The Briefly for May 31, 2019 – The "Stuyshwick? This is a Joke, Right?" Edition
The weekend subway disruptions have been pretty light for the last few weeks. That ends this weekend with 13 different subway lines carrying some variety of change in service to kick off June. (Subway Weekender)
The NYPD has been lying to the public for years about the number of rapes committed in NYC. While telling the public there were 6,626 rapes in a four and a half year span, they told federal officials there were 10,649 rapes. What the hell is going on with the 38% discrepancy? The NYPD only reports vaginal penetration as rape, not anal or oral. This would preclude the inclusion of any rape committed against men from this number. With this uncertainty, the one thing that is clear is that the NYPD is setting itself to fail when it comes to cases of rape in the city. (Gothamist)
Oh god. Someone is sincerely trying to make Stuyshwick a thing (where Bushwick and Bed-Stuy meet on Broadway under the J train). Anyway, here's a "guide" to the "neighborhood." (Grub Street)
Whoever thought of this moronic name should look back to 2013, when BEDWICK topped Time Out's list of the dumbest fake neighborhood names. (Time Out)
After nearly a decade in the making, a pedestrian bridge replacing the Rector Street bridge finally open this fall. (Curbed)
Seven places to celebrate the 200th birthday of Walt Whitman today. (Untapped Cities)
The City Council approved two bills aimed at making streets safer. One will hold the DOT accountable to add safety design elements to any street being redesigned and the second would require any contractors to create temporary bike lanes when disrupting any pre-existing lanes. (Curbed)
Brooklyn's Community Board 9 appears to be on the verge of falling apart, as the search to fill the empty since 2015 role of district manager was about to be debated, three board members staged a walkout. The walkout resulted in less than a quorum, ending the meeting immediately. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
Everyone wants a say in the Gowanus rezoning, the latest voice to want a seat at the table is the EPA. (Curbed)
The beginning of the end of the MetroCard officially begins today. (Gothamist)
If you're confronted with an OMNY screen, here's how to use your phone to pay for your subway ride. Until it is available at every station you can only pay per ride. (Patch)
You've probably heard that the city's water is the cleanest of anywhere in the state. It's not a rumor. It's the truth. (Patch)
A look inside the $5.5 million makeover of Central Park's SummerStage. (amNY)
Brace yourself, this one's got a sad ending. The eight-month-old puppy who escaped his harness and jumped down onto the subway tracks at Herald Square was found dead near where he first escaped. Marley's human companions are blaming the MTA. (Gothamist)
Seventeen years after the cleanup of Ground Zero was completed, a modest ceremony was held at the new Memorial Glade dedicated to the people whose related illnesses and deaths have followed in the subsequent years. (NY Times)
Following yesterday's assessment of how NYU and Columbia's neighborhoods are fresh hell when it comes to renting, here are the most affordable neighborhoods for fresh college graduates. (Curbed)
It's the city's fanciest McDonald's, three stories tall, walls of glass, and open 24 hours a day. (Eater)
"Tastes of Brooklyn" is coming to Crown Heights' Franklin Ave this Sunday, a street that inspired a joke of a podcast. (The Brooklyn Reader)
The city's Lyft and Uber cars cause more pollution than cabs, thanks to the city's hybrid fleet. The city's 13,500 taxi emissions dropped 82% in 15 years. (Gizmodo)
Gravity knives are no longer illegal in New York. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
Measles cases are at a 25 year high, with more than half of the nation's cases being in the city. (NY Times)
The World Pride Mural Project Initiative has brought a new Buff Monster mural at the corner of Chrystie St & Broome St to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. (Brooklyn Street Art)
As we roll into June, the city's streets, art galleries, and museums are focusing on the art centered on the riot/rebellion/resistance/uprising at the Stonewall Inn 50 years ago. The Times' co-chief art critic looks at the historical significance that moment at the Stonewall Inn has had and how it has reverberated through art for half a century. (NY Times)
The BQX is such a pipe dream that advocates are pinning their hopes on a Democrat taking over the presidency in 2021 so the project has a remote chance of receiving the $1.3 billion necessary to cover just under half of the cost of the project. (Gothamist)
17 LGBTQ landmarks of Greenwich Village (6sqft)
Stolen: One orange bearded dragon. (Gothamist)
Behind the scene photos from Hart Island: The city's mass burial ground. (Untapped Cities)
A guide to Jacob Riis Park Beach for the summer of 2019. (Gothamist)
Where to go on a Saturday when you want to do something but don't have plans. (The Infatuation)
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