October 29, 2007
Extra, Extra

- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a pedestrian struck on Coney Island Ave. in Brooklyn, a bank robbery on Maiden Ln. and Gold St. in Manhattan, and an amputation at The Public School on Bristol St. in Brooklyn.
- Get ready for a possible porn release of Amy Fisher, thanks to her boyfriend. He handed over video of the pair to a porn producer during a fight and before the pair reconciled.
- Neighborhood resistance to the construction of a hotel on Perry St.
- Lesser-known aspects of PlaNYC that involve mussel fields and rehabilitation of the High Bridge.
- New Victorianism doesn't work for single mothers. Heath Ledger-free Michelle Williams is apparently dumping her Brooklyn digs and looking for a Manhattan home.
- We're not sure if it's keeping correct time yet, but the Williamsburg Savings Bank clock tower's face has been revealed from its mesh netting shroud.
- Two firefighters are being charged with setting fire to an FDNY station house in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen this weekend.
- For the subway geek lurking in all of us; Kottke directs us to to an essential book: Transit Maps of the World.




I love that you "don't know" if the clock is keeping the right time yet. What kind of reporters are you? Pick up a phone — or better yet, pick up The Brooklyn Paper, where our readers are well aware that the clock is still not fixed.
That's why we call it the "four-faced liar."
GERSH KUNTZMAN
Editor
The Brooklyn Paper
Gersh, thanks for the heads up regarding the continued lack of timeliness of the WSB clock tower. The mention of it not keeping time was in reference to its well-known problems in that arena, but we weren't positive about its current functionality since it's just undergone an extensive renovation. We'll keep reading the Brooklyn Paper to keep up to date with the times.