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Each week we round up the best of the city—new openings, events, and things to do—plus custom maps, and the latest laughs from our iconic @newyorkers column.

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5. Small Business Spotlight: Soothr LIC

@newyorkers Column 🤪

Congratulations on making it to another Friday, NYC! We’ve got you updated on some highlight moments from across the city this week:

• A major blizzard is expected to hit NYC this Sunday, with a chance for 8+ inches of snow

• Wednesday asked NYers their thoughts on Mayor Mamdani’s plan to build more public restrooms across the city 🚽

• Challenge: describe Bushwick to someone who’s never been in the neighborhood.

• We visited AMC Lincoln Square, the city’s most popular movie theater, to see why it's always been loved 🍿

• Would you take $2,500 a week if it meant you could never be in NYC again?

• SOB’s, the bar where Mac Miller played his first NYC show, hosted a tribute concert for the rapper on what would've been his 34th birthday

• We asked NYers on the street a simple question: where in the city has the best food?

• The Pokémon ad from 1999 that we found at East Broadway is STILL THERE 🤯

• Governor Kathy Hochul is putting a tax on nicotine pouch brands like Zyn; we asked people how they feel about this

• The Knicks recorded their largest margin of victory in team history Wednesday night, defeating the Nets by 54 points

• This is true NYC relationship goals right here

• Senegal defeated Morocco in the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament, sending Harlem into a frenzy ⚽

• When someone delays a NYer’s train, things get heated 😬

• A snowball fight took over a bus in the Bronx, and it was pandemonium

• When an accident happens on the highway, NYers would rather turn around then sit in traffic

• This NYer took advantage of a snowstorm

• Fetty Wap took it back to 2016, performing his hit song “Trap Queen” at a NYC club 🎤

• This dog in Harlem went viral for being fly AF

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@apartmentsnyc Deal Of The Week

This week, we rounded up more of the best apartment deals from our page @apartmentsnyc. All listings are verified, come with video tours, and include direct broker contact. No scams, no surprises—just solid finds. Check them out below 👇

2 bedroom apartment in NoMad selling for $1.5M this unit has 2 full bathrooms, oversized windows, and an expansive layout.
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Three bedroom apartment in Bedstuy selling for $300k. This unit has large rooms, hardwood floors, and a great location.
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Five bedroom apartment on the Upper East Side selling for $5.795M. This unit has 4 full bathrooms, 16 windows, and is located in a white-glove cooperative building.
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