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Good news! After an outcry from the public and small business activists, Neir's Tavern has received a new lease. One source in city gove...

VANISHING After nearly 200 years in Woodhaven, Queens, Neir's Tavern will shutter. photo via NY Times Owner Loycent Gordon sent ...

VANISHING?  For the umpteenth time, rumors are floating about the demise of the Neptune Diner in Astoria, Queens. We first heard about i...

A rumor is floating around (again) that the great Neptune Diner of Astoria is closing. This photo of a supposed shutter note showed up on Tw...

A reader from Queens recently wrote in, "There have been reports of the Neptune Diner’s imminent demise over the last few years. Howeve...

What a thrill it was to round the bend on the 7 train into Long Island City and see the crazy, vivid vista of 5 Pointz, covered in graffiti ...

Norwood Rexall Drugs in Astoria has been in its spot for 60 years, but it was recently forced to move by a rent hike, according to a note in...

VANISHING Art Cove has been selling art and craft supplies in Ridgewood, Queens, for 44 years. But no more. On their Facebook page t...

After 20 years of working on Wall Street, Chris Arnade walked away in 2012, disillusioned with the business. He kept walking, all the way to...

Barnes & Noble is removing its stores from Queens , including a location in Forest Hills that preservationists tried to save . It's ...

Tucked close to the Queensboro Bridge, on Long Island City's Vernon Boulevard, there's a little jewel of an abandoned building: the ...

Filmmaker E.J. McLeavey-Fisher has made a lovely short documentary about Joe Leisner, former owner of the shop Comic Book Heaven in Sunnysid...

The following is a guest post by Max Falkowitz VANISHING For 23 years, Rahita Raval has baked croissants and carrot cake in a 470 square...

I took a walk around what's left of 5Pointz recently. You can see the destruction as you roll past on the 7 Train, looking down into...

For this week's piece in Metro NY , a long walk to the Lemon Ice King of Corona. To get to the Lemon Ice King of Corona, especially ...

For my column in today's Metro NY , a visit to Leo's Latticini in Corona, Queens. “Is this your first time here?” she asks from ...

Photographer Tim Schreier sent in a collection of depressing photographs showing what's become of the Iron Triangle at Willets Point. W...

People for the Pavilion is a group fighting to save the New York State Pavilion, a ruin of the World's Fair in Flushing Meadows park. Re...

The fight to save 5Pointz might very well be over. In the dark of night, with police protection, the building owners have white-washed the p...