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SECOND AVENUE CRASH-WAY TRAFFIC Taxi accidents are on the rise along Second Avenue in the subway construction zone BY MARY KEKATOS

approximately 45 percent, according to an Our Town analysis. While accidents totaled 96 for the fivemonth period from January to May in 2012, they rose to a startling 139 during the same period in 2014. Undoubtedly, taxi drivers say that the cause for the rise in accidents is the construction. Joseph, who declined to give his last name, has been a taxi driver for over 20 years and he has noticed how much the construction has affected traffic. “You have a lane, two lanes, out of commission so everyone’s scrunched together,” he said. “And when you’re all scrunched together, people are gonna crash. You can blame some of the accidents on just bad driving but I don’t think that most of them are because of that. Maybe if the construction lasted for one block you could blame it on poor

UPPER EAST SIDE Second Avenue has long been a cause of strife for New Yorkers on the East side. From restaurant owners losing profits due to subway construction to pedestrians being forced onto the street thanks to closed sidewalks, the avenue has been the source of no shortage of headaches. Now, a new problem has come into focus: taxi accidents. Over the course of the past three years, from January 2012 to May 2014, accidents involving taxicabs on Second Avenue between 59th Street and 96th Street have risen by CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

SCHOOL IS BACK. WHERE DOES YOURS RANK? SPECIAL REPORT Like everything else in New York, education is something of a competitive sport. What are the best high schools and how do you get into them? Where do you need to live if you want to give your kid a decent kindergarten? How do you tell one private school from another? What about schools for adults? These are some of the questions we sought to answer with this year’s Report Card on Fall Education, a 16-page section that starts on p. 13. Instead of offering up generic

advice on how to help your kids study or ways to understand the mind of an adolescent (we’d need a lot more than 16 pages for that!), we went to the heart of the matter: Once you cut through the clutter, what’s the best school for my kid or even for me? Our lists are based on a combination of city data and outside ranking services, and look at everything from attendance and test scores to diversity. That’s been combined with our own reporting, from listening and working in the neighborhood where you live. So dig in. School starts in a week. -- The Editors

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In Brief SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT IN CITY SCHOOL TEST SCORES The number of New York City students passing statewide math and reading exams rose in 2014, a gain touted as a victory in light of tougher Common Core standards. According to the data, the number of students in the city passing the reading exam increased to 29 percent, from 27 percent, while in math, the pass rate jumped about four percentage points from last year. City kids continue to lag their counterparts in the rest of the state in their scores, even factoring in the most recent gains. Despite all of that, Mayor de Blasio touted the numbers as evidence that the tide is turning when it comes to the performance of city kids on standardized tests, though he conceded there is a “very long road ahead.”

SEAWRIGHT SNAGS TEACHER ENDORSEMENT New York State United Teachers, the state affiliate of the city’s United Federation of Teachers, endorsed Rebecca Seawright, the Democratic candidate for the 76th state Assembly District on the Upper East Side. The union represents approximately 200,000 members, including teachers, classroom paraprofessionals, school secretaries and retired workers. In making the announcement, UFT President Michael Mulgrew praised Seawright’s proven track record of championing public education and the needs of working-class New Yorkers.

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS CHECK ending this summer, police say that, on at least ten occasions, the men entered the drugstore, grabbed medication from the shelves and fled. Stealing as much as $3,394 worth of medication at one time, police estimate that the total cost of stolen goods adds up to $18,705. Based off of security footage, police believe they are searching for two black men in their 20s. Gothamist

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GOSSIP GIRL PENTHOUSE IN that he bought in 2004 for $20 million. CONTRACT While only exterior shots were shown The penthouse at 1136 Fifth Avenue, perhaps best known as the home of fictitious character Blair Waldorf of the book series/television show “Gossip Girl,” is for sale. Curbed NY reported that real-life owner, Stephen F. Cooper, CEO of Warner Music Group, is asking $30 million for the duplex apartment

on Gossip Girl, the interior is every bit as luxurious as what appeared on the show. The penthouse features a wraparound terrace with a pergola on the lower level, a media room and a gym. The apartment went into contract last week, although neither the identity of the buyer nor the closing price have been disclosed. Curbed NY

NYPD SEARCHING FOR DRUGSTORE THIEVES Gothamist reported that the NYPD is currently on the hunt for two men who they believe to have stolen thousands of dollars in over-thecounter medication from several Duane Reade and Rite Aid locations on both the Upper East and the Upper West Sides. Beginning last November and

As an NYPD officer tried to arrest a pair of Barneys shoplifters, he wound up in the hospital when one of the thieves attacked and then escaped, reported DNAinfo.com. On Saturday, at around 5:30 p.m., employees of the flagship store at 660 Madison Avenue reported the thieves to two officers who were nearby. The employees claimed that the men were trying to steal $860 worth of merchandise. When police offers approached the suspects outside of the Apple store on Fifth Avenue, one suspect began to resist arrest, fighting the officer before fleeing. The second suspect, Reginald Granger, was caught at the scene was arraigned on charges of assaulting a police officer and petit larceny but has since been released on bail and is due back in court. The injured officer was treated for back injury at a local hospital and has since been

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SMORGASBURG COMING TO CENTRAL PARK The very popular weekly Brooklyn food festival will be coming to Central Park for one night this season, on Friday, September 19th from 5 – 9 p.m., Gothamist reported. Thirty of the festival’s food vendors (including some new additions) will be making their way uptown to Rumsey Field, so uptowners will not have to make the trek to Brooklyn to try the infamous ramen burger. If this nighttime Smorgasburg is successful, it is the Central Park food festival will become a regular installment for the summer of 2015. Gothamist

ELDERLY JOGGER KILLED BY TEEN CYCLIST The New York Post reported that earlier this month, 75-year-old Irving Schachter was jogging in Central Park when a 17-year-old biker swerved in to the pedestrian lane, striking Schachter. He was transported to New York Presbyterian Hospital where he was treated for head trauma. Two days later, Schachter passed away. The cyclist, who reported that he swerved to avoid a pedi-cab, has not been charged with a crime or issued a summons. NY Post

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SECOND AVENUE CRASH-WAY CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 driving, but it goes on for several blocks.” As a sign of Second Avenue’s unique problems, accidents on other one-way avenues haven’t increased by as much. Over the five-month period on First and Third Avenues, between 59th and 96th Streets, accident totals reached 102 and 88, respectively, only an increase of 12.08 percent and 12.82 percent, respectively, since 2012. On the Upper West Side between 59th and 86th Streets, Amsterdam Avenue had a 40.63 percent increase, but with incidents increasing only from 32 to 45. While Columbus Avenue experienced over 100 percent increase in accidents, the number totaled 78 by May 2014. The rise of accidents does not solely concern the taxi drivers. Residents also say they’re worried about the exponential rise. “It’s scary to think that so many accidents could be occurring within such a short time,” said James Wagner, a Yorkville resident. “I guess when you have all this construction, and cars having to squeeze over, accidents are bound to happen.

But I don’t want to feel like I could get hit every time I walk down the street.” Councilman Ben Kallos, who represents the Upper East Side, said, “Every New Yorker should feel safe walking down the street, which is why traffic and safety issues are so important in our community,” he said.

“Any trends that show collisions on the rise, from commercial or personal vehicles, must be closely watched by city government.” Councilman Kallos urged residents to contact him via his web site if they are concerned about an unsafe intersection or a street issue they felt needed

fixing. And certain areas on Second Avenue have been subject to more accidents than others. The intersection of 86th Street and Second Avenue has had a large number of accidents within that five-month span of three years totaling at 24 accidentts, the most of all the intersections (second only to 63rd and Second). One resident offered an alternative cause for the accidents at the intersection as opposed to construction. “You’ve got the 86th-Lexington stop [on the 6 line] two blocks away,” Lori Peterson explained. “And 86th is a two-way street. So, you could have taxi cabs coming from picking up people at the station, and I’ve seen them drive like maniacs, and then boom – they crash.” With the first phase of the subway to open in December 2016, taxi drivers hope that, if the construction is the cause, it will mean safer driving conditions and fewer accidents to go along with it. “I just want to feel a little safer, and my passengers to feel safer, when I drive,” said Joseph. “Luckily, I haven’t had an accident in a few years, but I don’t want to start anytime soon.”

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EAST VILLAGE The lawsuit reads like a legendary New York housing horror story. In the Supreme Court filing from Aug. 6, there’s the building’s infestation of rodents and vermin, the perpetually unlocked front door, and the drug addicts who routinely roam the halls, according to the complaint. There’s a lack of light in the public areas, and the intercoms are broken. The complaint says that the building’s façade is covered with vines and is home to a horde of wasps, bees, ants and mosquitos that live just outside the windows. The building, at 309 East 8th Street, is owned by Prince Holdings 2012, LLC, one of mega-landlord Steven Croman’s real estate companies, which is named as a defendant in the lawsuit. Croman owns around 100 residential buildings in Manhattan. He’s currently under investigation by the State Attorney General’s office for potentially illegal tactics that some suspect are aimed at forcing rent regulated tenants out of their apartments. Some of his tenants have even formed the Croman Tenants Alliance to share information and resources on alleged harassment they’ve suffered. Shawn Dahl has lived at 309 East 8th Street for about 10 years, and said that since Croman bought the building in 2012, she and other tenants have sought to work with the landlord to resolve the building’s problems. But after what she said was a series of broken promises and a lack of progress, she and another rent regulated tenant in the building, James Peterson, decided to ďŹ le a lawsuit alleging harassment. “It really hit home with me at one point when I just kind of sat down and went through all my emails and text messages and looked at the calendar and

did a timeline of all the occurrences of various things, and it was just like, ‘wow, no wonder I’m so stressed out,’â€? said Dahl. In addition to the building’s condition, the suit alleges that renovations being done in the units above Dahl and Peterson’s apartments have caused both of their ceilings to collapse. It also says a man named Anthony Falconite, who Dahl and Peterson’s lawyer believes is an employee of Croman’s, has regularly harassed them and sought to gain access to their units under false pretenses. Falconite, an ex-cop, made the news recently after being slapped with a cease and desist order from the State Attorney General’s office for allegedly doing just that. Dahl and Peterson say the lack of upkeep and harassment is part of a larger campaign to force them from their rent regulated units. Their lawyer, Robin LoGuidice, of Grimble and LoGuidice, LLC, said in the complaint that the renovations on the oor above Dahl’s have caused flooding, turning her kitchen into a cess pool. “There are constant sewer backups in the kitchen, causing foul, sewer contaminated water to ood the kitchen and make the apartment uninhabitable,â€? said LoGuidice in the complaint. The construction has caused Peterson’s ceiling to collapse, and his unit’s wood floor is coming up and splintering, according the complaint. Records from the Dept. of Housing Preservation and Development indicate there are currently 18 open violations at the property. A spokesperson for 9300 Realty, another of Croman’s real estate companies, said since taking ownership of the building in December of 2012, Prince Holdings, LLC has improved 309 East 8th Street and that the allegations made in Dahl and Peterson’s suit are unfounded. “Since taking over the property, we have made signiďŹ cant improvements to the building and removed over 120 [Dept. of Housing Preservation and De-

