Looking for the latest dirt in your CD?
Consuella Askew recommends EveryBlock New York. Enter any New York City address for fresh updates of nearby restaurant inspections, property sales, news coverage and more. Browse info citywide. Explore by community board, neighborhood or police precinct.
You might also try outside.in New York, recently cited in a New York Times article. It’s an aggregator that also features a great list of local news sources and blogs, such as Brooklynian.com, which includes links to even more blogs in the borough of Kings (scroll down the page a bit).
Speaking of blogs, another resource noted in that same Times story is Placeblogger. This directory could use a little better organization, as you can see by looking at the New York page, but you may still unearth some nuggets here.