The Briefly for November 27th, 2019 – The "Brooklyn's Space Car > Elon Musk's Cyber Truck" Edition
This year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will be my 37th parade. Part of the tradition is waking up early, part of it is bundling up as warm as possible to stand still outside for 4 hours, and part of it is reading for three days straight about how the wind might be too much for the balloons and they won't be allowed to fly. If it happens this year, it'll be the first time it ever happens. (NY Times)
If you want to check out the Thanksgiving parade balloon inflation, here's where to see them. It might be your only chance to see them! (Gothamist)
Looking for something to read? The New York Public Library released its annual list of the beset books for adults, teenagers, and children with a new category this year of the best children's' books in Spanish. (NY Times)
Elon Musk's "Cyber Truck" looks eerily similar to the Spaceship car seen all over Brooklyn, don't you think? (Bedford + Bowery)
No one wants 500 additional cops in the subways and on the buses, and Tuesday's City Council hearing made it clear. The MTA officials could not say that the NYPD wanted the increase. (Gothamist)
80 groups have all signed on to oppose the governor's plan to increase police presence on transit and invest in the subways and buses instead. (@RidersAlliance)
White Christmas? It's not looking likely. (Patch)
The "MTA Museum," which is an Instagram account and not run but he MTA nor is it a museum, is back and turning the grossest parts of the subways into art. (Untapped New York)
Long Island City’s Sixteen Oaks Grove Park is getting a $1.3 million makeover. It's a .22 acre park on the corner of 21st St and 14th St. (LIC Post)
A look at the New York that existed in Home Alone 2 and an interview with Devin Ratray, who played Kevin's older brother Buzz. The real locations, the fictional spots, and the parts of New York City that are no longer standing. (Curbed)
Related: A definitive list of filming locations of Home Alone 2. (Curbed)
Photos: A tour of the New York Botanical Garden's Holiday Train Show. (6sqft)
The most talked about tacos of the year are from Birra-Landia, a taco truck in Jackson Heights. A rare food truck review from the Times scores two stars from Pete Wells. (NY Times)
FedEx's robots are not welcome on New York's streets. The robots debuted last week and received a cease and desist from the Department of Transportation on Tuesday. Farewell robots, we hardly knew ye. (Gothamist)
A charter school for students who failed out of the 9th grade in Midwood was met with a community meeting trying to raise enough money to prevent the school from opening. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
The Hunters Point Library was hit with a class-action lawsuit from the Center for Independence of the Disabled New York, claiming the new $41 million library does not comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. (Curbed)
How well does your community board represent the district? Not very well if you're a minority. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
Photos: Inside some of the tenant holdouts in the Hotel Chelsea. (Gothamist)
The stores that are left along Fifth Avenue are hoping that ramping up the annual holiday windows can bring attention and business back to the retail locations that need it. (NY Times)
The Staten Island Yankees could be dead. Major League Baseball is looking to de-affiliate 40 teams and the Staten Island Yankees, a Yankees affiliate for 21 seasons, is on the list. (The Brooklyn Home Reporter)
Say goodbye to all of your vape flavors. The City Council voted to ban all flavored vaping products. The ban will kick in starting in July. (Gothamist)
A call for the formation of an Office of Active Transportation and an Office of Pedestrians and appointing a "bike mayor" of the city. (Streetsblog)
Here's an example of why the city needs a bike mayor. A video of a Domino's delivery person getting doored and when the NYPD and EMTs arrived, the NYPD officers gave him a summons for leaving the bike lane before he had recovered. (Gothamist)
A spotlight on Matt Travis, a wrestling star on the ride in NYC who was murdered by the driver of a dump truck in a hit-and-run collision. (Gothamist)
The City Council passed nine bills aimed at parking placard abuse, including steeper fines, new requirements for police reports on enforcement, and a three strike rule. There are 125,000 parking placards in circulation, so there is plenty of opportunity for the NYPD to actually enforce these laws, but pardon me if I won't believe it until I see it. (Streetsblog)
If you want an example of why the NYPD being in charge of placard enforcement is a joke, look no further. (George the Atheist)
Add Industry City to your list of places with ice skating rinks this year. (Time Out)
A claim that the coolest tree in NYC is the American Elm at 77th and Central Park West. (I Love The Upper West Side)
The 8 best neighborhoods in NYC for holiday shopping. (6sqft)
Thanks to Kelly Sabatino for today's featured image