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velopment] violations associated with the prior ownership.â€? The spokesperson said the building was long neglected by the former landlord, and Prince Holdings is working on closing other violations, many of which were levied against the prior owner. “The tenants behind the recent suit have a long history of litigation with the prior landlord and we will vigorously defend ourselves against what we consider to be unfounded accusations by these individuals,â€? said the spokesperson. But Samuel Himmelstein, a lawyer with the tenant-exclusive ďŹ rm Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue and Joseph, said he’s litigated a number of cases involving Croman and his companies, and that he’s not surprised at the circumstances surrounding 309 East 8th Street. “We’ve tangled many times,â€? said Himmelstein. “I represented many of the tenants at 12 East 72nd Street where he brought eviction cases against 23 rent stabilized tenants on the grounds that he wanted to live there. Those cases were

settled, and I have a couple of cases which are in litigation now.â€? Himmelstein said Croman’s M.O. is to bring frivolous eviction cases against his tenants. According to LoGuidice’s filing, Croman’s company has alternately refused rent payments, refused to give over receipts for rent payments, and has added “inexplicable fees and charges to rent bills in order to cause [Dahl and Peterson] emotional distress.â€? The complaint is seeking monetary damages and an immediate end to the alleged harassment. Dahl said she rarely leaves her apartment for fear that something catastrophic will happen while she’s out, such as when she was out of town and came back to a collapsed ceiling and ooded kitchen. “I’ve turned down work in order to be there,â€? said Dahl. “In their minds they think they can just get me out. I want to live there, I like the neighborhood, I like my apartment.â€?

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The myth of New York’s retiree exodus

BY LENORE SKOMAL ack in April, my husband stood in the middle of his company’s lunchroom and addressed the packed room of his staff and colleagues. He launched his heartfelt final thanks and goodbye over a spread of white cake and coffee. The next day, we drove away from the state we’d called home for 12 years -- and landed in New York City to enjoy the best years of life together. If you’ve read the glut of doom and gloom news stories lately, indicating retirees are in mass exodus out of this city and state, we are the exception to the trend. According to the experts from AARP, Money Magazine, Forbes and Crain’s, armed with their studies and analyses, we’re an anomaly, because the evidence points

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to what they steadfastly conclude is the immutable truth: Retired New Yorkers can’t get out of here fast enough. And it’s an epidemic. Beware experts bearing statistics. As a rule, I don’t trust studies because they’re only as reliable as their random sampling and their questions. And to my way of thinking, when it comes to positing that retirees are scrambling to get the heck out of Dodge, unless the sample is a massive cross-section of all retirees— weighted for socio-economic, cultural, ethnic, religious and even health factors and differences—I say it’s not a true picture. I trust experts even less. What exactly is an expert, anyway? Like the word “genius,” “expert” has become so commonplace, it’s lost its true, rarefied meaning. Listen, I’m not saying that retirees aren’t leaving the area. Of course they are. And I say, let ‘em leave. Go wherever it makes them happy. But where’s that? Here’s where the collection of experts break ranks and the argument comes apart like a homemade sweater made from loose yarn. They can’t agree. Studies, it appears, are conflicted. Some experts point to Florida, the Carolinas and Arizona, which makes sense—they’re warm places. Others say Portland (Maine) and Pittsburgh. I say, I’m not convinced there’s a Promised Land drawing away hundreds of thousands. Migrating retirees is neither specific to New York nor epidemic. They move away for the same reasons folks all over the world pick up and leave when they hang up their working spurs. They’re

tired of living where they’ve lived; they want to be closer to family; they hate the cold; they want to downsize and lighten their financial loads. It’s a no-brainer that better climate, lower taxes and state of the art medical facilities attract old people. But who says retirees are old? My husband is 67 and in the best health of his life thanks to a spanking new pair of knees and a colossal change in his quality of life, called stressfree because he doesn’t work. Heck, if you’re a study junkie, I can even point to several that prove 60 is the new 40. Retirees are young enough to more than just obsesses about the best early bird special. The majority are active, contributing and engaged in their communities and need intellectual stimulation. And they have the time to enjoy it. Which is why we, crazy radicals that we are, sold our house, cars and material assets and traded up to live here. Each day provides uncountable experiences and options, from hitting the new exhibit at the Met, to taking the train to Coney Island to roaming the lesser-known streets of neighboring boroughs. Our former small city had virtually no culture, no public transportation, mediocre health care, the most brutal winters in the continental U.S. and a growing, aging population thanks to a major influx of retirees. Yes, that’s right. The experts there call it an epidemic. And there are studies to prove it. Lenore Skomal is the awardwinning author of 17 books. She can be reached at www. lenoreskomal.net

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Comment from the web on our story “Showcasing the Artistry of Sports,” August 7, 2014: “I work across the street and have been in to see Neil’s exhibit several times. Today I brought my daughter there (also a big sports fan) and watched again the reaction of awe as Neil described some of the stories that his pieces tell. Its beautifully created and exhibited and is surely a history lesson as well as a trip back to some memorable sports moments. Definitely not to be missed!” Brian F.

SPREADING JOY FOR COOKING Comments from the web on the column Community Kitchen column “Recipes for Better Lives,” August 14, 2014, by Liz Neumark. “What a beautiful article by Liz Neumark. It explains West Side Campaign Against Hunger’s chef training program with such color and energy. I hope it inspires everyone to look at their community to see how they might help or where they can go for training and assistance. Blessing to all.” Diane Painter Velletri “Hey it’s Sade Broner from chef class and I just want to say thanks you so much for writing about my class! P.S, Love the photo!” Sade Broner

Lights twinkle as the descending dark outlines a skyline a little less well known, one fewer conceive of as “Manhattan.” Yet, for those Upper East siders, whether out-of-town an hour or a year, that simpler skyline is home. Not quite as aggressive as the towering downtown or iconic West side outlines, the East side cityscape offers proportions more human, more approachable. At a certain point, just before the choice of bridge or tunnel must be made, day or night, the city outline appears -- like a great burst of oxygen, making breathing a little easier, thoughts a bit more excited. That’s home, after all, just across the river. Living far east on the Upper East Side offers a wonderful balance. Until the long promised Second Avenue “Subway-let” actually opens its gates, getting to the East End can be challenging - especially in winter, especially in the early (perhaps the correct term is “late”) hours of a long night. Public transportation is spotty, cabs even more spare. Juxtapose to this the wonderful quiet of Carl Shurz Park, verdant for many months of the year. Listen closely, and the sound of the East River breaking against the barriers under the FDR reaches one’s ears. Few night vistas compare with the phenomena of the moon backlighting the shadowed silhouettes of the park’s treetops as it glowed in a newly darkened sky, its soft light reflected on puffs of clouds. During the week of August 10, the moon was in her greatest glory. Resting on the tips of buildings, touching treetops, it glowed above the whole city, yet seemed to have chosen the East Side as her personal podium. Tree tops glistened - even in the warm, early August night. People actually stopped to listen and stare, enjoying the street glow that served to light their way home. The August lunar disc was a “super” moon, a so-called “Perigee” Moon, when the Man and his Moon, in its elliptical orbit a mere 220,000 (or so) miles above, came closest to the Earth and the Upper East Side. Perigee-syzygy describes the point at which the Moon is closest to the Earth - the perigee - at the same time the Earth, the Moon and the Sun are aligned - the syzygy. Simply put, the Earth, the Moon and the Sun are all in a line at the time when the Moon is a is closest point to the Earth. Not to worry! If you missed this perigee-syzygy moon - the astronomical term - the next Super Moon - the astrological term - will appear September 9.

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The legacy of a sweet soul BETTE DEWING f only “Mrs. Doubtfire” could be shown rather than the scheduled “Lost in America,” I e-mailed David Williams, president of the Carl Schurz Park Conservancy, which sponsors two outdoor film screen showings each summer. No reply, which is unlike Mr. Williams in an era of non-responders, about which George Bernard Shaw once opined: “The most perfect expression of scorn is silence.” Well, Robin Williams was, of course, a responder, which helped make him such a rare sweet soul in a time when sour is the norm, especially in the show business world. As for the Carl Schurz Park movie night, of course New York City’s First Family would be invited to the screening, being shown only a few minutes walk from their new home. And yes, it’s hilarious and G-rated, but “Mrs. Doubtfire”’s message about family and especially about father love is, for me, Robin William’s most-needed professional legacy. And we need the DeBlasio family and other movers and shakers to believe that. too. The film is about a divorced, talented, but out of work actor daddy so desperate to share more time with his three children that he is able, through amazing physical and voice disguises, to be

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in Williams’ tragic suicide, needs far greater attention, and so do Alcoholic and other Anonymous groups, which likely assisted in his admirable 20 years of sobriety. And, incidentally, churches and temples where their meetings are often held should often commend them. Smalltown newspapers wisely list their meetings. But there are social factors, and as one obituary notes, including the fact that older white men are the group most likely to commit suicide. Their work life remains a priority (sometimes too much of one) but it may be endangered and ageism also affects even world-renowned talents like Williams, who may sometimes color the gray, to stay working. And what Warren Farrell called “the masculine mystique” seems more evident now than when his 1970’s men’s consciousness-raising groups worked to overcome anti-male images and demands. Ah, and surely dreaded and totally debilitating neurological disorders like Parkinson’s disease, which recently attacked Williams, need infinitely more research and support, not to mention more public understanding and concern. But, from now on out, Robin Williams’ unique sweetness of soul is what the world most urgently needs to remember, emulate and to proclaim. It can be done if enough of us try. dewingbetter@aol.com

