What's Your Deal

Walking and talking with New Yorkers of note.

Meet the Guy Obsessively Mapping Every Pool Table in NYC

Meet the Guy Obsessively Mapping Every Pool Table in NYC

Max Pearl

August 19, 2025

37 posts (Page 3)

Knicks Superfan Shaun Geddes Is Spreading the ‘Postgame Prosperity’ Gospel

Knicks Superfan Shaun Geddes Is Spreading the ‘Postgame Prosperity’ Gospel

Jayson Buford

March 23, 2023

Skrillex Week With the Subway DJ

Skrillex Week With the Subway DJ

Adlan Jackson

March 08, 2023

Councilmember Kristin Richardson Jordan holding a bullhorn, speaking at a rainy protest against the truck depot on the site o

‘This is a False Choice’: Kristin Richardson Jordan Isn’t Sorry She Killed the One45 Development

Esther Wang

January 05, 2023

New York’s Last Umbrella Guy Faces a Storm of Crappy Umbrellas

New York’s Last Umbrella Guy Faces a Storm of Crappy Umbrellas

Aaron Short

November 01, 2022

The writer Jeremiah Moss, pictured next to his new book "Feral City."

Jeremiah Moss Knows What You Think About Him

Esther Wang

October 07, 2022

Inside the Algorithm: How New York Metro Weather Calculates a 10/10 Day

Inside the Algorithm: How New York Metro Weather Calculates a 10/10 Day

Luke Winkie

October 06, 2022

A section of a grapefruit resting atop shiny pink fabric

When Your Waxer is Also Your Therapist

Bahar Ostadan

July 29, 2022

NYC’s New 5G Monolith Is ‘Bridging the Digital Divide’ With Free Wi-Fi For Exactly One Bronx Block

NYC’s New 5G Monolith Is ‘Bridging the Digital Divide’ With Free Wi-Fi For Exactly One Bronx Block

Molly Osberg

July 27, 2022

A group of burly men lift the Giglio

‘This is Everything for Us’: Old Timers Day at the Giglio Lift

Claire Lampen

July 21, 2022

Meet the Car With the ‘New York Bathroom Vibe’

Meet the Car With the ‘New York Bathroom Vibe’

Christopher Robbins

June 29, 2022

Five Graduating High School Seniors Speak Their Minds

Five Graduating High School Seniors Speak Their Minds

Julian Roberts-Grmela

June 15, 2022