The Briefly for August 28, 2019 – The "Signs of a Wegmans Grows in Brooklyn" Edition
All the street closings and timing of the West Indian Day Parade and all the associated events over Labor Day weekend. (Curbed)
An Andy Warhol tour and map of Manhattan from artist Patricia Fernández. (Untapped Cities)
Five takeaways from the plan to scrap the city's gifted school programs. Will Mayor de Blasio follow the recommendation from the task force he assembled or will he try to run out the clock as he did with Eric Garner's death? (NY Times)
It’s getting real. Signs are going up at the home of the future Brooklyn Wegmans. (Brownstoner)
Does it seem odd to anyone else that the mayor is supporting restrictions to hotel development after receiving support and campaign contributions from the hotel industry union? (6sqft)
The Mast Brothers are out of Brooklyn, doing the hipster move from Williamsburg to upstate. (Eater)
Every neighborhood has its old-school spots that have been there for decades, and many of them are endangered. Two Toms in Gowanus has been family owned since 1948, but the building the restaurant is in is for sale and the listing says it could be delivered vacant “if necessary.” (Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York)
The growth of the number of cars in the city is outpacing the growth of the city's population. (Streetsblog)
The city is full of hidden history. Sometimes that history is a poster from 2000 for the movie Road Trip. (Gothamist)
In praise of the Manhattan dive bar: Cheap beer and good atmosphere are increasingly hard to find, but it's out there. (amNY)
A worker was killed and five injured in a partial building collapse in Norwood in the Bronx. (Metro)
A wall in Chinatown with messages of support for the protests in Hong Kong has been vandalized twice in less than a week. Global politics are also local politics. (Gothamist)
What's the best floor to live on in a six-floor walk-up? (Street Easy)
Jeffrey Epstein's victims will never have their full day in court, but they have vowed to not stop fighting. (Gothamist)
The family of Eric Garner filed a judicial inquiry of Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner James O’Neill to answer questions about their handling of Eric Garner's death at the hands of the NYPD. (Politico)
Leslie Jones is not returning to SNL. (Gothamist)
Video: Nothing to see here here, just a man walking taking his pet wallaby for a walk. Nope, this was in Bed-Stuy, not Bushwick. (Patch)
The total population in the city's jails has fallen 23% from 2014, but the population jailed for parole violations increased by 20% in the same period, with the average stay lasting 60 days while they wait for parole court dates. (Gothamist)
Seven acres under the new Kosciuszko Bridge in Greenpoint will be made into a park. There's no proposed opening date and construction has not begun. The project will be lead by the North Brooklyn Parks Alliance. (The Brooklyn Home Reporter)
Conservative Times Op-Ed columnist and climate change denier Bret Stephens quit Twitter because someone called him a "bedbug." Poor Bret. (Gothamist)
Video: It'll take more than It's Pennywise the clown to rattle New Yorkers riding the L late at night. (Patch)