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24 STORY LAURIE Peter Jay Sharp Children’s Glade in Central Park 12 – 1:30 p.m.; free Bring your kids to Central Park this Sunday for this week’s Family Performance Festival with Story Laurie. Listen as she widens your imagination with

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22 CENTRAL PARK FILM FESTIVAL: REAR WINDOW The Landscape between Sheep Meadow and 72nd Street Cross Drive Gates open at 6:30 p.m., movie starts at 8 p.m.; free Come to Central Park this Friday to celebrate the last day of the 2014 Central Park Film Festival. Bring a blanket to watch Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window under the stars. Gates will open at 6:30 p.m., and a DJ will play until the movie starts at 8. Centralpark.org

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Barnes and Nobles 105 E. 86th St. (Between Lexington & 3rd) 11 a.m.; free This Saturday come to Barnes and Nobles to hear a special guest read Richard Scarry’s “Cars and Trucks and Things That Go.� Scarry’s story depicts all the different types of vehicles that your children might spot around New York. Stick around after the read aloud for some fun games and activities. Bn.com

SUMMERSTAGE PRESENTS: ALEX SENSATION Rumsey PlayďŹ eld in Central Park (Enter at E. 72nd St.) 3 – 7 p.m.; free Come get your groove on this Saturday with New York’s most popular Latin DJ. DJ Alex Sensation is known for his Tropical themed music, that mixes all different types of genres. When Alex isn’t spinning for La Mega 97.9 FM, he is mixing at some of the hottest clubs in the tri-state area. Doors open at 2 p.m.

some great tales and creative songs. Nycgovparks.org

SUN(DAY) SALUTATIONS YOGA The Lululemon Store, 1146 Madison Avenue (85th St.) 9:30 a.m.; free Lululemon will be hosting a complimentary yoga class this Sunday. Come start your morning right with an hour-long vinyasa style yoga class. All levels are welcome and mats will be provided. Lululemon.com

25 GALLERY TALK: DAN GRAHAM Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Ave. 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.; free with museum admission This Monday, Jacqueline Terrassa (the Managing Museum Educator) will be facilitating a discussion about the work of Dan Graham. Graham is this year’s featured artist for the Met’s Roof Garden exhibition. This event’s discussion will consider and examine the artist’s ideas and process when creating large

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Vanderbilt YMCA Hosts Longevity Luncheon The Vanderbilt YMCA hosted its 3rd Annual Longevity Luncheon on July 29th, honoring those who have been members of the Vanderbilt Y for 20 years or more. The longest-standing members were recognized for the many ways they have made our community a better place.

sculptures. Metmuseum.org

ART IN THE ROUND: ARCHITECTURE TOUR The Guggenheim Museum, meet on Rotunda Floor, 1071 5th Ave 2 p.m.; free with museum admission Come explore what is probably Frank Lloyd Wright’s most celebrated and recognized structure: the museum itself. The tour will be lead by a gallery educator and focus on the result of what was a 16-year project. Wright’s themes, shapes and light fixtures will all be discussed. Guggenheim.org

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Tickets can be bought on the club’s website. Comicstriplive.com

27 MT. SINAI GREENMARKET Madison Avenue & E. 99th St. 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Stock up on all the fresh produce you might need at the Mt. Sinai farmers market. All things sold are grown locally, and brought to you by the Farmers Market Federation of NY. Nyfarmersmarket.com

1568 2nd Avenue (Between 8st & 82nd St.) 8 p.m.; $15 admission Comic Strip Live was opened in 1957, and remains the longest running showcase comedy club in the world. Come by this Tuesday for a night hosted by James Mattern and watch 7 comedians do live standup.

CENTRAL PARK TOUR: NORTH WOODS Charles A. Dana Discovery Center in Central Park, inside the Park at 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues 12 – 1:15 p.m.; free, registration required Enjoy a guided tour of Central Park’s wooded area! Discover rustic pools, plains and bridges in Manhattan’s most iconic park. The tour will involve many stairs and hills, so bring a water bottle and some comfortable shoes. Centralpark.org

Vanderbilt YMCA’s Vice Chair of the Board of Managers, Justin Carroll, Mike Beck and Anita Harvey, Gary Laermer and Vanderbilt’s Board Member and Finance Committee Chairman, Kenneth Klum attend Vanderbilt’s 2014 Longevity Luncheon. (Photo by R. Liang)

Vanderbilt’s Senior Executive Director, Anita Harvey welcomed guests, then Chairman of the Board of Managers, Mike Beck gave a congratulatory speech to those in attendance. Finally, YMCA of Greater New York’s Senior Vice President & Chief Development Officer, Gary Laermer thanked the Longevity members for their continuous support of the Vanderbilt YMCA.

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58th St. Library, Computer Room (58th & Lex) 2 – 4 p.m.; free SUMMER ON THE ROOF: Having trouble with your REBELS computer? Come to the 58th Street Library this Thursday for free assistance with anything Rooftop of Bohemian you might need help with. This National Hall (321 East 73rd program is available to people Street) who are 50 years old and above, 8 – 11 p.m.; $10 admission and will go on a first come first Filip Renc’s Rebels will be screening this Tuesday night on serve basis. the roof of the BNH. This musical Nypl.org film depicts Russia’s invasion of Prague in 1968. The film is in Czech with English subtitles. Tickets can be purchased online. bohemianbenevolent.org

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East Meadow (Enter park at 97th & 5th) 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.; free Stop by Central Park after work this Thursday to get in shape! Tone your muscles and increase your flexibility in a class lead by professional trainers in what is perhaps New York’s most beautiful park. Arrive a little early to this hour-long class, because spots are available on a first come first serve basis. Centralpark.org

Sunday, September 14, 2:00pm Join us for this musical play starring Jason McKinney that tells the story of Paul Robeson, the famous African American athlete, singer, actor, and advocate for civil rights around the world in the 1920s-60s.

Admission: $20, at door; $15, seniors/students.

Save $5 when ordered in advance. Tickets available at www.MarbleChurch.org, or contact Siobhan Tull, STull@MarbleChurch.org. Dr. Michael B. Brown, Senior Minister 1 West 29th St. NYC, NY 10001 (212) 686-2770 www.MarbleChurch.org

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THE ART OF REGRET Jasper Johns’ recent works at the Museum of Modern Art

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Summer pleasures are plentiful, but the Museum of Modern Art is providing an unexpected one in a relatively small, but impressive exhibition of an American master. Catch it in its last remaining days. Jasper Johns: Regrets, on view through September 1, gives viewers a chance to revisit, rethink and re-engage with an iconic artist. Johns is still creating vibrant, thoughtful new work in his 84th year, and this powerful collection gives an intriguing view of the artist’s process. Two galleries in the museum, introduced by a recent photograph of Johns, hard at work, are filled with two large paintings, 10 complex drawings, and two prints, each presented in a variety of states. One of the prints was completed in over 15 states. All of the work in the show was created over the last year and a half. A case holds two of the artist’s working copper plates, which also offer a rare perspective on the process. The large-scale paintings, abstractions in blues and greys with horizontal and diagonal lines and bands, are offset by bright shapes popping out in primary colors. A densely worked and mysterious watercolor painting echoes some of the same shapes, but with an entirely distinct feeling. A face seems to hover just past recognition. A rectangle is framed, but it’s not clear what it’s meant to frame. Even non-representational art

represents something. Conceptual art represents a concept. Time-based art represents a process. Jasper Johns’s work often re-presents representations. Numbers stand for quantities. Maps depict locations. Flags represent political entities. Johns’ work includes numbers, but without telling what’s being counted. It includes maps and flags, but doesn’t provide a key for deciphering them. His iconography is personal and enigmatic. Curators Ann Temkin and Christophe Cherix, who worked with Johns on the exhibition, provide clues as to how to approach these works. Johns, they tell us, encountered a photograph in a catalogue that caught his eye. It was worn and damaged, and depicted the artist, Lucien Freud, sitting with his head down, his hand holding his forehead. Johns responded to the photograph’s

compositional elements as well as its emotional resonances in fascinating ways. The figure, once pointed out, can be perceived in the works, but only with difficulty. Complex lines and brushstrokes obscure the outline; monochromatic tones further the effect. An area of damage in the photograph replaces the figure as the central element. But, without the crucial keys provided by the curators, the shape is just a silhouette of an unknown form. Regrets, the title of the exhibition, is derived from a stamp that Johns had produced some years ago. Constantly receiving requests and invitations of all kinds, from all over, he found it expedient to just return them stamped with the response, “Regrets, Jasper Johns.” It’s hard to imagine that the downward facing pose of an artist, bowing with his head in his hands didn’t suggest another

form of regrets. But that’s a key that was not given. Jasper Johns’ stature in the art world is hard to overstate. Major museums include him in their permanent collections, and regularly display important pieces along with the work of other modern masters. But, often, one will encounter a few pieces. Great works, but not in great number. The thoughtfully composed selections in Regrets give audiences the chance to consider a significant number of cohesive, recent works. Curator Cherix said, previewing the exhibition, that the museum hoped “to give the viewer the opportunity to understand not only a new body of work, but how this body of work was developed. From one drawing to a painting to a print, again to a painting, and then again to a print, and so on,” which, he added, is “something

which is very typical of Jasper Johns’ work.” In the exhibition, imagery echoes across media. Watercolor and oil express related thoughts in very different ways. Visual and conceptual densities are achieved by working and reworking the same motifs. It’s a fascinating glimpse in to the way a highly evolved artist works things out to his final satisfaction. We are given the chance to consider the personal iconography Johns has developed and through which his art speaks. The works hold symbols that are obvious— numbers or figures—which become mysterious as they are obscured, painted over, scratched out or buried. When the everyday, recognizable qualities of things are removed or replaced, when the obvious now holds mysteries, art has taken place.

Jasper Johns, Regrets, 2013, Oil on Canvas, 50 x 72”

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THE BEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ON THE UPPER EAST SIDE RANKINGS In one sense, finding a public elementary school for your child is easy in New York: you go to the school you’re zoned for. The reality, of course, is not easy at all. The sad truth in the city is that most neighborhoods still suffer from a shortage of top-notch elementary schools, despite improvements in recent years. That has sent families scrambling to find housing in one of the desired school zones, sending real estate values in those neighborhoods soaring. Many have been priced out.

