Extra, Extra

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap, the Motor Vehicle Accident Edition: A police car MVA in Queens, a serious MVA in Brooklyn, and an unusual MVA in the Bronx (a trailer full of horses had an accident)
• Hooray! The north end of City Hall Park will reopen this summer. It's been closed since September 11, 2001 - take that, terrorists!
• Must have Brooklyn yuppie accessories: Designer dog, precocious child, and backyard chickens for fresh eggs
• Video containers are taking over Chelsea as part of the DiVa Fair; Blog Chelsea checked some out and found that one shows "a man and a wife who were undergoing plastic surgery to try to make themselves look as much like the other as possible"
• The Department of Education changes its mind after protest from parents and decides not to put older (middle school, high school) students in schools with pre-K through 2nd grade students
• Collaborators and friends paid tribute to late director Robert Altman yesterday at the Majestic Theater
• Okay, something is totally weird with the Brooklyn DA's office, as yet another investigator admits to having an improper relationship with a mobster she was supposed to protect - maybe DA Hynes can focus on what's going on now that his book is done
• What happens when a whatevs.org Saturday Night Live critic visit Saturday Night Live: "an eye-opening portrayal of why the show isn’t spitting out instant classics week after week"

Photograph of reflected feet by ~Raymond on Flickr