The Briefly for March 8, 2019 – The "Does NYC's Best Breakfast Cost Less Than a Subway Ride?" Edition
Are you ready for the weekend? Are you ready for the weekend's subway changes and disruptions? (6sqft)
Mark Manders’ "Tilted Head" installation is now viewable at the entrance to Central Park at 60th St and Fifth Ave. It is a giant, crumbling, tilted head, not just a clever nickname. (Untapped Cities)
Food 52 declared the best breakfast in New York City and it's only $1.75. (Food 52)
Yellow cab drivers are protesting $2.50 surcharge they are charged for any rides south of 96th St, saying the tax unfairly burdens them compared to other for-hire cars. (Gothamist)
Every new proposed tax could help fund the MTA, the latest being a pied-à-terre tax. Now all the state has to do is actually pull the trigger. (6sqft)
State Senator Michael Gianaris, Amazon killer, has some words for David Lichtenstein, the man who said the day Amazon decided to back out of their plan was the "worst day for NYC once 9/11." (The Real Deal)
Gianaris has competition from within the Democratic party in the form of a 39-year old Justin Potter, owner of DefeatGianaris.com. (LICTalk)1
A bill being considered in Albany would add six holidays to the school year. (CBS New York)
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown announced he’s resigning from the office he has held for the last 27 years due to complications from Parkinson’s Disease. His Chief Assistant John Ryan will take over effective immediately. (QNS)
14 chefs pick the city's most underrated restaurants. (Grubstreet)
An 11-year-old was taken into custody after making a shooting threat at Bay Academy Junior High School. (Bklyner)
The orthopedic surgeon who bakes pizza. The biomedical engineer Ph.D. who drives an Uber. Brain waste is growing among the city's immigrant communities. (City Limits)
20 transformative women of Greenwich Village. (6sqft)
5 apps every NYC foodie should download. Don't worry, none of them are Yelp, Foursquare, Seamless, GrubHub, Meal Pal, or Ritual. (amNY)
Inside Lucali, who Food Insider calls "the most legendary pizza restaurant in Brooklyn." (Food Insider)
What you need to know about Manhattan's St. Patrick's Day parade in Midtown. (Curbed)
The MTA and DOT may bail on the 14th Street busway during the L train rehab. (Streetsblog)
The Weeksville History Center in Crown Heights is holding a Wikipedia-Thon this Saturday to celebrate the importance of the contributions women have made. (Brownstoner)
The long list of restaurants who closed this week, including the 30-plus-year-old Trattoria Spaghetto in the West Village. (Eater)
Would you get a haircut at one of Yelp's worst-rated barber shops? (Viewing NYC)
The story of how an Upper East Side man's overdose triggered a waterfall of arrests, including an NYPD cop and more than a dozen drug dealers. (NY Post)
The hottest Manhattan restaurants this month. (Eater)
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