The Upper East Side is a lucky exception. The neighborhood is home to a number of top-notch elementary schools, giving parents unusual choice. Think of it as yet another perk of living in one of New York’s b est neighborhoods. We’ve drawn up a list of the best of the best, as an aide to parents trying to decide where to settle in advance of their kids starting kindergarten. All of the schools on our list have been given an “A” by the city’s Department of Education, as part of its impressively rigorous own grading system. We’ve combined city data with numbers compiled by sites like Greatschools.org and Schooldigger.com, and we’ve talked to parents and educators in the neighborhood

about which schools we recommend. We looked at test scores, attendance numbers, and diversity stats to draw up our alphabetical list. (We limited this list to public schools, meaning that private schools -- of which there are many in the neighborhood -- weren’t included in the list, nor were charter schools.) Think of this as we did, which is as one piece of the elementary-school puzzle in New York. How the pieces fit together will depend on your family and your kids. -- The Editors

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THE TOP 20 PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS In many ways, by the time your kid has made it to high school in New York, the hard part is done. Gone are the debates over which neighborhood you should live in or how you’re zoned. By high school, it pretty much comes down to the application. NYC high schools aren’t zoned by neighborhood. Instead, kids can, and do, go to any school in the city, based on their application (which explains the crush of teenages on the subway at 3:30 in the afternoon). Some of the top schools base their admission on tests, as well, while a smaller number require auditions. So – unlike with the elementary-school list – we’ve paid less attention here to where these schools are located, and much more to how they stack up versus their peers. (That said, we limited our pool to Manhattan and to public schools.) Suffice it to say that all of these schools are excellent. Admission to all of them is incredibly competitive. The teachers are, for the most part, terrific. So consider yourself (or your kid) lucky to get into any of them. As with the other lists, our slice is subjective, based on our reporting, on the Department of Education ranking system (every one of these schools was given an “A” grade by the city), by other ranking services like SchoolDigger. com, US News & World Report and GreatSchools.org, and by our innate horse sense of living and reporting in the neighborhoods where these schools are based. There are more than 400 public high schools in our city. However you go about deciding where you or your child should go, this list is a good place to start the processing of whittling it all down. Happy hunting. - The Editors

BARUCH COLLEGE CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL 55 E. 25th St. Enrollment: 432 Average class size: 30.3

BEACON HIGH SCHOOL 227-243 W 61st St. Enrollment: 1,162 Average class size: 30.5

CENTRAL PARK EAST HIGH SCHOOL 1573 Madison Ave. Enrollment: 445 Average class size: 23.6

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL 411 E. 76th St Enrollment: 507 Average class size: 27.7

FIORELLO H. LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOL OF MUSIC, ART AND PERFORMING ARTS 100 Amsterdam Ave. Enrollment: 2,605 Average class size: 31.9

FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL 525 W. 50th St. Enrollment: 433 Average class size: 23.5

HIGH SCHOOL FOR DUAL LANGUAGE AND ASIAN STUDIES 350 Grand St. Enrollment: 353 Average class size: 21.4

HIGH SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT CITY COLLEGE 240 Content Ave. Enrollment: 406 Average class size: 22.7

LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY 350 Grand St. Enrollment: 336 Average class size: 20.1

MANHATTAN BRIDGES HIGH SCHOOL 525 W. 50th St. Enrollment: 541 Average class size: 24.1

MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL 122 Amsterdam Ave. Enrollment: 453 Average class size: 22.4

MANHATTAN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL 317 E. 67th St. Enrollment: 325 Average class size: 20.6

MANHATTAN VILLAGE ACADEMY 43 W. 22nd Enrollment: 429 Average class size: 20.1

MILLENNIUM HIGH SCHOOL 75 Broad Street Enrollment: 626 Average class size: 29.8

NEW EXPLORATIONS INTO SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MATH SCHOOL 111 Columbia St. Enrollment: 544 Average class size: 26.5

NEW YORK CITY LAB SCHOOL FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES 333 W. 17th St Enrollment: 579 Average class size: 30.1

NEW YORK CITY MUSEUM SCHOOL 333 W. 17th St. Enrollment: 436 Average class size: 26.7

SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE HIGH SCHOOL 127 E. 22nd St. Enrollment: 380 Average class size: 24.6

STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOL 345 Chambers St. Enrollment: 3,297 Average class size: 31.4

VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL 317 E. 67th St. Enrollment: 444 Average class size: 20.7

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THE PRIVATE SCHOOL X-FACTOR For many Manhattan parents, getting their children into a top-tier private school is an endeavor that starts before the kids are even born. Wading through the rankings, reputations and educational standings to decide where to apply is just one step in the long process, and entire companies ex-

THE ALLENSTEVENSON SCHOOL 132 East 78th Street 212-288-6710 www.allen-stevenson.org K-9 Enrollment: 419 students Tuition: $39,770 Allen-Stevenson is known for their work on energy and the environment, receiving an Energy Star rating from the U.S. Department of Energy and being the first elementary school in the United States to receive LEED Gold Certification for Existing Buildings

THE BEEKMAN SCHOOL AND

ist just to rate these schools and assist families in getting admitted to their top choices. We won’t step on their (very profitable) toes here - our list is designed to give a snippet of information on the private schools in your neighborhood. Our aim is to showcase the one or two

TUTORING CENTER 220 East 50th Street 212-755-6666 www.beekmanschool.org 9-12 Enrollment: 70 – 85 students Tuition: $36,000 Beekman takes a highly personalized approach to education and specializes in one-on-one teaching and tutoring.

THE BIRCH-WATHEN LENOX SCHOOL 210 East 77th Street 212-861-0404 www.bwl.org K-12 Enrollment: 575 students

things that set each of these schools apart from the pack. They’re all academically rigorous and educationally presitigious, and most are similar in cost. But where might you look to send your bright young aspiring chef who’s just as interested in food science as history, or the promising athlete who

Tuition: $41,412 $42,534 Birch-Wathen Lenox is known for their ongoing Science Initiative that was introduced to the school in 2011 and has resulted in a growing program, which includes an Accelerated Research in Science Education (ARISE) program for Upper School students performing inquiry-based university level research.

THE BREARLEY SCHOOL 610 East 83rd Street 212-744-8582 www.brearley.org

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might have a shot at the 2026 Olympics as well as the Ivy League? One of the benefits of private school is that the small size allows the schools to offer specialties, something that sets them apart from their peers, and which will hopefully allow their students to do the same.

K-12 Enrollment: 698 students 6:1 student to faculty ratio Tuition: $39,900 Brearley is known as one of the best K-12 all girls prep schools in the nation and is ranked number two in sending the most students to Harvard, Yale and Princeton Universities.

THE BROWNING SCHOOL 52 East 62nd Street 212-838-6280 www.browning.edu N-12 Enrollment: 396 students 7:1 student to teacher ratio Tuition: $41,200 Browning is known for its highly selective admissions process with only a 30 percent acceptance rate. Browning does not admit students for 11th and 12th grades and very rarely for 10th grade.

THE BUCKLEY SCHOOL 113 East 73rd Street 212-535-8787 www.buckleyschool.org K-9 Enrollment: 374 students Buckley is known for their varsity wrestling team which participates in the King of the Ring Tournament and has won 26 consecutive years in a row.

THE CAEDMON SCHOOL 416 East 80th Street 212-879-2296 www.caedmonschool.org N-5 Enrollment: 280 students 8:1 student to faculty ratio Tuition: $22,000 - $33,500 Caedmon is known for utilizing a modified version of the Montessori education which highly focuses on self-directed, independent learning. It was the first Montessori school

Our list was compiled by researching information provided by the schools as well as recent news coverage. We included, where available, stats on student population and tuition, too. We chose the most well-known private institutions on the Upper East Side. Whether you’re right in the middle of the private school application mire or thinking about where to send your still-hypothetical future offspring, we hope our list will give you a fresh perspective and allow you to learn a few fun facts about the schools that make up a significant part of your neighborhood’s educational landscape.

established in the city and the second in the nation.

THE CATHEDRAL SCHOOL 319 East 74th Street #8 212-249-2840 www.cathedralschoolny.org N-8 Enrollment: 163 students 10:1 student to teacher ratio Tuition: $14,500 - $16,500 As the only Greek Orthodox school in Manhattan, The Cathedral School strives to combine a Western education with an appreciation for Greek language, culture and history with a motto of “Education through Classics”

THE CHAPIN SCHOOL 100 East End Avenue 212-744-2335 www.chapin.edu K-12 Enrollment: 755 students 7:1 student to faculty ratio Tuition: $39,300 The Chapin School is known, in addition to its rigorous academics, for its strong athletics teams. Last year, their varsity soccer and JV volleyball teams were tournament champions and their varsity basketball, varsity gymnastics and varsity badminton teams were both season winners and tournament champions. Students also recently participated in the New York/ New Jersey Baykeeper’s Oyster Restoration Program to determine whether oysters can survive in the waterways of New York.

CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART 1 East 91st Street 212-722-4745 www.cshnyc.org N-12 Tuition: $28,500 - $42,810 In addition to being the city of New York’s oldest private school for girls, Convent of the Sacred Heart is known for their extensive study abroad

program. About 40 percent of sophomores study at a worldwide network of Sacred Heart schools from Washington D.C. to France to Taiwan.

THE DALTON SCHOOL 108 East 89th Street 212-423-5200 www.dalton.org K-12 Enrollment: 1300 students Tuition: $40,220 The school is most wellknown for its educational plan, “The Dalton Plan,” founded by Helen Parkhurst, which has been the model for over 200 schools around the world and aims to balance a child’s talent with the needs of a community.

THE HEWITT SCHOOL 45 East 75th Street 212-288-1919 www.hewittschool.org K-12 Enrollment: 520 students An all-girls school, Hewitt is known for its recent 2012 Strategic Plan to culminate the best practices of a 21st Century educations. A student recently won the top prize from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for a photography portfolio featuring photos of her grandmother.

LOYOLA SCHOOL 980 Park Avenue 212-288-3522 www.loyola-nyc.org 9-12 Tuition: $33,100 As a Jesuit Catholic school, Loyola is known for its community service known as the Christian Service program which requires its students to take a reflective class for all four years in addition to an active service requirement.

