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Raising your arm and yelling "taxi!" will soon be the old-fashioned way to nab a New York City cab. Soon, all you'll need is a smartphone app. … Full Article

As elected officials stepped up their efforts to get the federal government to authorize emergency repairs of a 200-foot-long section of the Shore Parkway seawall in Bath Beach destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, one community official warned that unless the seawall is totally rebuilt, the next super-s … Full Article

Ireland, Myanmar, New Zealand and Marseille may have topped the list, but Coney Island is listed as one of the only American sites on the Associated Press' 2013 travel list. … Full Article

With the Mayan end-of-the-world prediction just 10 days away, there are Brooklynites that claimed a UFO was seen flying over Brooklyn on Dec. 3, according to a Gothamist report. … Full Article

Many parks and beaches in Brooklyn remain closed because of damage from Superstorm Sandy, according to the city's Parks Department.  … Full Article

Two Brooklynk unicyclists have arrived in Key West after pedaling 106 miles along the Florida Keys Overseas Highway as a performance art project. … Full Article

Julianna and Nicholas Bambina were holding the Christmas ornaments they made by hand at a booth in the Christmas Village as they watched children glide across a skating rink set up on the grass in John Paul Jones Park in Bay Ridge on Dec. 8. … Full Article

Once again, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is likely to get his way, and Coney Island will never be the same.. … Full Article

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Lloyd Huck, Brooklyn-born former chairman of the board of pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co., a longtime Penn State trustee and a Brooklyn native, is dead at age 90. … Full Article

The city will work on upgrading building codes and evacuation-zone maps, hardening power and transportation networks and making sure hospitals are better prepared for extreme weather after Superstorm Sandy, Mayor Bloomberg said Thursday. … Full Article