He was tired of being picked on, he said, and it made him feel safer while he was selling heroin in a gritty section of Brooklyn.

Even so, long lines formed, like the one here in the gritty section of Smchov in downtown Prague.

The restaurant is on a busy corner in a gritty section of Tel Aviv where many foreign workers now live.

The former cold-storage warehouse, between 16th and 17th Streets, looms over a gritty section of the Hudson waterfront.

If there is a trade-off, it is that the score's grittier sections lack the heft that a full string body can give them.

Reversing its position, the city has decided to restore some 19-century style to a gritty but thriving section of the meatpacking district.

Many of the buildings stand alone, with little connection to one another, or to the older, grittier sections of Jersey City to the west, they say.

In a gritty section of the Rockaways, there is a cluster of new homes that stand out for their catchy colors and modern style.

Rock climbing is a breeze, I think, until the next climb up a gritty, gnarled section of rock.

Despite its cramped quarters in a gritty section of Corona, Queens, the Louis Armstrong House has thrived since opening in 2003.