Kudos to John Sutter and his team for the Sept. 29 launch of Chelsea Now, a new free weekly…read moredistributed in Chelsea and nearby environs. The first edition, a 32-page tabloid, is an excellent debut. Features -- and therefore areas of coverage -- include the Chelsea club scene and its relationship with area police, local restaurants and bars, area crime, community news, cultural events, editorial commentary, and the arts. There are several ways to interact with the paper's staff -- and thereby help direct its coverage as it finds its legs -- including a Web site, a gossip hotline, requests for news tips, and letters of comment. I was impressed by how timely the first issue was -- stories featured in that day's major dailies were also included in this upstart weekly -- and I hope that they're able to maintain that level of local reportage. Worth picking up if you live, work, or go out in the neighborhood! And it's one of the better neighborhood papers I've come across.

I have to admit I read this publication as well. What is there not to love it gives free movie…read morepasses (seriously guys its insane, free shit -YES), free advice on best bars in brooklyn to go to, Sexy photos on the back page from American Apparel ads (some weeks it is very tame like the one from Christmas or Jan.5th to 18th, but other times it just sells sex) One time I saw a chick just bent over a railing not even sure what she was wearing but I was like damn, this American Apparel people are not playing sometimes, that girl looks like she is ready to go, I see no mention of jeans or apparel what so ever, I just see butt bent over a railing. It is cool to have a free paper that will entertain you for more than 5 minutes. It just keeps you in the know of what is going on. Ads in there also for places like Barcade, tell of upcoming events East/West beer ngiht and so on. I was actually revising and looking over that very issue again earlier today. (Jan5-18, cover had a story of 48 hours with a certain rock star). That title in itself makes it blog worthy and worth an actual look at the article which was very interesting. One guy actually talked about his waking up in the morning routines of eating cinnabons then alot of other healthy crap like squash, broccoli, beats, and kale but then use of some kinds of drugs. Ironic in that he seemed like a health nut with the food he actually consumed but used drugs and abused alcohol left and right. The bar and restaurant directory in the back makes alot of Brooklyn bars seem very appealing. I have also seen a few spots in there of places us yelp eliters got to sample at one point or another like Nita Nita and Woodwork. Thanks for the Reco's guys. Oh yeah then there is a sex with the natural redhead section on the back page, it is usually very funny stuff that explicitly involves penetration and sexual operations. Some more inappropriate than others. Overall- Yes, thank god it is free, I check out your magazine and now I need to look for the latest issue.

A free local magazine published in Brooklyn, NY by New Yorkers for New Yorkers in an eccentric…read morestyle. There are reviews of movies, musuems, restaurants, fashion, listings of local events/activites and local advertisments. As a native New Yorker I've encountered L Magazine at Theatre for the New City and Theatre for American of Actors thus none avail elsewhere which is oddly strange. Personally, I best enjoyed the "Unemployment Issue" April/May 2010 as levity breaks the sadness of today's ailing economy.

The Wave is a weekly publication newspaper published by Wave Publishing Co. serving the Queens'…read moreRockaways community since 1893. For the two most recent issues a paid subscription is required for access which the rates are within budget limits in today's ailing economy. For Rockaway, Inwood, Broad Channel residents print version one year subscription is $15.00; while New York City and Long Island print only is $30.00, print and web versions $35.00, and web only $20.00. However, all readers may view older news stories in their archive without charges. The Wave brings Queens' Rockaway Peninsula together as this is one of the first media format that truly defines what it means to be a community. Occasionally I read The Wave in light of the recent unjustified closing of my alma mater, Stella Maris H.S. in Rockaway Park, NY. The Wave has certainly voiced the concerns of residents in the Peninsula to the fullest as mainland Queensters, like myself, has hear them roar. Queens Peninsula's residents surely rock The Wave!

I had the opportunity to meet the (friendly and knowledgeable) managing editor of this publication…read more It's been around since 1893 and does interesting work serving the community. Hooray for local media.

