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An Oasis for Hungry Livery Drivers in a Hurry

Many of the livery cabs that ply northern Manhattan and the Bronx come to a gloriously gritty stretch of Jerome Avenue south of the Cross Bronx Expressway lined with auto and salvage shops. They come for repairs, but they also need a quick place to eat, and that’s where El Rincon de los Taxistas comes in.

“The Taxi Corner” is not a corner, per se, but rather a food truck parked just off Jerome Avenue, on Edward L. Grant Highway near 167th Street, in the High Bridge section of the Bronx.

It is the type of restaurant on wheels that is common in Latino neighborhoods, perennially parked near public pools and parks and other areas where hungry people congregate. Typically these trucks offer meals in the ethnic style of the neighborhood at easy-to-swallow prices. Read more..

 

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Meet New Yorks Pied Piper - The Rodentologist Gets To Work

SQUEAKY CLEAN:Bobby Corrigan, head of the Bronx rat-inspection program, on the hunt. SQUEAKY CLEAN: Bobby Corrigan, head of the Bronx rat-inspection program, on the hunt.

Meet New Yorks Pied Piper - The Rodentologist Gets To Work

January 14, 2008 — Bobby Corrigan smells a rat.

As the country’s leading rodent expert - and the city’s newest full-time employee - Corrigan walks the streets of The Bronx around Grand Concourse and 167th Street, and points out all the signs of rats.

He pulls out his flashlight and investigates small burrows in front yards, gnawed trash bags and teeth marks in garbage pails.

“There are definitely rats here,” he says, pointing out low shrubbery and lines of parked cars, all cover for the rodents.

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