Catched from the NYtimes

Learning a memory trick at a bus stop, a lost neighborhood recalled and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

South Seaside Park on the Jersey Shore has just succeeded in leaving Berkeley Township and joining its neighbor, Seaside Park, but there are still more challenges ahead.

A Black woman is pushing for changes in the hair industry after claiming in a lawsuit that she and her 7-year-old were turned away from an Ulta Beauty salon in Manhattan because of their hair texture.

Eliza Shapiro, who reports on New York City’s affordability crisis, asked hundreds of residents to get candid about their finances.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the City Council speaker, Julie Menin, both live on the Upper East Side. They are sparring over different approaches to balancing a $5.4 billion deficit.

A 43-year-old man was accused of abusing “multiple” children over an 11-year period in South Jersey, and prosecutors fear there could be more victims, given his employment.

Two men have been arrested in connection to a shooting on Wednesday that killed an infant. One was charged with murder, attempted murder and assault.

Officials are said to be examining whether a controller had to use an emergency phone just before the crash at LaGuardia. They have yet to determine the cause of the crash and are also focusing on other avenues.

In more than 10 states, laboratories or doctors must notify the state health authorities of each positive test for a marker of the syndrome.

There are plenty of places across the city to see cherry trees in bloom this year.