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Gary Russo, Second Avenue Sinatra, Found Dead Of Apparent Suicide
Russo in the summer of 2011 (Mike G) Gary Russo, better known as the Second Avenue Sinatra, was found dead of an apparent hanging in Queens yesterday after missing for a month. Police say Russo, 54,...
2nd Avenue Subway's Singing Sinatra Reported Missing
Russo in the summer of 2011 (Mike G) Gary Russo of Queens, a.k.a the Second Avenue Subway Sinatra, has been missing since last week, according to the NYPD. 54-year-old Russo, a union ironworker, was last seen...
MTA: The Full 2nd Ave Subway Might Not Happen
The 86th street tunnel being dug in 2013 (Evan Bindelglass / Gothamist) In three weeks the MTA is going to raise your fare, and Harlem might not even get a 2nd Avenue Subway line to show...
Seriously Injured 2nd Ave Subway Worker Rescued Via Crane
(Courtesy NBC New York) A concrete worker on the 2nd Avenue Subway project was injured today when a piece of equipment fell on him. An FDNY spokesman says the unidentified worker sustained a serious injury to...
Here's What The Second Avenue Subway Will Look Like When It's Filled With Art
It's been years in the making, but finally, the first phase of the Second Avenue Subway is scheduled to be completed and open to the public in December of 2016. We've had a lot of glimpses of...
Photos: 2nd Avenue Subway Line Shows Shocking Signs Of Progress
We periodically take a look under the streets at the progress of the 2nd Avenue subway line, which is expected to be completed in December of 2016. Whereas in September the project was just a yawning cave,...
Photos: The 2nd Avenue Subway's Progress (And Rails!)
Yesterday the MTA's President of Capital Construction, Michael Horodniceanu, led members of the press 160 feet below the streets of Manhattan for a tour of portions of the Second Avenue Subway. Visible in the 96th Street station...
Photos: Deep Inside The Second Avenue Subway's 72nd Street Station
The MTA recently released new photos of the 2nd Avenue Subway project showing the progress—yes, progress!—deep down under the Upper East Side's crust, where workers have been toiling for years on the project. At the beginning of...
Photos: 2nd Ave Subway Explosion Reminds Upper East Siders Of War
The MTA doesn't know went wrong in a planned blast for the Second Avenue subway yesterday that sent debris flying into the intersection of 72nd Street and Second Avenue. Upper East Side residents, however, were quick to...
Planned Explosion For 2nd Ave Subway Goes Overboard, Showers UES With Debris
(Courtesy Lisa Evers) The FDNY and Buildings Department officials are currently inspecting buildings by the intersection of 72nd Street and Second Avenue, where a planned explosion for the Second Avenue subway project was a bit too...
Watch A Massive Explosion Rock The Second Avenue Subway Project
"How come HE always gets to press the button?" Do you like watching explosions from a safe distance, like when they're rumbling deep beneath the surface of the earth? How about explosions that advance the long-deferred...
Air Totally Safe To Breathe Around MTA's 2nd Ave Subway Site, Says MTA
(Jake Dobkin/Gothamist) In an attempt to quell fears that the air around the Second Avenue Subway construction site is dangerously soiled, the MTA will be regularly posting the results of air monitoring studies, effective immediately. And...
Video: Watch 2,360 Sticks Of Dynamite Go Off In The 2nd Avenue Subway Tunnel
Someone that goes by the YouTube handle "Dieseltmmc" has been uploading video from deep inside the 2nd Avenue subway tunnels, and the latest includes 40 case of dynamite (at 59 sticks to a case) and one...
Video: Deep Under 2nd Avenue, A Cavernous Vault Of Labor
(Jake Dobkin/Gothamist) Last night we took a tour of the literally awesome cavern underneath 72nd and 2nd Avenue, where workers are toiling to construct what will one day become a station for the Second Avenue subway....
New Photos Of The 2nd Avenue Subway Site Look Like Post-Apocalyptic Underground City
The 2nd Avenue Subway may be making your puppy sick and may be keeping you up at night and may be creating odors and dust plumes, but it sure does look cool down there. The MTA just...
Second Avenue Subway Blasting Still Upsets UES Residents
Photograph of the tunnel in progress from the MTA Another week, another batch of stories about the Second Avenue Subway construction work ruining the lives of Upper East Side residents (and their dogs). The first phase...
Are Dogs Getting Sick From Second Ave. Subway Work?
Maybe we'll just start taking taxis from now on, thank you very much (c merry's flickr) For years, Upper East Side residents have wondered whether the ongoing Second Avenue Subway work is causing them health issues,...
Video: Second Ave Subway Construction Worker Sings Sinatra
(Courtesy Mike G) Last week a reader sent us a photo of a Second Avenue Subway sandhog singing Frank Sinatra hits during his lunch break. Now video of his act has surfaced, and we defy you...
Can Singing Sinatra Ease Pain Of 2nd Ave. Subway Construction?
Photograph by Mike G A reader sent us a photograph of a Second Avenue Subway construction worker at 73rd Street and Second Avenue. Reader Mike G said he's "singing Sinatra with a mic and amp" and...
"Noxious Odors, Dust Plumes" Plague 2nd Ave, Thanks to Subway Construction
Photograph of construction at 97th and 2nd Avenue earlier this year by marklyon on Flickr News flash: Residents and business owners who have been bravely withstanding the Second Avenue Subway construction are still miserable. Based on...
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