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Barry, the beloved barred owl who died last month in Central Park in a collision with a truck, carried a potentially lethal level of rat poison that could have

By Katie Barry Trapped in the Manhattan snow globe, I frolicked for hours: sledding, dancing, crashing a friend's bachelor party, and winning

By Katie Barry Clinging to the obliques of an Italian man zig-zagging around the Tuscan countryside, I knew that one day it would be mine: a Vespa. My history with wheels

I drive in New York City like everyone is trying to kill me, scanning the road "Mission- Impossible" style. It has this illusion of fearlessness when really, fear is my mental fuel.

August 20, 2018 Weather: Cloudy, with a high of 78 degrees.

A five-alarm fire consumed a building housing a Citibank at 111th street and Broadway starting very early on Saturday morning. Seven people were injured, an

Spring did not feel very welcoming today, with temperatures in the 40's. But that didn't stop talk show co-host and former New York Giants star Michael Strahan from mowing Sheep Meadow this morning to help the Central Park Conservancy to get ready to reopen the park's lawns on Saturday. West ...

A fire broke out at 875 Amsterdam Avenue between 102nd and 103rd Street on Sunday night, and multiple people were carted away in stretchers, witnesses told us. The fire started shortly before 7 p.m., according to traffic on the police scanner. It appears from the photos above and below that ...

Five people, including three firefighters, were injured in a blaze at 216 West 100th Street on Sunday afternoon at around 2:30 p.m.. Sixty firefighters were sent to battle the fire, and they used

Five years ago, I joined a softball team called the Consenting Adults. They were in their 23rd year of existence, with colorful characters who were writers, psychologists, teachers, and gifted softball players. They gave me

By Katie Barry I'm called crazy a lot. Usually for costume choices or competing in bizarre contests. But my friend Eddie Spaghetti dubbed this "passionate crazy," not "crazy-crazy" which is far freakier than my imagination can ever go. I was tossing a football around on a Saturday afternoon on a ...

By Katie Barry The New-York Historical Society is ready for their summer of bubbly love with the launch of "Beer Here: Brewing New York's History." It's an off-beat but eye-opening exhibit highlighting the rich unknown history beer has had in New York when they boasted over 200 breweries during the ...

By Katie Barry Before my sister and I found our new Upper West Side apartment, we knew we wanted to build the model home. It was only fitting that we throw an “Arrested Development” themed housewarming affair. I've jumped around in the past year and a half, finding myself living ...

By Katie Barry In the wee hours of the morning, the bike pilgrimage home can be a little daunting from my bar job in Chelsea to the Upper West Side. But on my three-speed red Huffy built more like a Lincoln Continental than a zippy fixed-gear bike, I delight in ...

By Katie Barry While cabbing it from Chelsea to the Upper West Side last week, I found a 24 year-old New Jersey lady's drivers license in the cab. My friend Ken's first response was, "What? You can't return it. My Nigerian prince needs it." We had a good laugh or ...

Conan O'Brien is one jolly-ginger giant, and one of the funniest/tallest men I've ever loved. I've admired his quirky late-night show from Triumph the Insult Dog Comic to the masturbating bear, and with other like-minded folks, wept for his woes at NBC. On Friday I was in the vortex of ...

By Katie Barry Five years ago, I joined a softball team called the Consenting Adults. They were in their 23rd year of existence, with colorful characters who were writers, psychologists, teachers, and gifted softball players. They gave me a much deeper understanding as to what it means to strike out ...

July 25, 2011 Weather: Isolated thunderstorms, High of 82 Degrees. I'm putting the columnists in charge this week, and we will be posting one new column every morning, starting this morning with Katie Barry's funny take on love and softball in Central Park. Enjoy! And check out a great slate ...

By Katie Barry There’s a mannequin from the waist up sitting in my room, wearing an Obama mask, a bright purple wig, and a gaudy orange beach hat with a half-marathon medal and old school Polaroid camera dangling from the neck. Where did I get all this stuff and why ...