Tag Archives: Queens

9 Incredibly Unusual NYC Restaurants!

If you wine and dine clients on a regular basis in New York City, one of the more challenging things can be to find new and unusual places to eat! Of course there are the old standby steakhouses and sushi joints but sometimes we may want to wow a client or a prospect with something […]

Drone Photography Of The Five Boroughs Of New York City! (Video)

Have you ever wondered what the boroughs of New York City would look like if you happened to live in a multi-million dollar penthouse or, if they were videoed by aerial photography taken from a drone? Well wonder no more as this video by Bronx-based photographer Victor Chu has accomplished this feat and has included views from […]

Regressive Taxation: New York School Zone Speed Cameras

In September 2014 the New York State approved speed cameras for school zones went online! How do I know that? I read it in the newspaper but worse than that I received a Nassau County ticket for driving 35 MPH in a 25 MPH zone and was assessed a hefty $50 fine plus a $30 […]

Ebola and a headline this New Yorker didn’t want to see…

A CDC report titled ‘Surveillance and Preparedness for Ebola Virus Disease — New York City, 2014’! Missing word? Prevention! While it’s true that there has been an extremely limited number of confirmed cases of Ebola that actually were caught in the United States (2), it is also true that we have discovered that our nations […]

My memories of September 11, 2001!

Incredibly it is now 13 years to the day since the horrific terror attack on US soil took place centered in New York City, Washington, D.C. and a field in Shanksville, Pa.! And, like most any watershed event typically will, 9/11/2001 changed the way in which Americans needed to think about national security and the […]

This week watch US Open Tennis matches at the National Tennis Center for free!

Do you love watching professional tennis but don’t love the price of tickets for the US Open? The main singles draw of the US Open Tennis Tournament will begin on August 25th at the National Tennis Center in Queens, NY and ticket prices for the event will run the gamut from expensive to very expensive […]

2014 Best Title Agency

Hallmark Abstract Service is very proud to announce that we have been nominated by the New York Law Journal Reader Rankings in the category Best Title Agency 2014! For our firm, this nomination represents an acknowledgment of the of the hard work, expertise and attention to detail that we bring to every client and every […]

Everything you ever wanted to know about NYC air rights*!

*But may have been too far in the shadow of a huge residential skyscraper to know to ask! The purpose of the interactive map at the link below below, developed by The Municipal Arts Society of New York (MAS), is to alert New Yorkers of the potential for skyscrapers to rise where none now exist. The […]

NYC bars to watch the World Cup if you’re rooting for a specific country!

title insurance New York,New York City,Long Island

Country-specific New York City 2014 World Cup venues! Yesterday we provided an interactive map that showed some of the sports bars, pubs and restaurants in the NYC area to watch the World Cup matches ( World Cup 2014: Where to watch in NYC! (Interactive Map)). The problem with the map is that it lacked a […]

World Cup 2014: Where to watch in NYC! (Interactive Map)

title insurance New York,New York City,Long Island

Let the games begin as the 2014 World Cup kicks off on Thursday, June 12 with host country Brazil playing Croatia in Group A! For soccer lovers around the world the wait is over but, for New York fans rooting for a specific country or who are simply looking for a fun place to watch ‘football’, […]