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    Going the Extra Mile

    The new Mile End Sandwich—an extension of the popular Mile End Delicatessen in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn—is a spare eatery on a quiet section of Bond Street in NoHo. Its eclectic menu features new twists on old favorites.

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    21st-Century Soundscapes for '90s Noise

    This week's Pop Scene calendar features Off! at the Bowery Ballroom, Todd Terje at Cielo, Simian Mobile Disco at Webster Hall, and more.

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    Quiz Making Parents Testy

    After a spring of marathon standardized tests, thousands of New York school students are about to sit for one more: a test that won't count but screens questions for future exams.

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    New Arena's Traffic Impact Under Debate

    Traffic consultants for Brooklyn's Barclays Center arena predicted that most visitors will take mass transit—a conclusion met with skepticism by elected officials and neighbors.

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    Existential Driving Questions

    A couple of questions perpetually occur to me as I'm driving: Why are people such jerks? Why are people such morons? It helps me stay focused, even entertained, on long trips, writes Ralph Gardner Jr.

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    New York's Last Harbor Railway Chugs On as Alternative to Trucks

    The city's last floating railroad continues to ply New York Harbor, delivering freight from New Jersey to Brooklyn and back.

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    Two Barbers Split Hairs

    Beneath the sleek skin and hard muscle of this city pulses the hot blood of competition. On occasion, it has a tendency to overheat, which seems to be the case at the moment between a couple of barbers on West 46th Street.

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    Destination Supermarkets

    When the weather heats up, New York becomes a café town. Diners hunker down curbside in their quest for $30 pasta plates and diesel fumes. The don't realize the best kind of café isn't on the street—it's in the supermarket.

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    Birding in Cape May

    I don't claim to know shore birds, and I'd certainly never heard of the Red Knot before I was encouraged to visit Cape May on the southern tip of New Jersey—one of the world's premier birding destinations—to witness their migration last week.

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    Fleet Week Begins

    Tall ships sailed up the Hudson River along Manhattan Wednesday, marking the start of the city's annual Fleet Week celebration.

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    East Side Access: A Slow-Motion Megaproject

    Snags have bedeviled the $8.1 billion East Side Access project, the largest, most expensive mass-transit project in the U.S. A look at work now expected to continue until at least 2019.

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    'Topping Out' High in the Manhattan Sky

    Boston Properties' 40-story office tower project in Manhattan passed a milestone last week on its way to becoming the first new Midtown office building in three years.

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    New York Photos of the Week: May 12-18

    In this week's photos from around New York, taking pictures from New York rooftops, the circus raises its big top, police arrest Queens gang members, and more.

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    Met Ball: Stars Step Out on Red Carpet

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art hosted its annual Costume Institute gala Monday night, a benefit organized by Vogue's Anna Wintour with Oscars-style pomp.

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    Duke Farms Go Public

    The sprawling estate in suburban New Jersey that once provided the setting for Doris Duke's ornamental gardens will open to the public later this month.

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    Shuttle Flies Over New York City

    NASA's space shuttle Enterprise flew over New York City on Friday morning.

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