My Mother Connie Blando wrote a column from 1956 to 1958. For the Brooklyn Graphic. The column's…read morename was - Connie's Corner. When I saw that you were still in Publication I was thrilled. I have one of her columns from March 6 1957 hanging in my office. It is clearly a bit of nostalgia. Your paper was great then and I'm sure it still is. Joan Van Etten joan.vanetten@stonybrook.edu

A sad commentary on our society in 2013 is that people will sit down and write a letter of…read morecomplaint. Yet few will find the time to write a letter of praise. It is with much delight that I am in the second group of people. I went to Dr. Robin Baradarian of the Brooklyn Gastroenterology & Endoscopy Center located at 2211 Emmons Avenue (near Loehmann's). My friend gave Dr. Baradarian and the facility glowing praise, but her praise was conservative and much understated. This was one of the most positive experiences I have ever had at a physician's office. The facility is very clean and neat and the staff exceptional, compassionate and efficient. I say that including the ladies at the front desk to the nurses, the medical assistants and technicians in the procedure department. I would humbly suggest that some hospitals send their supervisors in charge of both their facility and staff to Dr. Baradarian's facility and that they should set into place procedures that would emulate this office which "runs" like "a well-oiled machine", with a lot of humanity and caring added. I felt like I was the only patient the day I was there and that all revolved around me. The staff made telephone calls to me prior to the procedure and also after the procedure. This facility is outstanding and there is not ONE thing that I could say needed "fixing"! Dr. Baradarian is in a class of his own. I have NEVER met such a kind, caring doctor. He certainly brings new meaning to the word exceptional. He takes his time and is not constantly looking at his watch, to see if he is spending more time than he should with the patient (gee! his time with a patient, namely me, was not predicated on the insurance clock/check!). He discussed at length the neurological disorder that I suffer with and although this disease is quite rare, he knew about it! He explained the type of anesthesia used by the staff anesthesiologist and said it was one of the safest given my neurological disorder and list of allergies. He took time calming any fears that I might have. This man is RARE and truly exceptional. He reminds me of the physicians many authors write about, but we in 2013, rarely get to have the good fortune to meet one on a professional level, only on the pages of a book. Suffice it to say, if I were his Mother or family member, I do not believe I could have received better attention or care. It is with great pleasure that I give this physician, his facility and staff an "11"....for they are superstars! I thank them for allowing me to be treated by them and no, I am not related to the doctor or anyone on staff! It is an art to turn a "yucky" procedure into a most positive experience. G"d bless you all! Arlynn B. Ware

This review is for gawker.com…read more Great Website. I have never been to New York, but I would like to go one day. When I want to know what's going on in New York and I am already done looking through the recent issue of The New Yorker I look at Gawker.com. It makes me feel like a New Yorker, lol. My favorite part is the Gawker Stalker. It shows what celebrities have been spotted and the location they were spotted at. www.gawker.com/stalker/

Gawker and Jezebel are reliably entertaining, snarky and well-written blogs, but their comments…read morepolicy is elitist and absurd. Basically the only way you can publicly post comments is if you impress the overlords/editors enough that they find you sufficiently "smart," "funny," and "engaging." See http://gawker.com/why-are-all-my-comments-grey-what-can-i-do-about-it-1623918007 for the entire list of criteria. Otherwise, much like Yelp's "not recommended" section of reviews, unapproved users' comments languish on a separate ghetto of a page that hardly anyone clicks on to open. Erecting a digital barrier to keep out the dirty masses of insufficiently-entertaining commenters is disenfranchising and alienating. Other sites manage to police their comments sections without seeming like such snooty jerks about it, so why can't Gawker do the same?

My family has been loyal subscribers of Sing Tao Daily newspaper for four decades which reaches the…read moreChinese American market, specifically in the New York region. My family are of traditional conservative Chinese ancestry and Sing Tao Daily enables us to be well informed of news and current world events. This newspaper is written in traditional Chinese characters. It does enable the reader subscriber a home away from home for the overseas Chinese. Home delivery has always been on point for four decades, with several delivery exceptions due to inclement dubious weather which prevent access.

We have subscribed of Sing Tai Daily for decades and the last 4 months we have had problems with…read moreour delivery. 2-3 times per week we don't get our paper. We have a camera outside so we can confirm that the paper was not delivered inside our fence the days it was missing. Personally I think the driver just toss the paper out his window since I saw on the camera that on a few occasions the paper was kicked under our gate. When we call the paper a angry lady usually tell us that our gate is locked (we don't have a lock mechanism on the gate) and that's why he don't deliver the paper when the truth is that he just toss it out his window. I don't understand why the paper think they do us a huge favor deliver? They pay the delivery driver and we pay the paper so nothing is free and should not be treated as a favor.