Prospect Heights High School opened as The Girls' Commercial High School in the 1920s and was located near Prospect Park in Brooklyn. The school developed a poor reputation and was closed in…
Crispus Attucks Park (also called the Crispus Attucks Playground) is located in Clinton Hill in Brooklyn. In March 2011, the park was frequented by so many prostitutes and drug addicts that news…
Entry in progress --B.P Wikipedia: Protection racketA protection racket is an extortion scheme whereby a criminal group or individual coerces a victim (usually a business) to pay money, supposedly…
"Proud City" was a short-lived nickname coined by Mayor John Lindsay in 1966. "Fun City" was also Lindsay's. 1 January 1966, New York Herald Tribune, pg. 1:John V. Lindsay…
The Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL, at www.psal.org) was formed over 100 years ago. It still holds school athletic competitions, but it now also includes girls. 25 November 1903, New York…
"Pseudocracy" (pseudo + democracy) has been infrequently used for many years by several independent sources. H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) wrote in a parody of T. S. Eliot's "The…
Entry in progress -- BP Wikipedia: COVID-19 pandemicThe COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe…
Syndicated newspaper columnist Walter Winchell (1897-1972) wrote in a column in March 1949: “Sights You Never See on the New York Map: (...) 'Ptomaine Road' (a stretch in the Broadway…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Zero HedgeFAA Fines Drone Operator For Multiple "Reckless" Crashes In ManhattanSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 05/02/2014 16:40 -0400Filed under - WTF Headline of…
New York City's Public Advocate's office (formerly called the President of the City Council) was created in 1993 as a public watchdog to serve as a check on the mayor's office.…
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) was founded on October 5, 1970. Conservative critics have long held that PBS has a pro-liberal bias. PBS has been nicknamed the "Public Brainwashing…
"Public fool system" (fool + public school system) or "public fools system" (fools + public schools system) is how many people describe the government school system.…
"Public fool system" (fool + public school system) or "public fools system" (fools + public schools system) is how many people describe the government school system.…
Geneva, Switzerland (home of the World Health Organization and Atlanta, Georgia (home of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) have both been called the "Public Health Capital of the…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Hockey puckA puck is a disk used in various games serving the same functions as a ball does in ball games. The best-known use of pucks is in ice hockey, a major…
The United States Coast Guard is part of the United States Armed Forces and was created by Congress in 1790 as the "Revenue Marine." The Coast Guard operates in mostly the shallow waters…
The city of Portland is sometimes called "Puddletown" because of the puddles made by all its rain. The "Puddletown" nickname has been cited in print since at least 1981 and has…
New York held a Puerto Rican Day Parade in 1958, and it's since become national, held in other American cities. In 1998, it was featured in an episode of the television show Seinfeld, for…
The Huffington Post (often shortened to "Huff Po" or "HuffPo") was started on May 9, 2005, by Arianna Huffington and others. The website features liberal/progressive news and…
Potato pancakes have been served in Germany and other European countries since at least the 19th century, called "kartoffelpuffer" or "puffers" or "latkes." German…