LYCÉE FRANÇAIS DE NEW YORK 505 East 75th Street 212-369-1400 www.lfny.org

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N-12 Enrollment: 1,350 students Tuition: $29,100 As one of two N-12 French international schools in New York, Lycée Français is among the most renowned bilingual French schools in North America.

MANHATTAN COUNTRY SCHOOL 7 East 96th Street 212-348-0952 www. manhattancountryschool.org N-8 Enrollment: 200 students Tuition:$37,000 - $39,900, with sliding scale available The Manhattan School is known for, in addition to their city campus, having a farm in the Catskill Mountains that students visit, learning about the environment and energy conservation. The farm also plays a role in 8th grade graduation requirements where each student must: milk a cow and manage barn chores, bake with yeast, prepare a meal for the whole class, produce an original textile and participate in a mock town meeting on a current environmental issue.

MARYMOUNT SCHOOL OF NEW YORK 1026-1028 Fifth Avenue 212-744-4486 www.marymountnyc.org N-12 Enrollment: 704 students 6:1 student to faculty ratio Tuition: $24,425 - $41,865 Marymount is the only school in New York that is a member of the GAINS Network that seeks to develop a strong, sustainable network of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) students, encouraging young women to pursue careers that are severely underrepresented by women. A student was recently recognized by the National Council of Women in Technology’s Aspirations with a Computing Award.

THE MONTESSORI FAMILY SCHOOL 323 East 47th Street 212-688-5950 www.amshq.org N-6 Enrollment: 200 students The Montessori Family School focuses on the Montessori Method of education, developed by Dr. Maria Montessori, with an emphasis on independence, freedom within limits, and respect for a child’s natural psychological, physical, and social development.

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20 East 92nd Street 212-289-5020 www.nightingale.org K-12 Enrollment: 580 students 7:1 student to faculty ratio Tuition: $39,985 Nightinglae-Bamford is known for its commitment to community service with a civic engagement and social leadership seminar required for Class IX with students from Classes X-XII required to make a sustained service commitment with at least two being outside of the school. Their Upper and Middle school teams recently qualified for the Technovation Challenge World Pitch, the world’s largest app development competition for girls.

4 East 98th Street 212-289-2878 www.stbernards.org K-9 Tuition: $40,680 St. Bernard’s is known for the emphasis they place on public speaking. In daily assemblies of the Junior, Middle, and Upper schools, the students speak in front of the school by reciting poems and delivering reports on games and events. The eighth grade has its own debating society and annually performs a Shakespeare play (a tradition since 1910).

THE RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL 15 East 78th Street 212-879-1101 www.steiner.edu N-12 Tuition: $26,300 - $41,200 The Rudolf Steiner School has the recognition of being the first Waldorf School established in North America. Waldorf schools follow an approach to pedagogy based on the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner and distinguish three broad stages in child development.

SAINT DAVID’S SCHOOL 12 East 89th Street 212-369-0058 www.saintdavids.org N-8 Enrollment: 420 students Tuition: $27,345 - $41,000 Saint David’s is known for their intensive arts program. From choosing one instrument throughout fifth grade to pottery from grades 1-8 to annual plays per grade, Saint David’s strongly encourages its students to dapple in subjects often ignored by other schools.

THE SPENCE SCHOOL 22 East 91 st Street 212-289-5940 www.spenceschool.org K-12 Enrollment: 736 students 7:1 student to faculty ratio in Middle and Upper Schools Tuition: $43,000 The Spence School is known for placing a huge emphasis on diversity with an assortment of clubs that focus on minority groups for both students and parents.

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THE TOWN SCHOOL 540 East 76th Street 212-288-4383 www.thetownschool.org N-8 Enrollment: 400 students 6:1 student to faculty ratio Tuition: $28,000 - $40,600 The Town School is known for hosting Breakthrough New York, a program committed to helping lower income students prepare for admittance into preparatory high schools.

THE TREVOR DAY SCHOOL 11 East 89th Street New York, NY 10128 212-426-3300 www.trevor.org N-5 (6-12 is on West Side) Tuition: $34,650 - $41,600 Trevor Day is known for its experiential learning education where students are encouraged to construct their own meanings as opposed to simple regurgitation. In the classroom, the students are in charge for the learning of the class with the teacher acting more like a facilitator to keep class structured.

UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL 24-50 FDR Drive 212-684-7400 www.unis.org K-12 Enrollment: 1300 students Tuition: $30,515 - $33,975 The school promotes diversity of persons and cultures in consideration of the United Nations Charter. It was established in 1947 by a group of parents affiliated with the UN to provide an international education for their children while promoting and respecting diverse cultural heritages.

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BACK TO SCHOOL, NOT JUST FOR KIDS In New York, the options for learning are endless, even after you’ve aged out of traditional schools. For those who want to change careers or bolster their resumes without undertaking a full-time degree program, the city’s many prestigious universities offer an array of options.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION Morningside Heights Campus, 203 Lewisohn Hall, MC 4119, 2970 212-854-9666 ce.columbia.edu Applied Analytics Seminar The business world is more

Often, these adult education offerings reflect the changing job market and provide skills to stay competitive. To that end, we’ve highlighted some of the newest courses from top schools’ continuing education programs.

complex than ever before—this course will teach one how to make efficient business decisions by utilizing data. Using interactive studies, this course focuses on many different aspects of business such as technology, leadership and managerial skills. The course is taught by Filippo Passerini, a Columbia University Executive and 33-year veteran

of Procter & Gamble. Environment, Peace and Security Executive Seminar This fall, Columbia University will be offering a 5-day intensive seminar on the environment, peace and security. This course will teach business owners how to overcome challenges that may arise due to the changing environment. After this course, students will be well versed in skills such as assessing conflict, applying conflict analysis, communicating in conflict settings, developing project planning approaches to mitigate risks and staying ahead of the knowledge curve.

FORDHAM SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING STUDIES Lincoln Center Campus, 113 W. 60th Street 212-636-7333 pcs.fordham.edu Digital and Social Media Professional Certificate Program

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These continuing education courses will teach students how to further their business through digital technology. Within this subject, students can pick from a number of more specific topics they would like to focus on, such as Social Media Marketing, Cybersecurity and Search Engine Marketing. Courses take place in the evening and on Saturdays, and are a total of 12 hours. Classes are designed for peoples of all ages in the business world.

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF CONTINUING AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES 7 East 12th Street 212-998-7150 www.scps.nyu.edu A Culinary Tour of Hell’s Kitchen This off-campus course allows students the opportunity to familiarize themselves with one of Manhattan’s great culinary neighborhoods. The course is designed as an eating and walking tour of Hell’s Kitchen, and is lead by Liz Young who is the owner of Culinary and City Tours. English to Spanish Pharmacology and Pharmacy

Translation This 10 session online course focuses on translating specific phrases one might encounter in the pharmacy world. Students will learn and practice by translating documents and studying distinctive terminology. By the end, students will have built a glossary for future reference. Doing Business in China, India and Other Emerging Markets This course will teach students the fundamental tools that are needed to operate small businesses in China, India and other countries with emerging markets. By analyzing opportunities in a number of different fields, students will leave the course feeling prepared to expand business ideas to abroad markets. NYU has a number of other new courses for this fall, all of which can be found on their School of Continuing and Professional Studies.

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Urban and Community Studies CUNY will now be offering a Bachelor of Arts degree in Urban and Community Studies. This course is designed to help students advance their careers in public service and social advocacy by exploring “urban problems, public policy and the delivery of human service to diverse urban populations.” Students will leave this course with a better understanding of both the problems and opportunities that may arise from living in a city by studying city dynamics in an economical, political and social context. Online B.S. in Nursing CUNY has started to accept applications for their online Bachelor of Science Degree in nursing for the spring of 2014. This program will offer already registered nurses the opportunity to advance their career by expanding their knowledge in specific fields. By helping one develop and demonstrate competency in areas such as health assessment, nursing research, care of culturally diverse people, and many other topics, nurses will be enables to excel in moving up to leadership positions or obtain positions in long-term care facilities.

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In one of my favorite versions of a New Yorker-style cartoon by Aaron Bacall, a doctor scans a chest x-ray while a female patient waits patiently for the results. The caption reads some variation of “Your heart is slightly bigger than the average human heart - but that is because you are a teacher.� While it may not be medically true, elementary school teachers are typically a caring bunch. You can spy our compassion in a wink, a smile, or a word of encouragement. Sometimes, however, it’s more subtle and even covert. For instance, I have a secret teacher confession: I won’t tie your child’s shoelaces. While it may not seem so, it’s truly because I do care. Of course, I will never allow your child to be unsafe, or trip, or drag untied shoelaces through puddles. In teaching, nurturing means more than hugs and kissing boo boos. It means empowerment, building selfesteem, and fostering indepen-

dence, too. When developmentally ready, your child will be able to do things that are age appropriate (like tying shoelaces). The mere expectation that they can do it or will be able to do it soon makes them feel good. I teach them how, stand by and encourage as they try (never to the point of frustration) and ďŹ nally, ask if they need help. If I always tie your child’s shoe, how will they know when they are able to do it on their own? This guiding principle cultivates a sense of ownership, responsibility and autonomy. Visitors to our class are always astounded when they see how independent our students are. Our mini-MacGuyvers can fold a painting tablecloth as a team, open a milk container or Go-Gurt without an explosion, clean a table, pack up papers, open Pop Chips or know where the scissors are to cut the bag open. We relish these real-life teaching experiences tucked into our academic environment. Sure, it helps me out (parents too!) when students

can do things on their own (Can you imagine packing 27 backpacks?) but the true, lasting beneďŹ ciary is the self-sufďŹ cient, conďŹ dent, self-assured child. Before you rush off to buy your child Velcro sneakers, I’ll tell you one of my favorite teaching memories involving a kindergartener I’ll call Carrie. Carrie was a bright light and a hard worker with cute freckles and some challenges. Carrie initially needed me turn the water fountain knob for her. I showed her how it worked and then I stood next to her and asked her to try. Everyday for months, Carrie tried and then I would do it for her. Until ďŹ nally, she tried and the water spouted! Carrie’s surprised face lit up with pride. She was so happy; I don’t even think she had her drink! With water fountains, tying shoelaces and the like, the magic happens‌if you let it. “Back-to-Schoolâ€? sales are now in full swing. You’ve read The Kissing Hand and Wemberly Worried and you’re about to set your child off to the ďŹ rst of school. If you’re like most parents, you are hoping for a teacher who is regimented yet flexible, supportive and kind yet firm, funny yet academic, vibrant, enthusiastic, loving and an extremely temporary replacement of yourself. Like parents, teachers wear many proverbial hats from nurse to mediator to instructor to etc. etc. etc. While it can be emotionally difficult to entrust your precious child to a new teacher, know that our hearts are big. Sometimes you just need some x-ray vision to see what’s going on underneath. Beth Pereira, M.S.T., is public school teacher and private tutor on the Upper East Side. She has over 15 years of early childhood experience and is the 2014 OTTY East-Sider of the Year award winner for Education. Contact her at LearnWithMeinNYC@gmail.com.

