The Briefly for October 22, 2019 – The "New York City is Dead, RIP Times Square Sbarro" Edition
Say hello to the 50 most expensive streets in the city. (PropertyClub)
Photos: The Tompkins Square Park Halloween Dog Parade. (Gothamist)
Photos: More from the Tompkins Square Park Halloween Dog Parade. (The Villager)
Photos: Even more from the Tompkins Square Park Halloween Dog Parade. (EV Grieve)
Farewell to City Bakery, closed after 30 years. (Eater)
The Jerk of the Season award goes to this guy in Bay Ridge caught on video smashing pumpkins. (Gothamist)
Kudos to the good samaritan who replaced the destroyed pumpkin. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
New York City is dead, the Times Square Sbarro is closed. (Grub Street)
Photos: Look inside the NYPL's beautiful new Center for Research in the Humanities. (Untapped Cities)
The 500 police officers being put into the subways and on buses preventing people from evading $2.75 fares are going to cost about $663 million over the next ten years and they will not be required to wear body cameras because they are not technically part of the NYPD. (Gothamist)
According to Time Out, here are the best Asian restaurants in the city. (Time Out)
Remember last week when WNYC said it was going to cancel the show New Sounds? It's officially uncanceled and will be streamed instead of broadcasted. (Gothamist)
The 22 greatest bars in NYC. (The Infatuation)
A wall collapsed at the construction site of the former Beth Hamedrash Hagodol synagogue, killing one and seriously injuring another on Monday morning. (Gothamist)
Netflix is saving the Paris theater, at least temporarily. They'll be showing their movie "Marriage Story," but there's no word if the movie theater will stay open after the movie leaves the theater. (6sqft)
It seems the state's legislature may have enough of hoping that corporations will act responsibly when it comes to local news and are ready to start intervening. (NY Times)
More evidence that if subway performance improves, ridership will increase. (Curbed)
September's most efficient subway line? It was the 7. (Sunnyside Post)
Here are NYC's Michelin star restaurants. (Eater)
Apartment Porn: A $13 million apartment with a private rooftop pool. Maybe we can start a GoFundMe for it? (Viewing NYC)
The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has been chosen! (Time Out)
The Policemen’s Benevolent Association is fighting the oversight question on the ballot, which is enough to vote "yes" on question 2 this November. (Gotham Gazette)
Halloween: 90+ events in the city for $35 and under. (the skint)
I'll be hosting a special JOHN TRIVIALTA trivia game at Parklife on Halloween night before showing Evil Dead II. There'll be prizes for the highest scores, the best team name, and a costume contest. (Parklife)