Extra, Extra

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: A(nother) pedestrian struck on Bruckner Boulevard in the Bronx, high carbon monoxide readings in Queens and a technical rescue in Manhattan
• That big six-alarm apartment building fire in Queens last month? It turns out a man who was squatting there with his girlfriend purposefully set a fire in a closet "hoping to dissuade her from using drugs and engaging in prostitution there."
• A metal beam falls from scaffolding and hits someone on the head in Midtown
• Beaver envy: Andre Balazs's downtown development is upset about the attention an actual beaver in the Bronx is getting. Hey, in our book, there's enough room in this town for more than one!
• Did you see yesterday's lunar eclipse? One woman who did said, "It just makes you understand the glory of God. Man didn't make this. This is beyond man."
• Dormitory building doesn't just bug neighbors of NYU - Queens residents are worried about Queens College's new dorms
• City Council Speaker Christine Quinn won't attend the NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade - she'll be in Dublin instead
• And speaking of St. Patrick's Day, Hoboken celebrated with a parade yesterday. It's unclear whether the parade was banned to city employees - Hoboken City Hall apparently banned its employees from reading a website about Hoboken!

Photograph Hoboken's St. Patrick's Day Parade by Furey on Flickr