The Briefly for February 12, 2020 – The "Maybe You Have A Better Idea for This?" Edition
Today - Low: 38˚ High: 45˚
Rain in the evening and overnight.
Thursday is the deadline for you to change political parties in New York state. (NY1) A draft of Citi Bike's Bronx expansion, mapped. (Ed García Conde for Welcome2TheBronx) A water main breaks in New York City literally every day. There gas been more than 400 recorded water main breaks every years since 1998. It's rare, but becoming decreasingly so, that they cause subway delays. (James Barron for NY Times) The city, having given up on the idea of fixing the Brooklyn Bridge's promenade, is asking you, yes you, to help come up with "creative improvements." For being a finalist and solving a problem the city has been plagued with for years, you'll earn yourself $13,000 and you've only got until April 5. (Devin Gannon for 6sqft) Video: The locksmith working out of Manhattan's smallest building. (Matt Coneybeare for Viewing NYC) Thinking about moving? A guide of where to live in NYC• in 2020. (Amy Plitt for Curbed) Victor Calise could be the MTA's first disabled board member. The mayor nominated Calise to fill the seat made vacant in April 2019 and still has another nomination to make. (Jake Offenhartz for Gothamist) Is J.G. Melon's burger still among the city's best burgers? According to Eater's Ryan Rutton, it's a simple answer of "no." Order the chile con carne instead. (Ryan Sutton for Eater) Nothing to see, just a car engulfed in flames in Crown Heights. (Matt Troutman for Patch) Photos and Video: Inside the home of Denny Daniel, which doubles as The Museum of Interesting Things. (Alex Mitchell for amNewYork Metro) If you're someone who has to conquer the biggest and the baddest challenges out there, maybe this 10-layer Mexican sandwich is your speed with hot dogs, ham, refried beans, beed Milanese, and more. (Robert Sietsema for Eater) The REAL ID law is going to cause nightmares for everyone. Come October, you won't be able to get on a domestic flight using your drivers license unless it's a REAL ID license. The only way to get it is to physically go to the DMV, which is bound to cause a rush towards the end of the summer. Here's what you need to know. (Adam Nichols for Patch) Where to eat in Manhattan's Chinatown. (Eater) It's not common that a speakeasy and its cover story are both useful, but the newly opened The Little Shop near the South Street Seaport is a fully functioning bodega and speakeasy all wrapped into one. (Michelle Young for Untapped New York) Five legends of the Upper West Side. (Edgar Catasus for I Love the Upper West Side) Get ready for a hand-painted Alice in Wonderland pop-up to dominate your Instagram feed starting next month. Behind the pop-up is Alexa Meade, the artist behind Ariana Grande's "God is a Woman music video (Shaye Weaver for Time Out) "What happens when you leave New York City?" Easy answer, you fall of the face of the earth. (David Crook for StreetEasy) The Tavern by WS at Hudson Yards is "better than it should be." Two stars. (Pete Wells for NY Times) First you didn't have to pay a brokers fee and now you have to? Here's what's going on with the brokers fee system. (Caroline Spivack for Curbed) Whoops, someone released a clip of Mike "please don't say anything bad about me, I've spent a quarter billion dollars on this doomed presidential run" Bloomberg saying "The way you get the guns out of the kids' hands is to throw them against the wall and frisk them," in defense of Stop and Frisk. Bloomberg apologized for Stop and Frisk last November and maybe he thinks that's all he'll ever have to say on this subject? (Jake Offenhartz for Gothamist) The First Avenue L train station in Manhattan has a second new entrance on Avenue A. The entrance is not yet handicapped accessible and the MTA hopes elevators will be open by June. (Muhammad Rahman for Gothamist) Meet the young district leader candidates looking to challenge Brooklyn's democratic party's status quo from the literal bottom up. (Kevin Duggan for Brooklyn Paper) 13 bars to find a shot and beer combo for $5 or less. Unsurprisingly, I've been to all of these bars. (Erik Helin for Thrillist) Thanks to my beautiful wife Meg Blatt for today's featured photo.