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Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a triple shooting on East 21st St. and Caton Ave. in Brooklyn, a missing child on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx, and a mass casualty incident at Castle Hill Ave. and the Cross Bronx Expressway.
Many New Yorkers donned black this Thursday in solidarity with the Jena 6.
Cops are looking for a man who applied for a job at the Duane Reade on 34th St. and 5th Ave., only to return to the store a few minutes later brandishing a silver-colored gun and demanding money.
The Parks Dept. has officially ended the bid for a company to build a 26-acre water-park on Randall's Island.
A 45-year-old bachelor is striving for independence from the bedroom in his parents' home, where he's organizing a campign for an independent Long Island Nation. He wants Brooklyn, Queens, and the rest of the island to break off not just from NYC, but to secede from the United States.
A kayak and canoe ramp opened in the Idlewild Park Preserve on Jamaica Bay in Queens, but not all residents seemed that enthusiastic.
Former NJ Governor Jim McGreevey was ordered by a judge to pay his ex-wife $2,500 a month in alimony.
New York City and State have agreed on a set of safety protocols that will be enacted at the Deutsche Bank building in the next two to three weeks.

Kentile Floors sunset, by uberfrau2006 at flickr

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By Dave Hogarty in Miscellaneous on September 22, 2007 6:15 PM

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zodak

u said it Rocknrope! i can't believe they used a picture of that sign (& a bad one at that). everyone who rides that train has taken a picture of it. boring. so many more interesting pictures in the flickr pool.

guest

for a 45 yo virgin, cesidio is very quotable and makes some great arguments. Its almost too good to be true.

guest

#7 Yes I realize that Brooklyn and Queens are on the same island. That's what's so thrilling about the idea.

Jerk.

Peter

Cops are looking for a man who applied for a job at the Duane Reade on 34th St. and 5th Ave., only to return to the store a few minutes later brandishing a silver-colored gun and demanding money.

It sucks when you apply for a job and get rejected, but still ...

bellsandasiren

Is there any news on the suicide of this NYU kid I've been hearing about?

Rocknrope

I'm really tired of pictures featuring that Kentile Floors sign. Almost as overused as pics of the Statue of Liberty.

guest

That's why all those hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers were wearing black the other day. And here I thought it was in celebration of Al Sharpton leaving town.

guest

"Many New Yorkers donned black this Thursday in solidarity with the Jena 6"

They did?

guest

I think that's a great idea that 45 year old dude has regarding Long Island becoming a separate nation. Now we can add tolls to all the crossings and charge them $400 to get into the city. Either that or tear down all the bridges and cement up the tunnels saving mucho dollars in maintenance costs.