(video link) New York comedian and filmmaker Mark Malkoff (who drinks a lot of coffee) wanted to illustrate how slow MTA buses are. So he raced against a bus while he rode ...a child's Big Wheel! The race went a mile...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/07/nyc-bus-vs-big-wheel/We have seen examples of the New York City snowfall in the Snow in the Subway and the December 2010 Blizzard Timelapse posts here at Neatorama. A different view on this extreme weather comes from Henry Hargreaves - a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/12/28/blizzard-hits-nyc-and-so-does-star-wars/Meb Keflezighi won the New York City Marathon on Sunday. He is the first American to win the title since 1982! But around 42,000 runners took part in the marathon, some wearing elaborate costumes. Buzzfeed collected...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/03/the-25-best-costumes-at-the-2009-nyc-marathon/Taking public transportation is good for the environment, but used-up Metrocards aren't -unless you find something useful to do with them. The Infrastructurist found nine wacky things people have made out of the cards,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/29/metrocard-recycling-projects/Those wacky pranksters at ImprovEverywhere held their 8th annual "No Pants" subway ride last week with this year's event allegedly drawing 1200 participants! It looks like most pranksters chose boxers over briefs - an...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/17/improveverywhere-1200-pantless-nyc-subway-riders/14to42.net is a website that "intends to survey all of the signs in New York City from 14th Street to 42nd Street". The earliest photographs are from the mid 1980's. Link - via kottke.org...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/25/new-york-city-signs/