
- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: bank robbery on 1st and Houston, train tunnel fire under the East River, and a pedestrian struck in Park Slope.
- Roccer Mom, the 47-year old Myspace-using woman who was convicted of killing her daughter's friend in a drunk driving accident on the way home from clubbing, was sentenced to 16 months in prison today.
- Donut war on 14th Street: "A Dunkin’ Donuts will soon open several doors down from The Donut Pub, a 43-year fixture at W. 14th St. and Seventh Ave." Donut Pub patrons are worried.
- Ru-roah: more trouble for the Guiliani campaign-- turns out Rudy may have known about Bernie Kerik's alleged mob ties way back in 2000.
- Just another day on Staten Island: A weird gassy smell AND more radiation found in Great Kills Park.
- Thank you, David O. Russell: Paul Rudd and Michael Showalter reenact Lily Tomlin's I Heart Huckabee's incident
- From Streetsblog: "DOT's press office just called to say that there is no consipracy to hide the plan for 9th Street. They sent it to me a few days ago but it got stuck in their e-mail inbox. Doh!." Well, here it is.
Photograph of the Save Coney Island rally at City Hall by Matthew McDermott





It's going to be one of the saddest times this summer . Wake up people and take back your neighborhoods from the wealthy assholes that invade them with their "Visions" .