The Briefly for May 29, 2019 – The "Amazon Comes Crawling Back" Edition
The city is releasing the results of its study of water fountain parks and the results will inspire you to carry a water bottle with you at all times. (QNS)
Tonight kicks off one of four nights of the year to see Manhattanhenge. (Viewing NYC)
They always come crawling back. Amazon is looking for office space in Midtown West. This won't likely be 25,000 new jobs, but it seems they can't stay away. (Curbed)
The top 10 secrets of Citi Field. Some people say if you listen hard enough, you can hear a baseball team playing. (Untapped Cities)
Photos from inside the new Essex Market. (Gothamist)
Nothing to see here, just 20,000 bees hanging out on a street corner in Sunnyside. (Sunnyside Post)
If you're a superfan of the MTV's first season of The Real World: New York and have about $8 million sitting around, you're in luck. The loft is for sale. (Gothamist)
The TWA Hotel's food hall reopened after a failed health inspection last week. (Eater)
Luna Park housing in Coney Island is losing $500,000 after one of the people in charge was arrested for accepting bribes to help unqualified applicants get apartments. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
Kudos to Grub Street for leaving out the most obvious possible entries to their list of 10 hidden restaurants and bars. (Grub Street)
The woman who was hit by a falling branch in Washington Square Park last week is doing better and her doctors are optimistic. Her injuries from the falling branch included skull and spine fractures. (Downtown Express)
Measles cases in Brooklyn have spread beyond the Orthodox Jewish communities in Brooklyn and the numbers have hit the double digits. Sunset Park has a high vaccination rate and the outbreak should be contained. The city's total number is up to 535. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
The calls for an end to the religious exemption for vaccines are growing. (Patch)
Community Board 6 attempted to save Red Hook's Lidgerwood Building which dates back to 1882 with a plea to the Landmarks Preservation Commission, but it was demolished last weekend to make way for a UPS facility. (Bklyner)
Video: The next best thing to riding the Wonder Wheel is experiencing it in 4k and 60 frames per second. (ActionKid)
A look at the life of the Lincoln Memorial's sculptor Daniel Chester French, a resident of Greenwich Village. (GVSHP)
RIP the second incarnation of Hank's Saloon. The owners of Hill Country Barbeque Market are shutting down their food hall and evicting Hank's in the process. (Gothamist)
Sports betting in New York? The governor says it's possible. (Politico)
17 waterfront restaurants to enjoy when we're not being threatened with tornado warnings. (Eater)
Mina Malik joined fellow candidate Tiffany Cabán in announcing that as the Queens District Attorney, she will not prosecute sex workers. (QNS)
Momentum is growing (again) for marijuana legalization, but we've heard this song twice this year without results. The bill doesn't have the governor's full support. The governor cites a lack of support from the legislature and the legislature cites a lack of support from the governor. (Gothamist)
Following the moves of the workers of the Tenement Museum, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, and the New Museum, BAM workers are seeking to unionize. (Bedford + Bowery)
The personal hip-hop collection of Fab 5 Freddy was purchased by the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, which will ensure that the earliest days of hip-hop have a permanent home as a piece of history. (Atlas Obscura)
Turns out allowing cyclists to follow pedestrian signals and not traffic lights would make the streets safer, according to a new study from the city. (amNY)
Where to drink right now. The Infatuation's regularly updated list has been, as you might have guessed, updated with Coast and Valley and Jungle Bird. (The Infatuation)
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