
untitled photo of Williamsburg laundromat, by reverie103 at flickr
- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a car vs. building incident at the Nissan car dealership on Hylan Blvd. and Parkinson Ave. on Staten Island, a double shooting on East 91st St. in Brooklyn, and a homicide on 158th Ave. in Queens.
- Crime-fiction author Patricia Cornwell donated $1 million to the John Jay School of Criminal Justice, and then spent another $250,000 in preemptive explanation newspaper ads so remarks she made at the time wouldn't be misconstrued by law enforcement.
- Are out-of-state car dealers parking/storing their inventories on City streets?
- An NYPD officer was found dead this morning in a Queens park, from what looks like a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- One of New York baker Mark Randazzo's feats of dessert: the R2D2 cake.
- Many New York Kosovars celebrated in the streets after hearing news that Kosovo had declared itself an independent country, separate from Serbia.
- Geeky approaches to graffiti from WebUrbanist.
- Gridskipper guides New Yorkers to spots where they can celebrate Pancake Month properly.





Fun fact: Patricia Cornwall's personal life was fodder for a Law & Order episode.
ugh, cop groupies.
big day for cops, a domestic dispute turned violent when a spouse shot her retired ex-cop husband.
I like what Kosovo has done perhaps this is a lesson to all New York City dwellers.
Not just Kosovars, but ethnic Albanians as well.
The author's name is Patricia Cornwell.
that picture is so depressing!!! come on gothamist, brighten up our lives
To learn from the Kosovars ... you mean, NYC should secede? I agree.
I thought he meant that, too.
unless he meant form a violent underground criminal organization, though if any city could pass that off, it would be nyc.
The Kosovars are a violent underground criminal organization?