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The Grid Kid Slaying:  The Murder of Mark Steven Fisher in Brooklyn, New York92

The Grid Kid Slaying: The Murder of Mark Steven Fisher in Brooklyn, New York

Fairfield University Student Mark Steven Fisher was just looking for a fun night out in Manhattan with friends, but he had a little too much to drink, met a girl he liked, and followed her to a party in Brooklyn, and it turned out to be a very fatal decision.

23 comments    new york murder ditmas park
10 Must See Museums In America90

10 Must See Museums In America

A place dedicated to the muses, that’s how the ancient Greeks defined the word museum. In today’s world museums exist in many interpretations in all corners of the world. With stunning art collections in classic museums such as the Prados,...

9 comments    travel arts art
A Teacher I Will Never Forget88

A Teacher I Will Never Forget

A good teacher helps shape the values and resulting life-choices of the their students, often spending more awake, learning time with our children than we, as working parents, can manage. This story introduces one special elementary school teacher from five decades ago who made a lasting impression on her 8 year old student.

35 comments    education school teacher
Coping With Your Defiant, Rebellious Teenage Son89

Coping With Your Defiant, Rebellious Teenage Son

Resources and advice for coping with full blow rebellion and defiance during the teen years. Personal account of my experience with my Son.

59 comments    parenting tips boundaries lehman
Tenants' Rights 101:  The Warranty of Habitability in New York87

Tenants' Rights 101: The Warranty of Habitability in New York

UPDATE: NEW YORK TENANTS MAY BE ABLE TO GET THEIR RENTS ABATED OR TEMPORARILY REDUCED IF THEIR RENTAL IS INFESTED WITH BED BUGS. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR MORE INFO: nmoccia@nicholasmoccialaw.com Disclaimer: The following should not to be construed...

155 comments    new york rights rent
Shopping for a Vespa Scooter! Yay!87

Shopping for a Vespa Scooter! Yay!

My Brooklyn, NYC community is filled with people tooling around on Vespa scooters. There are many reason why they are so desirable and it is not just about good looks. The popular scooter trend is also about Vespanomics.

7 comments    motorcycle insurance vespa
Baseball Signs: The Game's Secret Underbelly85

Baseball Signs: The Game's Secret Underbelly

"Strike One!” The umpire barks making the count two and one with one out, runners on the corners, in the bottom of the eighth inning with the home team trailing by a run. In the next fifteen seconds dozens of secret signals will fly back and...

10 comments    sports history baseball
Harlem Duet: Othello & Billie87

Harlem Duet: Othello & Billie

In depth analysis of Harlem Duet, particularly Black Identity. Beginning of the essay explores how racism, race, and gender affects the characters in the book and the consequences that follow.

0 comments    love relationships new york city
Ailanthus altissima:  Tree of Heavenly Blessings (or Curses?)83

Ailanthus altissima: Tree of Heavenly Blessings (or Curses?)

Ailanthus altissima, commonly known as tree of heaven, is an Old World tree that is native to Taiwan and northeast and central China. Introduced into North America in Philadelphia in 1784, tree of heaven has adopted Canada and the United States as its new homelands. Its blessing is that it can grow, as pointed out in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, in inhospitable places while its curse is that as a non-native invasive species it quickly dominates its environment to the detriment of native plants.

4 comments    invasive species shiu ying hu
A Simple Man for A Great Mission - Jim Cymbala (Includes Story about His Daughter)81

A Simple Man for A Great Mission - Jim Cymbala (Includes Story about His Daughter)

An Inspiring Story about a very Simple man, Jim Cymbala, whom God used to build a GREAT ministry right in the heart of Brooklyn New York. Video's of the Brooklyn Choir directed by Jim's Wife Carolare included.

34 comments    god music church
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