The Briefly for September 18, 2019 – The "Is Astoria the Coolest Neighborhood in the City?" Edition
Elizabeth Warren hit Washington Square Park on Monday night to give a presidential speech on corruption. (NY Times)
Kopitiam is the only restaurant in the city to be on Bon Appétit’s 10 Best New Restaurants in America list. (Grub Street)
Time Out put together a list of the 50 coolest neighborhoods to visit in the world. On the list? Astoria. Here are three spots in Astoria to visit.(Time Out)
How will congestion pricing pay for the MTA's 2020-2024 capital plan? A flat fee of $6.62 that could go up to $9.18 during the day and $3.06 at night and with no exceptions. (Gothamist)
Uber and Lyft drivers are showing their true power over the city with a protest against Uber and Lyft's non-compliance with the state's minimum wage laws by driving slowly in packs down some of the city's busiest roads like FDR Drive and the Brooklyn Bridge. (Gothamist)
If you don't have $11 million on hand, you can still see what an 11-room residence looks like in the Dakota on West 72nd Street. (6sqft)
The Department of Transportation is installing 50 public charging stations for electric vehicles across the city with each station being able to charge two vehicles. (Jackson Heights Post)
Six places to go apple picking near the city without a car. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
“I am unequivocally against, and will never, ever, allow Industry City to move forward with a rezoning proposal through ULURP in the form that they submitted to the City Planning Commission in February earlier this year.” - City Councilmember Carlos Menchaca (Curbed)
Turns out 60% of voters polled are opposed to the new rule to replace license plates over ten years old. 75% of voters polled oppose the $25 fee for the newly designed plates. (Patch)
Donald Trump's childhood home is up for auction in Queens. You've got until November 14 to bid. (Curbed)
National Grid continues to hold customers' gas service hostage in protest of the state's rejection of the billion-dollar Williams Pipeline that would terminate in the Rockaways over concerns it could contaminate the New York Harbor. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
Here are the views from the top of the city's tallest residential building. (Curbed)
Is Sunnyside Yards the next Hudson Yards? (Greenpointers)
A food tour of Little Italy’s Feast of San Gennaro. (6sqft)
Rates of violence in Rikers Island is up across the board, including violence between inmates, inmates assaults against staff, use of force against prisoners, and use of force against adolescent inmates. (Politico)
The ten oldest and intact cemeteries in the city. (Untapped Cities)
The city has spent $673 million on NYC Ferry but hasn't spent a dime on Citi Bikes. NYC Ferry averages 17,842 riders per day, Citi Bike recently hit a new record of 91,529 trips on Thursday, September 5. (Streetsblog)
Here's who over 100 people will be crawling down 1.5 miles on Manhattan's streets this weekend. (Untapped Cities)
26 of the Upper East Side's best bars and resaurants. (Eater)
thanks to reader The Unisphere from Lindsey for today's featured photo.