
- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: three missing children in Brooklyn, a large fight in Queens, and a bank robbery on the Upper East Side.
- From the Brooklyn Papers, official word that the Park Slope One-Way plan is dead.
- After seeing Jacob's Ladder, we think Tim Robbins is remarkably brave to consider living in Brooklyn Heights. You know? What, no one else saw that movie?
- Paul Cortez was sentenced today-- he got 25 years in the slammer for the brutal murder of Catherine Woods.
- The SDNY cop who was caught toting Naomi Campbell's bag has been transferred to Brooklyn until she's done with her community service.
- Historian Diane Ravitch calls bullshit on USA Today's story about mayors taking over school systems, with particular interest in the "numbers" cited for Mayor Bloomberg's record
- Apparently a plan for a Harlem skyscraper at Park and 125th has been resurrected - and it looks tremendously big
- While polygamy is outlawed, some immigrant communities still practice it, such as one of the Malian fathers in the Bronx fire
- Ah, newyorkshitty spots a classic Greenpoint-style welcome
- And we apologize for the site issues this afternoon - thanks for your patience
Deuce Seven on the Williamsburg Bridge, by Will Sherman. And more here.





Serious question: which parts of Jacob's Ladder took place in Brooklyn Heights? I love that movie and only remember his being at that weird abandoned subway stop in Carroll Gardens.
ANGRY GRAFFITI COMMENT! DAMN YOU JAKE DOBKIN, YOU VANDAL-LOVER!
Just kidding, I love this piece :)
i've never been one to particularly appreciate graffiti art, but after spending several hours going through flicker's archive of duece seven, he quickly joined the list of my favorite artists. this piece is breathtaking. i'm so excited its warm now so i can go out hunting for some of his work. thank you gothamist for exposing me to him.