking out next door at Budget below. More »

08/26/09

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By Ray Wert

#moviecars

Come to New York, Become Tony Montana, Try to Impress Michelle Pfeiffer

If you’re in the mood for a butch German coupé with a big V8 up front and an American flag in the back, you’ve come to the right place: there’s a Porsche 928 for sale in Soho. More »

08/21/09

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By Peter Orosz

#carcrash

Dump Truck Crashes Dramatically In Riverdale

Apparently it's an extra-crashy week around Jalopnik's NY team HQ: First a taxi, and now NBC-4 New York caught this dump truck wreck in tony Riverdale. No word if anyone was hurt, but we're applying for combat pay.

08/19/09

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By John Krewson

#carcrash

NYC Taxi Crashes Into 72nd Street Subway Station

A yellow-cab SUV jumped the curb and struck the subway entrance at West 72nd Street and Broadway on Manhattan's Upper West Side just before 4 p.m. today in an incident of uncomfortable-transportation on uncomfortable-transportation violence. (Hat tip to Allison!) More »

08/18/09

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By John Krewson

#masstransit

Why No One Drives In Manhattan

Yes, the New York subway is slow, crowded, and abrasive. But it would take 167 lanes of traffic to match its capacity, and we'd have to pave the East River to park. [Frumin.net]

08/13/09

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By John Krewson

#planelopnik

Small Plane, Helicopter Collide Over Hudson River

A Liberty Tours helicopter believed to have six people on board collided with a small plane out of Teterboro over the Hudson River between Manhattan and Hoboken, NJ today. One person reportedly, has been rescued. [Gawker]

08/08/09

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By Ray Wert

#carculture

New Yorkers Heart The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck

Even if you're not in the mood for ice cream, you can't miss Doug Quint's Big Gay Ice Cream Truck on the streets of New York City. What makes Doug's big ice cream truck so gay? Rainbow sprinkles, apparently. [NPR]

08/07/09

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By Ray Wert

#roads

My God, 42nd Street Is Full Of A Star!

Twice a year in New York City the setting sun aligns with New Amsterdam's east-west streets. It's called Manhattanhenge, and last night we were on hand to see it — with Rocketboom bringing you some amazing video footage below. More »

07/13/09

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By Ray Wert

#masstransit

The New York City Subway Of 1948

Stumbling across this map of the New York City subway system from 1948 served as a cool reminder of what used to, and in some cases still does, lurk below the streets we drive on every day. More »

06/12/09

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By Ray Wert

#lolcars

NASCAR Pit Stop In Times Square

Here's a PR stunt which could only happen in New York. The Red Bull NASCAR team descended on a still-filled-with-cars Times Square for an impromptu 14-second pit stop. Hey! You gotta permit fer dat?!

06/11/09

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By Ben Wojdyla

#parkingtickets

NYC Cops Repeatedly Ticket Parked Dead Guy

George Morales probably died in his minivan of a heart attack in early May, parked under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway underpass. That didn't stop NYC cops from writing him parking tickets for the next couple of weeks. More »

06/05/09

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By Ben Wojdyla

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