The Briefly for July 13, 2018 – Friday the 13th, the Weekend in Subway Delays, Take A Nap, and More
The weekend in closures, delays, and headaches for nearly every subway line. The 28th St station 6 station will be closing on Monday until December for renovations.
It's Friday the 13th, which means $13 tattoos + $7 (minimum) tips in many parlors around the city.
The amazing story of how the gregarious Ray from Ray's Candy Store hustled and bribed his way from the Iranian Navy to a naturalized citizen and a staple in the East Village.
Despite evidence that bike lanes have made neighborhood streets safer, the Upper East Side's CB8 still can't decide if it wants bike lanes after three years. Woodside will get new bike lanes on 43rd Ave and Skillman Ave this summer.
The dockless the bike share pilot neighborhoods are on pace to start this month, but not Coney Island. The city delayed the program's rollout in the people's playground due to construction and large summer crowds. The latter will never not be an issue.
Urby, Staten Island's hipster apartment complex, was hit with a discrimination lawsuit accusing the company of trying to force out black residents with frivolous housing court cases.
A Queens man plead guilty to helping ISIS.
Can you pronounce "Kosciuszko?"
$25 buys you 45 minutes for a nap in Greenwich Village.
NYPD continue to investigate the death of Lara Prychodko, who died falling 27 stories into a trash compactor.
Will the New York Football Club end up with a new stadium in the Bronx?
The Coffee Shop in Union Square is closing in October.
Is Joe Crowley refusing to accept defeat against Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?
Filming around town: Isn’t It Romantic w/Rebel Wilson is at 44th and Lexington this weekend, The Last O.G. w/Tracy Morgan is atAtlantic Ave and Clinton St in Brooklyn, Elementary w/Lucy Liu is at Court St and Pacific St in Brooklyn, John Wick 3 w/ Keanu Reeves and dog is at 8th and W 46th, and also Liberty and Nassau and Bay 23rd St and 86th St in Brooklyn this weekend, The Sun Is Also A Star is at Joralemon St and Court St in Brooklyn, Amazon's Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is at Noble St and West St in Brooklyn, Marvel and Netflix's The Punisher is at W 106th and Broadway, and Ray Donovan w/Liev Schreiber is at Duane and W. Broadway. Busy shooting day in the city.
New York, despite Hollywood's assumptions, we are not a city full of alleys. Look closer at Cortland Alley, the most filmed in alley in the city.
The best eggplant parms in the city, according to Gothamist.
Governor Cuomo says the city should pay half of the more than $30 billion of the state's "Fast Track" program, as if the city isn't roughly 50% of the state already.
The lieutenant governor race is getting nasty with Kathy Hochul criticizing Jumaane Williams, her opponent in the September primary, over not constantly supporting abortion rights.
Homeless Girl Scout Troop 6000 is expanding to all 5 boroughs.
Noted LIRR racist Edward Ruggiero plead guilty to aggravated harassment and disorderly conduct.
The video of an attempted hit on the son of a reputed Bonanno crime family associate in the Bronx is insane. Stop, drop, and roll appears to work for multiple scenarios.
Six ducklings were rescued by the FDNY after falling down a drain on Roosevelt Island and have been reunited with their mom.
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