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PATRICIA KOPATCHINSKAJA A As part of the Mostly Mozart Festival’s al’s intimate, late-night performance series es at Lincoln Center, Moldovan violinist Patricia ricia Kopatchinskaja, whom Strings Magazine ine dubbed “the most exciting violinist in the world,” performs Bach’s “Chaconne,” along with Bartok’s sonata. Thursday, August 21 Lincoln Center Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse 165 West 65 St. 10 p.m. Call 212-721-6500 for availability

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< YELP REVIEWERS SUE FOR WAGES Elite Yelp reviewers want to get paid to publish their reviews on the site, and some are taking legal action against the company. Led by plaintiff Lily Jeung, reviewers filed a federal class action suit, alleging that Yelp’s failure to pay its reviewers violates the Fair Labor Standards Act. While Elite Yelp members with

A FROZEN FEAST FOOD TRENDS New store brings gourmet frozen cuisine to the neighborhood BY GABRIELLE ALFIERO

It’s 9:30 p.m. on a Thursday, after a late day at the office, and I’m sitting down to a three-course dinner that begins with a hot bowl of velouté and a crusty roll, and will end just 30 minutes later with airy chocolate soufflé. No cab ride home from a restaurant, no expensive check. No plastic takeout containers. No prep, food processing, or dirty dishes. Instead, this impromptu weeknight meal came courtesy of Babeth’s Feast, a gourmet frozen food shop on Third Avenue, between 80th and 81st Streets that opened on August 6, where busy Upper East Siders can grab a full, multicourse meal in a pinch, or enough flashfrozen mini quiches, crab cakes and pigs in a blanket for a no-fuss cocktail party. Dreamed up by Elisabeth de Kergorlay, a Paris transplant and investor in Le Pain Quotidian, Babeth’s Feast sells frozen food, and only frozen food— save a small selection of crackers and other dry goods for accompaniment with frozen meats or dips—from appetizer to entrée to dessert. Feast in I visited Babeth’s the late

morning eight days after it opened to meet de Kergorlay. A very tall and elegant woman with blonde hair knotted in a bun, de Kergorlay is both thin and athletic-looking, hardly the image of a woman who enjoys eating frozen dinners packaged in plastic trays. Echoing the concept of French chain Picard, a frozen food grocery popular in Paris, de Kergorlay hopes to redefine frozen cuisine in New York. “Over here, you don’t shop for frozen food out of choice,” said de Kergorlay, who leaned on frozen food when she hosted weekly Sunday brunches while living in Paris. “You shop out of necessity, and that’s what we want to change.” Babeth’s Feast carries around 360 different flash-frozen products, many French-inspired, and over half are Babeth’s Feast’s original creations, developed by American chef Susie Cover. The pristine store is neat and almost sparse, with the aesthetic of a frozen yogurt shop and the organization of an office supply store. Strolling from case to case, de Kergorlay pointed out breakfast foods, including a variety of croissants sold in quantities appropriate for brunch entertaining, French-leaning entrees such as chicken Provencal, and individual chocolate lava cakes, mini éclairs and petits fours. I asked her to help me select a few dinner items and listed my dietary res restrictions (a shellfish allergy and a desire d for something healthy). Cover C recommended the chicken chi Provencal, and de Kerg Kergorlay picked out a spinach soup with little cream. I also walked away with a bag of assorted dinner rolls, r chocolate soufflés and a a tomato crumble, a FrenchFre inspired side similar to a savory cobbler, all of which were packed into a silver, space space-age cooler bag for easy commuting. commut “Happy cooking!” de Kergorlay Kerg said as I walked out the door. Babeth’s Feast is not alone in pro-

prolific outputs receive benefits from the company, including exclusive parties, they aren’t paid for what the lawsuit deems a “service” to the site. Meanwhile, a different class of reviewers, called “scouts,” writes for new areas on the site and receives financial compensation for their reviews, a benefit that the elite reviewers

believe they deserve. According to the complaint, the disgruntled elites “perform the exact same work” as the paid reviewers, and the lawsuit demands that the company “provide the wages to all writers of Yelp and not just the ones which Yelp, Inc. chooses to pay in wages.”

THE MENU Spinach and Fava Bean Velouté Cooking time: About 8 minutes in microwave, stirring every few minutes Servings per container: 2 Calories per serving: 105 Price: $5.99 Tomato Crumble Cooking time: 45 minutes in conventional oven Servings per container: 2.3 Calories per serving: 440 Price: $10.99 Poulet a la Provencale Cooking time: 45 to 60 minutes in conventional oven Servings per container: 4.5 Calories per serving: 160 Price: $19.99 Chocolate Soufflés Cooking time: 20 minutes in conventional oven Servings per package: 2 Calories per serving: 270 Price: $8.99 Total cost: $45.96 Overall cooking time: 1 hour and 20 minutes Cleanup time: 2 minutes Spinach and fava bean veloute from Babeth’s Feast, which could serve as a light meal or an appetizer course, served with thyme and olive rolls. viding a service that lets home cooks present composed dishes without much preparation. Services like Blue Apron—which delivers a step-by-step recipe and all ingredients to customers’ doors—and Fresh Direct allow us to maintain the illusion that we’re cooking, but without much mess or a trip to the neighborhood grocery. I arrived home with my frozen goods at 8:30 p.m., having told my fiancé that dinner was “taken care of.” Up to that point, frozen dinner was a last resort for me, occupying a lower rung on the food ladder than boxed macaroni and cheese. I saw frozen food as a convenience, an answer to an empty belly rather than eager taste buds. But this evening, frozen food was a choice, not a solution, and not much of a quick fix: the chicken Provencal and tomato crumble required at least 45 minutes in a 350 degree oven. As my main course ‘cooked,’ I microwaved the spinach and fava bean velouté, which, frozen, resembled a green

brick, though once ladled into bowls took on the color of cut grass and the consistency of condensed tomato soup. Though the portions barely came to the halfway mark in my bowls, served with earthy thyme and olive dinner rolls, it could pass as a light meal. As I scooped up the last of the surprisingly spicy soup, the timer on my oven went off and I retrieved the chicken and tomato crumble from the oven and let them cool on top of the stove. The chicken could easily pass as homemade cacciatore, but would benefit from some white rice or spaghetti. The hearty crumble tasted like a meeting of tomato soup and baked macaroni and cheese with a Ritz cracker topping, which is not to say bad at all. The crumble was intensely rich and I could only manage a few bites, which was just as well: one serving contains 440 calories and 32 grams of fat—nearly half the recommended daily intake. At $19.99, the chicken Provencal was comparable in cost to the ingredients

I’d need to cook a similar dish from scratch, and at an hour in the oven, didn’t save much time, but life’s a tradeoff. Instead of laboring over a hot stove in the middle of August, I watched a rerun of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” while my dinner heated. I was full after the main course, and should have stopped there, but I was most curious about the soufflés. After twenty minutes on 375 degrees, they delightfully puffed up like the timer on a Thanksgiving turkey. Served in dainty ceramic ramekins, the soufflés might work well at a dinner party. The meal was over in half an hour, but the cooking time wasn’t much shorter than my typical weeknight meal from scratch, though it did give me three courses. But the star of the evening was the cleanup. Aside from the utensils, soup bowls and dinner plates, all other trays and prep gear went into the trash, not the sink, and I went back to my re-runs instead of facing a stack of dirty dishes.

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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS AUGUST 8 - 15, 2014 The following listings were collected from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s website and include the most recent inspection and grade reports listed. We have included every restaurant listed during this time within the zip codes of our neighborhoods. Some reports list numbers with their explanations; these are the number of violation points a restaurant has received. To see more information on restaurant grades, visit www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/services/restaurant-inspection.shtml. The Green Bean Cafe

1413 York Avenue

A

B Cafe

240 East 75 Street

A

Cafe Boulud/Bar Pleiades

20 East 76 Street

A

Plenty Cafe Bakery Catering

1457 3 Avenue

A

Subway

1256 Lexington Avenue

Grade Pending (17) Filth flies or food/refuse/sewageassociated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/ sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Brandy's Piano Bar

235 East 84 Street

A

Indian Tandoor Oven

175 East 83 Street

A

City Swiggers

320 East 86 Street

A

83 1/2

345 East 83 Street

A

Orange Leaf

1467 3 Avenue

A

The Supply House

1647 2 Avenue

Grade Pending (20) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Food worker does not use proper utensil to eliminate bare hand contact with food that will not receive adequate additional heat treatment. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Little Italy Pizza

217 East 86 Street

A

Bar Prima

331 East 81 Street

A

Aki Sushi

1531 York Avenue

Not Graded Yet (21) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility's food and/or non-food areas. Wiping cloths soiled or not stored in sanitizing solution.

Barnes & Noble Cafe

150 East 86 Street

A

Three Decker Restaurant

1746 2 Avenue

A

Midnight Express

1715 2 Avenue

Grade Pending (48) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Appropriately scaled metal stem-type thermometer or thermocouple not provided or used to evaluate temperatures of potentially hazardous foods during cooking, cooling, reheating and holding. Live roaches present in facility's food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

Yura & Company On Madison

1292 Madison Avenue

A

Ottomanelli N.Y. Grill

1424 Lexington Avenue

Grade Pending (17) Live animals other than fish in tank or service animal present in facility's food and/or nonfood areas. Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

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Real Estate Sales Neighborhd

Address

Price

Bed Bath Agent

Carnegie Hill

181 E 90 St.

$2,709,000 2

2

Carnegie Hill

1185 Park Ave.

Carnegie Hill

Murray Hill

330 E 38 St.

$1,199,000 1

1

Coldwell Banker Bellmarc

Upper E Side 308 E 79 St.

