NYC Sentinel

Documenting disappearing storefronts

By Spencer Bailey
Many decades-old New York City shops, some of which have been around for over 50 years, have shuttered as landlords raise rent, urban development increases and storeowners retire from family-run businesses. James and Karla Murrays’ “Store Front” project helps capture these ever-dwindling, multi-generational stores as they struggle to survive.

Awards drive bus service to increase speed, reliability

If today’s Pokey, Trekkie and Schleppie Awards ceremony is any indication, rapid transit is a misnomer in the world of New York City buses.
The awards, given annually by the NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign, honor the slowest bus, the most unreliable bus and the bus with the longest scheduled running time in New York City. This year’s [...]

Longstanding incumbent and enterprising newcomer battle for Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights

By Sujay Kumar
Voters in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights cast their ballots in the general election today and chose whether to mark line E and elect 46-year-old newcomer Mark Winston Griffith, or to go with line A and allow the 74-year-old incumbent, Albert Vann, to reclaim his City Council office.

Finishing the race with David Fraser

By Lynsey Chutel
As marathon fever died down, with the refreshment stands dismantled and crowds dispersed and New York City returned to its routine, wheelchair marathoner David Frasier pushed his way to the finish line with his team of guides by his side.

Bedford Avenue bands rock the marathon

More than 100 musicians and bands performed along all 26.2 miles of the New York City Marathon’s course, pepping up the runners and providing entertainment for the onlookers. On Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, about 10 groups were set up on the street corners.

— Spencer Bailey and Alexander Hotz

The last finishers carry an added burden

By Alexandra Waldhorn
Two runners in today’s marathon carried an extra weight as they crossed the Central Park finish line, just moments before the official eight-hour cutoff. One of them carried an Eiffel Tower and the other, a backpack filled with 50 pounds of sand.

From the sidelines to the finish line, New Yorkers come out for the big race

By Radhika Marya and Clare O’Connor
Meb Keflezighi blessed himself and kissed the ground after bursting through the finish line tape at the ING New York City Marathon today, a day of historic firsts for the event’s male and female winners.

Recession-era marathoners cut costs to stay in game

By Michael Martin
Jessica LeBron is a single mom representing the Bronx in the Foot Locker Five Borough Challenge. It’s a challenge that pits working mothers from each of the five boroughs against each other for a Tiffany & Co. trophy and bragging rights. Like many recession-era runners this year, LeBron is cutting costs to participate.

Wheeler trains for himself, but races for love

By Lynsey Chutel
David Fraser will spend today pushing himself backwards in his wheelchair, using his left foot to power the 26.2 miles of the New York City Marathon. He’ll do it for the personal challenge, but also to honor his wife.

Still running, after all these years

By Ruth Schneider
Between the two oldest runners in the marathon, they have crossed more than 50 finish lines. And neither runner intends to make this year their last.