Extra, Extra

+ Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: "Large Fight in Front Of Firehouse" at 12:02pm on 58th Street and a huge fire at the Memorial Presbyterian Church on 7th and St. Johns in Park Slope.
+ The Villager has a nice history of the L.E.S. Tenement Museum: "Built in 1863, with 20 apartments measuring approximately 325 square feet each and no indoor plumbing, ventilation or light, 97 Orchard St. was home to an estimated 7,000 immigrants from more than 20 countries before the owner closed it as a residence in 1935..."
+ Is Monte's on Carroll Street really the "oldest Italian restaurant" in Brooklyn?
+ Interesting question: would downtown actually be safer if 1 Police Plaza was moved somewhere else?
+ Craigslist is teaming up with the City Council to "crack down on sneaky brokers"-- but won't that totally kill the sense of adventure in a NYC apartment hunt?
+ Is everyone else feeling total Atlantic Yards fatigue? Today's news: evicted tenants and owners are suing over the state's use of eminent domain. Similar suits concerning Ratner's Metrotech development were settled out of court in the 1980s.
+ The Brooklyn Papers have celebrate Halloween the New York way: creepy real estate stories.
+ And happy 102nd birthday, NYC Subway! You don't seem a day over 85!

Autumn in New York, by Colorstalker.