$600,000 1

Town Residential

Murray Hill

630 1 Ave.

$840,000 1

1

Corcoran

Upper E Side 37 E 74 St.

$814,600

$6,750,000 4 4

Douglas Elliman

Murray Hill

5 Tudor City Place

$245,000

0 1

Corcoran

Upper E Side 1036 Lexington Ave.

$2,841,550

139 E 94 St.

$650,000

2

1

Halstead Property

Murray Hill

25 Tudor City Place

$244,900

0 1

Clickit Realty

Upper E Side 210 E 73 St.

$1,375,000 2

Carnegie Hill

2 E 88Th St.

$20,500,000 3

4

Sotheby's International Realty, Inc.

Murray Hill

225 E 36 St.

$255,000

0 1

Town Residential

Upper E Side 8 E 83 St.

$5,275,000

Murray Hill

305 E 40 St.

$1,016,214 2

2

The Rsp Companies

Yorkville

200 E 90 St.

$609,000

Carnegie Hill

1140 5 Ave.

$1,725,000 2

2

Stribling

Murray Hill

314 E 41 St.

$815,000

2

1

Douglas Elliman

Yorkville

Carnegie Hill

1088 Park Ave.

$7,000,000 4

4

Brown Harris Stevens

Murray Hill

300 E 40 St.

$612,000

0 1

T&T Real Estate

Carnegie Hill

108 E 91 St.

$465,000

1

1

Halstead Property

Murray Hill

225 E 34 St.

$1,459,000 2

2

Douglas Elliman

Carnegie Hill

139 E 94 St.

$1,433,000 2

2

Corcoran

Murray Hill

25 Tudor City Place

$439,000

1

1

Carnegie Hill

70 E 96 St.

$1,642,500 2

2

Corcoran

Murray Hill

250 E 40 St.

$1,120,000 1

Carnegie Hill

1088 Park Ave.

$4,250,000

Murray Hill

300 E 40 St.

$1,165,000 2

Carnegie Hill

55 E 93 St.

$685,000

Sutton Place 350 E 57 St.

$2,000,000

Carnegie Hill

136 E 95 St.

$5,800,000

Sutton Place 50 Sutton Place South

$850,000 2

2

Carnegie Hill

11 E 87 St.

$860,000

Sutton Place 345 E 56 St.

$642,500

2

1

Lenox Hill

221 E 62 St.

$5,250,000

0

Leslie J. Garfield

Sutton Place 339 E 58 St.

$330,000

0 1

Lenox Hill

730 Park Ave.

$19,350,000 6

6

Sotheby's International

Sutton Place 300 E 54 St.

$1,350,000

Lenox Hill

737 Park Ave.

$5,214,800 2

2

Macklowe Investment Properties

Sutton Place 303 E 57 St.

$720,000

Sutton Place 303 E 57 St.

$1,305,000 2

2

Sutton Place 400 E 54 St.

$1,526,356 2

2

Leslie J. Garfield

1

Town Residential

2

Coldwell Banker Bellmarc

1

1

Douglas Elliman

120 E End Ave.

$10,250,000 6

5

Sotheby's International Realty, Inc.

Yorkville

300 E 93 St.

$800,000 1

2

Corcoran

Douglas Elliman

Yorkville

333 E 85 St.

$255,000

1

Halstead Property

Yorkville

200 E End Ave.

$720,000

1

Alpha Properties Nyc

Yorkville

529 E 88 St.

$474,500

Yorkville

330 E 80 St.

$555,000

Citi Habitats

Yorkville

Douglas Elliman City Connections Realty

0 1

Douglas Elliman

1

1

Argo Residential

325 E 80 St.

$440,000 1

1

Brown Harris Stevens

Yorkville

300 E 85 St.

$1,320,000

Yorkville

340 E 93 St.

$480,000 1

1

Rich Associates Real Estate Llc

Yorkville

530 E 84 St.

$277,000

0 1

Douglas Elliman

Halstead Property

Yorkville

446 E 86 St.

$305,000

0 1

Keller Williams

Perlbinder Realty

Yorkville

1654 York Ave.

$486,720

Lenox Hill

200 E 66Th St.

$1,832,850

Lenox Hill

435 E 65 St.

$490,000 1

1

Corcoran

Sutton Place 25 Sutton Place South

$2,325,000

Yorkville

300 E 85 St.

$1,365,000 2

2

Keller Williams

Lenox Hill

650 Park Ave.

$3,400,000 2

3

Douglas Elliman

Turtle Bay

45 Tudor City Place

$270,000

Yorkville

200 E 89 St.

$730,000

1

1

Lenox Hill

737 Park Ave.

$9,201,427 3

5

Corcoran

Turtle Bay

100 United Nations Plaza $725,000

1

1

Douglas Elliman

Urban Apartments Of New York

Lenox Hill

1160 3 Ave.

$727,500

1

Douglas Elliman

Turtle Bay

100 United Nations Plaza $2,100,000 2

2

Corcoran

Yorkville

301 E 79 St.

$2,460,000

Lenox Hill

233 E 69 St.

$1,300,000

Turtle Bay

310 E 51 St.

$1,225,000

Yorkville

510 E 86 St.

$880,000 2

2

Halstead Property

Lenox Hill

3 E 71 St.

$1,050,000

Turtle Bay

251 E 51 St.

$600,000 1

1

Douglas Elliman

Yorkville

305 E 85 St.

$2,190,000 2

2

Brown Harris Stevens

Lenox Hill

40 E 61 St.

$1,625,000

Turtle Bay

301 E 48 St.

$827,500

1

Canion Investment Group

Yorkville

205 E 89 St.

$295,000

1

Charles Rutenberg

Lenox Hill

118 E 60 St.

$1,270,000 2

2

Warburg

Yorkville

80 E End Ave.

$545,000

Lenox Hill

200 E 66Th St.

$2,800,000 2

2

Douglas Elliman

Yorkville

510 E 86 St.

$2,915,000 4 3

Heller Organization

Lenox Hill

137 E 66 St.

$400,000

Yorkville

200 E End Ave.

$664,000

1

1

Citi Habitats

Lenox Hill

1160 3 Ave.

$485,000 1

Yorkville

300 E 93 St.

$785,000

1

2

Kleier Residential

Lenox Hill

311 E 71 St.

$335,000

Yorkville

55 E End Ave.

$1,395,000 2

2

Halstead Property

Lenox Hill

150 E 61 St.

$800,000 2

Yorkville

519 E 86 St.

$600,000 1

1

Stribling

Lenox Hill

315 E 68 St.

$675,000

Yorkville

300 E 93 St.

$495,000

Lenox Hill

333 E 68 St.

$431,000

Yorkville

530 E 85 St.

$440,000 1

1

Nestseekers

Lenox Hill

200 E 66Th St.

$7,280,487 4 4

Corcoran

Yorkville

200 E End Ave.

$1,125,000 3

2

Douglas Elliman

Lenox Hill

403 E 62 St.

$600,000 1

1

Rock Realty

Yorkville

530 E 84 St.

$1,275,000 3

2

Citi Habitats

Lenox Hill

310 E 70 St.

$1,250,000 2

2

Stribling

Yorkville

300 E 85 St.

$1,625,000 2

2

Corcoran

Lenox Hill

401 E 65 St.

$775,000

1

2

Corcoran

Yorkville

331 E 83 St.

$1,900,000

Lenox Hill

188 E 64 St.

$130,000

Midtown

117 E 57 St.

$2,333,333 2

2

Brown Harris Stevens

Midtown E

153 E 57 St.

$469,482

1

1

Firstservice Realty

$515,000

1

1

Douglas Elliman

Midtown South 244 Madison Ave.

2

1

Upper E Side 460 E 79 St.

$1,100,000

Upper E Side 215 E 72 St.

$3,250,000 3

3

Brown Harris Stevens

Upper E Side 178 E 80 St.

$1,175,000 2

2

Douglas Elliman

Halstead Property

Upper E Side 370 E 76 St.

$420,000 0 1

Coldwell Banker Bellmarc

Citi Habitats

Upper E Side 123 E 75 St.

$780,000

1

1

Warburg

1

Douglas Elliman

Upper E Side 148 E 83 St.

$799,000

2

1

Corcoran

1

1

Stribling

Upper E Side 799 Park Ave.

$2,950,000 2

3

Sloane Square

1

1

Brown Harris Stevens

Upper E Side 212 E 77 St.

$329,000

Upper E Side 308 E 79 St.

$635,000

1

1

Douglas Elliman

Upper E Side 111 E 75 St.

$990,000

2

1

Halstead Property

Upper E Side 30 E 85 St.

$2,636,750

Upper E Side 799 Park Ave.

$3,250,000 2

2

Douglas Elliman

Upper E Side 308 E 79 St.

$620,800

1

1

Douglas Elliman

Upper E Side 151 E 83 St.

$625,000

1

1

Coldwell Banker Bellmarc

Upper E Side 215 E 73 St.

$1,660,000 2

2

Stribling

Upper E Side 188 E 75 St.

$524,000

1

Nestseekers

1

0 1

1

1

0.5 1

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Do you know a great doorman, porter or ǫ ƥ ǡ ƥ worker who helps make life a little easier at ǫ ǡ ǡ ǫ Join Our Town, The West Side Spirit, Our Town Downtown and 32BJ SEIU, the property workers union, in honoring the running smoothly. We’ll be writing about some of the people you nominate. So tell us, who’s gone above and beyond to make residents’, tenants’ and New Yorkers’ lives better?

