The Briefly for March 18, 2019 – The "Where Subway Cars Go When They Die" Edition
Here are this week's late-night subway inconveniences. (Subway Changes)
A look inside the Hudson Yards' Instagram-bait 'Snark Park.' (Gothamist)
Where do subway cars go when they die? They're dumped into the Atlantic Ocean to become artificial reefs. There are thousands of cars at the bottom of the sea. (6sqft)
One of the two unions representing the city's pre-K teachers voted to authorize a strike if demands for higher pay are not met. (Chalkbeat)
The federal government dropped their case against the NYCHA now that a monitor has been put in place. (Patch)
The city's students joined the Global Climate Strike on Friday, inspired by Swedish student Greta Thunberg's weekly protests. (Gothamist)
Pour out a moldy container in remembrance of the restaurants ordered closed by the Department of Health this week. RIP Steinway Street Taco Bell/Pizza Hut. (Patch)
Are you ready for a months-long Industry City rezoning fight? Community Board 7 and City Council member Carlos Menchaca are laying the groundwork for an exhaustive review of how the rezoning would alter the neighborhood. (Curbed)
Kew Gardens' Community Board voted unanimously against Mayor de Blasio's 29 story 1.9 million square foot community jail plan. (QNS)
The Hudson Yards has already become part of the city. (@jccoltin)
If you've got a spare $25 million lying around, there's a 26 room mansion on the Upper West Side for sale. (I Love the Upper West Side)
Watch seven years of construction on the Hudson Yards in less than three minutes. Who doesn't love a time-lapse? (EarthCam)
If you thought real estate was expensive above ground, prices below are to die for. (NY Times)
We're #1! NYC is the city with the most inadequate housing in the country. (Patch)
Was there a connection between the release of a Gotti from prison and the murder of a Gambino family boss? (NY Times)
More than 40 buildings in Manhattan have their own zip codes. Why? (amNY)
At this point, just don't stand, drive, or exist under the 7 train's tracks at any point. It happened again on Friday afternoon. (NY Post)
The Citizen app is a must for New Yorkers. Here's how it works. (NY Times)
The mayor promised 100,000 jobs all paying more than $50k a year. Two years later no one knows how many jobs were created because the city isn't keeping track. (NY Times)
Forcible touching, persistent sexual abuse, and public lewdness are all misdemeanors, which is why the subways are seeing multiple offenses from the same set of offenders. (NY Post)
There's an abandoned wood-burning steam locomotive that runs tunnel underneath Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, which pre-dates the Civil War. One man is convinced that the diary of John Wilkes Booth is buried down there, but no one has stepped inside for nearly a decade. (Newsweek)
The Infatuation's brunch hit list was updated. Get some reservations or else you might be waiting an hour for that mimosa. (The Infatuation)
Who is Broadway's mystery pooper? (NY Post)
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