The Forgotten 5th: Little Caesars Coming, Improving Public Space, Wu Tang Concert, Avoiding the Mob, Highest Death Rate
Little Caesars Pizza franchise coming to Staten Island
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Little Caesars, a franchise known for “Hot-N-Ready” pizza, is planning to open a store in Dongan Hills next week. It is located at 1743 Richmond Road.
The site will sell freshly baked carry-out pizza – $5 for a 14-inch pie – to be picked up by drop-in customers without the need to call ahead.
It’s a formula that became successful nationwide after the first Little Caesars restaurant opened in Garden City, Mich., more than 50 years ago.
The company, which franchises to independent owners, has not operated on Staten Island for some years.
Improving Public Space: Expand the Narrows
The Verrazano Narrows Bridge carries cars between Staten Island and Brooklyn, but it could do so much more. The “Expand the Narrows” vision widens the bridge to include adjacent space for walking, joggling, bicycling — even sunbathing and fishing. In short, it’s “a way to get across, but also a place to get away.”
Some of the ferries that connect Staten Island with lower Manhattan contain an “obsolete vehicle deck” nearly 5,400 square feet large. Why not transform that space into a cultural showcase? That’s the idea behind “Art Bar,” which injects the unused deck with theaters, galleries, and other art venues that host a variety of performances during the 25-minute ride.
Celebrate Hip-hop in the five boroughs: Wu Tang in Shaolin
The Five Out of Five tour will start this Sunday with Queens duo Mobb Deep performing their albumThe Infamous, featuring special guest Lloyd Banks. From Tuesday on, featured artists will include Slick Rick repping the Bronx with The Great Adventures of Slick Rick, the Wu-Tang Clan for Staten Island with Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Black Moon with Big Daddy Kane for Brooklyn with Enta Da Stage and the Diplomats and Vado performing Diplomatic Immunity on behalf of Manhattan.
Hulking gangster “Frankie Steel” complains to judge that he can’t avoid mobsters on Staten Island
A whiny wiseguy told a federal judge that he wants to stay clear of the criminal life, but it’s just too tough while living on Staten Island, what with all the mobsters everywhere.
Frank “Frankie Steel” Pontillo made the statements at a sentencing in Brooklyn federal court — before the same judge he asked leniency of because the FBI traumatized his Yorkie puppy during a January 2010 raid.
Lifestyle is blamed as Staten Islanders far outpace city and state residents in heart, cancer deaths
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Overindulgence and laziness are killing Staten Islanders at a higher rate than elsewhere in the city.
Lack of exercise, eating too much and smoking are among the factors that contribute to the borough’s greater mortality rates compared to other parts of the Big Apple and many areas of the state, experts say.
According to statistics compiled by the state Health Department, Staten Island had the highest death rates per 100,000 people among the five boroughs for heart diseases, cancer, pneumonia and chronic lower respiratory disease.
The Island had the second greatest death rate for hypertension and strokes, trailing only Manhattan, and finished just behind the Bronx in deaths due to diabetes.