BUILDING SERVICE WORKERS

Best Porter Best Maintenance Person

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ACCOUNTING/FINANCIAL SERVICES

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CLASSIFIEDS Classified Advertising Department Information Telephone: 212-868-0190 | Fax: 212-2868-0190 Email: classified2@strausnews.com Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | Deadline: 2pm the Friday before publication ACCOUNTING/FINANCIAL SERVICES ALLSTATE INSURANCE Anthony Pomponio 212-769-2899 125 West 72nd St. 5R, NYC apomponio@allstate.com

ADOPTION ADOPT: A loving, established couple with close family dream of a home filled with the sounds of a child. Please contact 855-884-6080; jennandjonadopt@gmail.com www.jennandjonadopt.info Expenses paid. ANIMALS & PETS

North Shore Animal League AnimalLeague.org 1-877-4-SAVE-PET Facebook.com/TheAnimalLeague ANNOUNCEMENTS

GrowNYC.org Recycle@GrowNYC.org 212-788-0225 ANTIQUES/COLLECTIBLES

Antique, Flea & Farmers Market, East 67 St Market (bet. First & York Ave). Open every Saturday, 6am-5pm, rain or shine. Indoor & Outdoor, Free Admission. Call Bob 718-8975992. Proceeds benefit PS 183. AUCTIONS

Buy or sell at AARauctions. com. Contents of homes, businesses, vehicles and real estate.Bid NOW! AARauctions. com. Lights, Camera, Auction. No longer the best kept secret.

CAMPS/SCHOOLS Alexander Robertson School Independent School for Pre-K through Grade 5 212-663-2844, 3 West 95th St. www.AlexanderRobertson.com Boys & Girls Harbor “A vibrant hub for education and the arts.” 1 East 104th Street, 212.427.2244 www.theharbor.org German Classes for Children NY State Accredited Language Program. No previous experience necessary. www.German-AmericanSchool.org. 212-787-7543 Success Academy Charter Schools “A proven record of excellence…” We are applying to open new schools in Manhattan and encourage your input! www.SuccessAcademies. org /NewSchools Huntington Learning Center Your tutoring solution! UWS. 212-362-0100 www.HuntingtonHelps.com

CAMPS/SCHOOLS GRF Test Prep Classes We prepare students to take the SHSAT! 120 W 76th St, New York, NY 10025 201) 592-1592 www.grftestprep.com Learn Something New Today! Free computer classes at The New York Public Library LEARN MORE nypl.org/LearnToday 917-ASK-NYPL

CARS & TRUCKS & RV’S 2012 Chrysler 200 S, $15,984. 17,700 miles. Stock #N1049 MSRP $18,486. Nielson Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram, 175 Route 10, East Hanover, NJ 877-3931692 www.nielsendodge.com 2012 Chrysler Town & Country Touring $22,738. 22,030 miles. Stock #F41178P1. MSRP $26,880. Nielson Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram, 175 Route 10, East Hanover, NJ 877-3931692 www.nielsendodge.com Donate your car to Wheels For Wishes, benefiting Make-AWish. We offer free towing and your donation is 100% tax deductible. Call (855) 376-9474 CLEANING SERVICES/LAUNDRY

Impeccable Cleaning Done With Care. Licensed, Referrals. Green Products, Steaming. Free Consultation. Discount for 1st time clients. Spotless Castle. 718-865-8583. www.spotlesscastle.com COUNSELING

Non-trad therapist, 40 yrs exp, formerly w/Casriel Inst & Daytop Village. Help raise self-esteem, overcome insecurities. Hazel James, 212-645-3135 Psychotherapy Services: Addiction/Recovery; Depression/Anxiety; Relationship Issues; Lesbian & Gay Issues; Approved provider for DWI Offenses; Some Insurance Accepted. Private, convenient UWS office. Laura-Ann Robb, LCSW CASAC, 646-753-2879, robb.lauraann@gmail.com Weill Cornell Medical College Department of Psychology Barbara Milrod M.D. 212-746-5868 ENTERTAINMENT

Carino on Second Blending traditional Italian favorites with contemporary accents. 1710 2nd Avenue (bet. 88th & 89th) NYC 212-860-0566 www.carino2nd.com Need to know about everything that’s happening in lower Manhattan? DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE, www.downtownny.com or just download our mobile app onto your cellphone and go!

ENTERTAINMENT

Chirping Chicken - We Deliver & Cater! Mon/Sun 11am-11pm 1560 2nd Ave,(212)517-9888-9 Ask about our daily Greek specialty dish! LIPS The Ultimate in Drag Dining & Best Place in NYC to Celebrate Your Birthday! 227 E 56th St., 212-675-7710 www.LipsUSA.com

POLICY NOTICE: We make every effort to avoid mistakes in your classified ads. Check your ad the first week it runs. We will only accept responsibility for the first incorrect insertion. Manhattan Media Classifieds assumes no financial responsibility for errors or omissions. We reserve the right to edit, reject, or re-classify any ad. Contact your sales rep directly for copy changes. All classified ads are pre-paid. HELP WANTED

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HEALTH SERVICES

LEGAL AND PROFESSIONAL

Alternative Medical Center of New York since 1985. Holistic health services including Swedish Massage, Acupuncture, Acupresure, Colon Hydrotherapy & High Enemas. Shaving & grooming. 7 days, 11 am - 8 pm. Free Consultation. 176 W 94 St - 212.222.4868 and 235 E 51 St-(212)751.2319 Are you HIV positive? ASCNYC is here for you. Call or visit today! 212-645-0875 www.ascnyc.com Carnegie Hill Endoscopy 212-860-6300 www.carnegiehillendo.com Columbia Doctors of Ophthalmology - Our newest location at 15 West 65th Street (Broadway) is now open. www.ColumbiaEye.org 212.305.9535 NYU Langone Medical Center Introduces the Preston Robert Tisch Center for Men’s Health. 555 Madison Ave bet. 55th & 56th, 646-754-2000 PELVIC/TRANSVAGINAL MESH? Did you undergo transvaginal placement of mesh for pelvic organ prolapse or stress urinary incontinence between 2005 and the present? If the mesh caused complications, you may be entitled to compensation. Call Charles H.Johnson Law and speak with female staff members 1-800-535-5727

Anthony Pomponio, Allstate 212-769-2899 apomponio@allstate.com REAL ESTATE CLOSINGS Buy/Sell. Expd Attorney, Real Estate Broker, ESTATES/ CRIMINAL MATTERS Richard H. Lovell, P.C., 10748 Cross Bay, Ozone Park, NY 11417 718 835-9300. www.LovellLawnewyork.com Rick Bryan, Attorney & Counselor at Law. Wills, Living Trusts, Probate, Elder Law, Guardianships, Legal Advice. Home Visits Available. We honor all AARP and Legal Service Plan Discounts, 237 1st Ave, 2nd Fl, S.W. Corner of 14th St and 1st Ave, New York, NY 10003, 212-979-2868.

MASSAGE

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Imperial Fine Books & Oriental Art - Rare & fine books, Chinese ceramics and art from the Ming to Qing Dynasties. 790 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor New York, New York 10065 (212)861-6620 www.imperialfinebooks.com Pandora Jewelry -Unforgettable Moments412 W. Broadway · Soho, NYC 212-226-3414

HELP WANTED

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LET US FIND YOUR DREAM APARTMENT! 1BR/1BA Harlem - $1,750 2BR/1BA Ft. Tryon Pk - $1,725 2BR/1BA Inwood - $2,200 2BR/2BA, Dining Room, Harlem - $1,900 CALL OR TEXT TODAY! 917-689-2944, Tim Heath, The Homefinder, Lic R.E. Agent Tim@Bohemiarealtygroup.com Bohemia Realty Group Now Leasing! SHARED OFFICES Park Avenue 212-231-8500 www.410park.com OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND. Best selection of affordable rentals. Full/ partial weeks. Call for FREE brochure. Open daily. Holiday Real Estate. 1800-638-2102. Online reservations: www.holidayoc.com REAL ESTATE - SALE

SERVICES OFFERED

Frank E. Campbell The Funeral Chapel Known for excellence since 1898 - 1076 Madison Ave, at 81st St., 212-288-3500 John Krtil Funeral Home; Yorkville Funeral Service, INC. Independently Owned Since 1885. WE SERVE ALL FAITHS AND COMMUNITIES 212-744-3084 Marble Collegiate Church Dr. Michael B. Brown, Senior Minister, 1 West 29th St. NYC, NY 10001, (212) 689-2770. www.MarbleChurch.org New-York Historical Society Making history matter! 170 Central Park West www.nyhistory.org (212) 873-3400 Riverside Memorial Chapel Leaders in funeral pre-planning. 180 W 76th St (212) 362-6600

FARMLAND SELL- OFF! 8/23! 1 DAY ONLY! 5acres- $19,900 15acres- $29,900 19acres$39,900 Trout streams, ponds, springs, valley views, apple orchards, pine forest, stonewalls! 3 hours NY City! Owner terms! Cash discounts! Call: (888)905-8847 newyorklandandlakes.com

SPORTS CENTER at Chelsea Piers ChelseaPiers.com/SC 212-336-6000

PROFITABLE OPERATING BUSINESS HIGHMARKET INN & SPORTS! Restaurant, Tavern, Snowmobile/ATV Service Center, Home. $349,900. Lewis County. John Hill, RE Salesperson 315-657-5469. NY LAND QUEST nylandquest.com

Vamoose Bus Providing premium bus service between: NYC|MD|VA www.vamoosebus.com

Sebastian, Florida Beautiful 55+ manufactured home community. 4.4 miles to the beach, Close to riverfront district. Pre-owned homes starting at $35,000. New models available. 772-581-0080, www.beach-cove.com Victor Ferrer , Licensed Real Estate Agent, Douglas Elliman Real Estate. 347-573-3882 / 212-712-6083 - victor.ferrer@ elliman.com SERVICES OFFERED

CARMEL Car & Limousine Service To JFK… $52 To Newark… $51 To LaGuardia… $34 1-212-666-6666 Toll Free 1-800-9-Carmel Event & Salon Hair Stylist 347.243.3170 for appointments www.sharimelisabeauty.com Hudson Valley Public Relations Optimizing connections. Building reputations. 24 Merrit Ave Millbrook, NY 12545, (845) 702-6226

TEKSERVE NYC’s Store For Technology Apple Repairs & Services Business Support 119 W 23rd St www.tekserve.com (212) 929-3645

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ANTIQUES WANTED Top Prices Paid. Chinese Objects, Paintings, Jewelry, Silver, Furniture, Etc. Entire Estates Purchased. 800-530-0006. CASH for Coins! Buying ALL Gold & Silver. Also Stamps & Paper Money, Entire Collections, Estates. Travel to your home. Call Marc in NY 1-800959-3419 VACATIONS

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