Tuesday Feb. 9, Our World In Pictures
CHINATOWN — New Year Begins: A lion dancer from the Tai Pun Residents Association accepts an offering in a red envelope during a Lunar New Year celebration in the Manhattan neighborhood on Monday. Monday marked the first day of the Year of the Monkey — the ninth animal on the Chinese zodiac calendar. The weeklong holiday, known as the Spring Festival in China, is focused on family reunion and is a time when students and migrant workers return to their hometowns.
BROOKLYN — Gloomy Winter Continues: Fog sets in over the borough on Feb. 3.
Brooklyn Boro
View MoreNew York City’s most populous borough, Brooklyn, is home to nearly 2.6 million residents. If Brooklyn were an independent city it would be the fourth largest city in the United States. While Brooklyn has become the epitome of ‘cool and hip’ in recent years, for those that were born here, raised families here and improved communities over the years, Brooklyn has never been ‘uncool’.