The Briefly for March 20, 2019 - The "The Bronx is the Sickest Borough" Edition
11 suggestions of where to go in Queens once it isn't miserable outside. (QNS)
The Underbelly Project documented a night of literal underground art. Somewhere in the subways is an abandoned tunnel full of art created in one night. (Untapped Cities)
When The Met decided to give up its pay-what-you-wish admission for $25, it also agreed to share $2.8 million of the revenue with over 175 cultural institutions across the city. (6sqft)
People in the Bronx are the sickest in all of New York state. Sick as in ill, not sick as in "siiiiick skateboard, bro! Let's go drink some SoBe" (Patch)
Cast in point. The Bronx is better than the rest of the city and state… at getting chlamydia. The three counties with the highest infection rates in the state are the Bronx, Manhattan, and then Brooklyn. (Patch)
How Orwashers has made the most legendary bread in the city for over a century. (Food Insider)
15 architects whose work shaped the look of historic Brooklyn. (Brownstoner)
FLÄRKEN! The Upper East Side's IKEA opens on April 15. (6sqft)
Meet Charlie, the Golden Retriever who thinks he's the mayor of the Upper West Side. What's his stance on congestion pricing? (West Side Rag)
"To all the young geniuses breaking into this building" (EV Grieve)
The case of Jeffrey Blount, the Parks Department employee who resigned in exchange for the city not telling his future employers that he was fired for threatening the jobs of multiple women to pressure them into having sex with him, is one example of how the city enables abusers to get away with their actions. (Jezebel)
So what's with his gun case mounted to the wall on the subway platform? (Gothamist) http://gothamist.com/2019/03/19/gun_case_subway.php
Did you know it's legal in New York for medical students to conduct a nonconsensual pelvic exam on an unconscious patient? The state's legislature is looking to change that. (Gothamist) http://gothamist.com/2019/03/19/pelvic_exam_bill_ny.php
Only 12 of 803 students admitted to Bronx Science for the fall of 2019 are black. (Welcome2TheBronx) https://www.welcome2thebronx.com/2019/03/19/only-12-out-of-803-students-admitted-to-bronx-science-for-fall-2019-are-black/
Mostly Motzart announced this summer's festival and will finally bring "The Magic Flute" to the city. (NY Times)
Cobble Hill came to a standstill on Tuesday morning while the NYPD stood off with a man who barricaded himself in his apartment with a baseball bat and what was believed to be a gun. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
The Central Park mandarin duck, and all of the city's wildlife, is for everyone. Don't harass them. (New York Cliche)
American Woodcocks, the Eastern Phoebe, American Robins, Blue Jays, and more. How to spot birds in the city during the spring migration. (amNY)
This year's flu was a mild one, but the season ain't over yet. (amNY)
Kushner Companies is illegally operating nine apartment buildings in the East Village and Williamsburg, according to an investigation by City Council member Ritchie Torres and watchdog group Housing Rights Initiative. (Curbed)
The 7 train just won't stop crumbling. (Gothamist)
In honor of the cow that got loose in the Bronx, a brief history of farm animals loose in the city, including a cameo by Jon Stewart. (amNY)
Two people were injured when a car hit a concrete barrier in Times Square on Tuesday morning. (NY Post)
Would the Financial District be better off without cars? The Financial District Neighborhood Association is calling for a slow street" pilot from City Hall to Pearl Street. (Curbed)
The owners of the Vessel have reversed course when it comes to owning any photos you take while visiting. (NY Times)
The Governor will sign legislation adding hundreds of new speed cameras near schools across the city. The bill leaves the cameras active for a longer period of the day and widens the area around schools cameras can be placed, among other reforms. (Brooklyn Paper)
Ranking the city's most notable mob funerals. (NY Post)
"Do Both" is the mashup of a TED Talk and burlesque show created by a Ph.D that's expanding to New York this weekend. No, it's not happening in Bushwick. (Sex with Timaree)
The best bars for singles who are ready to mingle. (Thrillist)
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