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Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a bank robbery on Broadway in Manhattan, a water search between 19th and 26th Aves. in Queens, and an injured officer on Albany and Clarkson Aves. in Brooklyn.
One would think that Albany pols were immune from shame, but Gov. Spitzer wants to make a tour of it, in an attempt to embarrass Joseph Bruno.
The latest group to organize against a Wal-Mart invasion in their community: Orthodox Jews.
Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the Brooklyn Dodgers' last game at Ebbet's Field. Damn You Walter O'Malley.
Rising worldwide demand for sushi + diminishing supplies of tuna = raw deer and horse meat on your rice.
Well-orchestrated fake orgasms will soon be relegated to only New Yorkers' apartments, when places like Katz's Deli go out of business forever.
If one wants to register for federal aid related to April's massive nor'easter, the deadline is at 8 p.m. tonight.
Flatbush Avenue is Brooklyn's Broadway - and it's booming with development
The shelf life of valid Metrocards was just extended from one year to two years, so start searching your sock drawers.

2007 Mermaid Parade, by epmd at flickr

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By Dave Hogarty in Miscellaneous on June 25, 2007 6:15 PM

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guest

Actually, O'Malley tried to keep the team in Brooklyn. It was the borough president at the time who screwed things up by preventing the building of a bigger stadium.

guest

There would be no crazy beeps blinded by basketball arenas.

Go away. If you want complete and total stagnation try moving to Cuba. They have plenty of 1950s cars still plying the streets.

guest

I had a Metrocard expire on me once, but the machine allowed me to transfer the value to a new Metrocard.

Toby von Meistersinger

Just think of what a better place the city would have been if the Dodgers stayed. There would be no crazy beeps blinded by basketball arenas.

guest

<ul>Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the Brooklyn Dodgers' last game at Ebbet's Field. Damn You Walter O'Malley.</ul>So the Dodgers left town in the middle of the season?

...Wait, that can't be right. And it isn't. If you follow the link, you learn that the last game at Ebbets Field was played on September 24, 1957, when the Dodgers won 2-0 over Pittsburgh.