The "A Dead Rat Fell From the Ceiling" Edition

Oh my god, can you imagine stepping into your shower and seeing a dead rat? No thanks. Plus: Covid-19 rates drop, a $6 million Park Slope triplex, all you can eat restaurants, and more.

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Thank you to Shannon, Roxanne, Ian M., and one anonymous person who contributed to The Briefly in the last week.

• Today's the deadline to change your voter registration before the next primary on June 27. (Brigid Bergin for Gothamist)

• Covid-19 cases fell 70% since the start of the year. Last I looked at a tracker, we were at 4%, down from nearly 10% at the start of the year. (Matt Troutman for Patch)

• Hospitals will make their own masking rules going forward, as the state dropped the medical masking mandate. (Anna Rahmanan for Time Out)

• Nightmare: A rat falls from your ceiling into your shower. (Rick Paulas for Hell Gate)

• Boomer Dads are fucking up the real estate market. (Adriane Quinlan for Curbed)

• Manhattan commuters are spending $4,661 less per year around their offices than before the pandemic. If rents weren't at all-time highs in Manhattan, maybe more people could afford to live closer to their offices. (Gwynne Hogan for Gothamist)

• How is it possible that wait times for NYCHA apartments doubled last year while the number of vacant units increased? (Jeanmarie Evelly for City Limits)

• If the words "conveyor-belt sushi" excites you, Eater has some good news for you. (Robert Sietsema for Eater)

• Time Out takes a stab at eight realistic New York City sitcoms. (Kristen Perrone for Time Out)

• The new LIRR schedule to and from Grand Central means changes are coming to Brooklyn's LIRR schedule. (Brooklyn Magazine)

• Hell Gate makes it plain: Perhaps Kathy Hochul Is Not Very Good at This Whole Politics Thing. (Hell Gate)

• "Flaco is a killer after all. Long live Flaco!" Flaco, the escaped Central Park Zoo owl, killed a rat. (Kathleen Culliton for Patch)

• NYC is the second-best city in the country when it comes to dating. Boston is topping NYC at the moment. (Shaye Weaver for Time Out)

• Apartment Porn: A $6 million Park Slope triplex with 3,610 square feet, five beds, four baths, a rear garden, parking, and more. (Devin Gannon for 6sqft)

• If you put your name into some wet cement on 2nd Ave with hopes of immortality, EV Grieve's got some bad news for you. (EV Grieve)

• A list of the finalists for the 2023 Gotham Book Prize, 11 books to reserve at the library. (Rossilynne Skena Culgan for Time Out)

• How many different kinds of subway cars can you name? Here are nine non-passenger subway cars. All aboard the pump train. (Untapped New York)

• Ten alternative ways to celebrate Valentine's Day, not including the pump train. (Nicole Saraniero for Untapped York)

• Why the hell does it cost us $1.5 billion per mile to build subways? (Christopher Bonanos for Curbed)

• I'll admit, it's refreshing to see a newly constructed that isn't visually boring at its peak, and The Brooklyn Tower's neo-Deco crown is not visually boring. At 1,06, it's Brooklyn's tallest building. (Devin Gannon for 6sqft)

• Inside the Montauk Club in Park Slope. (Michelle Young for Untapped New York)

• Eight all-you-can-eat restaurants. Not one AYCE pizza place in the city. (Luke Fortney for Eater)

Top Clicked Links from the Last Edition:

1. 20 Ethnic Micro-Neighborhoods in NYC

2. For $2.4M, This Park Slope Home Is Renovated With an Enviable Rooftop

3. It’s Malibu Versus Hollywood at This Battle of the Diner Burgers

Featured Pet: Gustav!

Thanks, Jenny, for sending in this photo of Gustav having… a reaction to a cucumber. Angry? Yawning? Only Gustav knows such things.