The Briefly for April 5, 2019 – The "Even the Raccoons Are Moving to Manhattan" Edition
If you're going to Wrestlemania and all the Wrestlemania adjacent events this weekend, you'll want to know what fresh hell the subways will be over the weekend. (Subway Changes)
How many luxury condos in the city are "ghost apartments?" (The Real Deal)
There's a private island between Hart and City Island's, purchased by Alex Schilbi in 2011 for $176,000. Now he wants to turn it into a yoga, canoeing, and fishing retreat. (Welcome2TheBronx)
How the hell did a raccoon wind up in the 14th Street subway station? (Gothamist)
The 13 most anticipated restaurant openings of spring 2019. (Eater)
Sales taxes are coming to your online purchases in June. Another day, another tax. (NY Post)
How's your Valyrian? Shake Shack has two Game of Thrones items on the menu, but you'll have to order them in the George R. R. Martin fantasy language. (Gothamist)
A badly burnt body found in a Staten Island storage unit is believed to be missing teacher Jeanine Cammarata, who has been missing since Tuesday. (Gothamist)
You're damn right Ben Stiller gives up his seat on the subway for others. (Viewing NYC)
Mark it on your calendars, Buffalo Exchanges $1 sale is on Earth Day, April 20. The proceeds will be donated to the Humane Society's Animal Rescue Team. I'm not saying you should get super high and buy a bunch of weird clothes, but I'm also not not saying that. (Time Out)
The city just made it a little easier to search for affordable housing. Actually getting it is another story. (Curbed)
Watch Adam Platt, New York Magazine's restaurant critic, on his hunt for the perfect croissant. (New York Magazine)
10 best new hotels opening in NYC this year. (Curbed)
The mayor was trying to hide who was hosting his Boston fundraiser. The New York Times found out anyway. (NY Times)
Yeah, these new city jails are gonna be big, but the city wants you to know that they aren't taking advantage of every possible square inch they could use. (Chelsea Now)
Governor Cuomo, the new head of the MTA, and the president of the New York City Transit Authority don't see eye to eye on how to fix the subways. Shocking. (amNY)
Here's what you need to know about The Shed now that it's finally open. (NY Times)
“I expect all of you to use our subways and bus systems when possible,” doesn't sound like the MTA is "demanding" staffers take mass transit. (NY Post)
The Brooklyn Eagle's new editorial director has some questions for you. Tell him The Briefly sent you. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
“I’m a Queens boy. Only very rich people can drive into Manhattan. You have to pay the toll. You have to pay parking . . . it probably comes close to $100 a day.” Does the governor know about all the bridges that don't have tolls or the mayor who drives in and out of Manhattan every day to go to his Park Slope gym? (NY Post)
Even as Bed-Stuy gentrifies, Sugar Hill Restaurant & Supper Club has sat at the corner of DeKalb and Nostrand for forty years and has changed with the times. (NY Times)
The 10 best parm sandwich spots in the city. A cheesy list. (Gothamist)
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