Virginia K. Smith

Why it's technically legal to drink on your stoop but you might get in trouble for it anyway (Gothamist)

A guide to living alone and not going nuts (The Hairpin)

Why no, a co-op can't enforce creepy rules about "living in sin" (NYT)

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Compelling evidence in favor of a statement oven (The Kitchn)

Paying $5,500/month apparently entitles you to blast music at all hours, say things like "Ciao, bitch" (Gothamist)

There's a Bronx neighborhood called Country Club, and it sounds pretty nice (AM NY)

As part of society's ongoing efforts to turn every single shred of New York-related data into a map, you can now see how your neighborhood's noise levels compare to the rest of the city's blocks and boroughs, Thrillist reports. As you might have guessed, by this metric, Manhattanites have it the worst of anybody.