
- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a pedestrian struck in a hit and run at Knickerbocker and Gates Aves. in Brooklyn, a wall collapse at Cromwell Ave. in the Bronx, and an escaped prisoner at 107th Ave. and 131st St. in Queens.
- Firefighters had to rescue a Queens cemetery worker who was buried up to his waist after a cave-in occurred in a 20-foot-deep pit where he was working. The cave-in broke the man's leg and dislocated his hip.
- When yoga instructors with a lot of journalists and editors as clients defect to start their own studio, expect a lot of ink to be spilled over something that might seem completely insignificant to the average person.
- The M train matched the J and Z lines in receiving an overall grade of C- from its riders. Dragging down the overall average was a grade of D for "reasonable wait times for trains."
- The defense contractor who threw his daughter a $10 million bat mitzvah party two years ago at the Rainbow Room was indicted on 21 counts of tax evasion, insider trading, and securities fraud this week.
- The Gowanus Lounge points towards a real nightmare when a tenant receives a ConEd bill for $65,000.
- Curbed has video of someone zip-lining across the Gowanus Canal while hanging onto a six pack of Mountain Dew.
- A collection of links concerned with scratch 'n sniff wallpaper.





The Mountain Dew zipliner has a harness attached to the line.