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soho bike lane art, by martha burzynski at flickr

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a construction accident on East 40th St. in Manhattan, an armed robbery on East 224th St. in the Bronx, and a bank robbery on Fulton St. in Brooklyn.
NBC News anchor Brian Williams went to Sesame Street before planning Martin Luther King Jr. assassination anniversary coverage.
St. Saviour's Church in Queens finds a new home and avoids the wrecking ball.
It's almost time for the Brooklyn house tour season--mark your calendars!
There's no diplomatic immunity for one Mexican mayor who was arrested for smuggling hundreds of kilos of cocaine into NYC.
A baby was shot in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Police are investigating whether the two-year-old was shot accidentally while the gun was being cleaned.
It's the third region in East Village Idiot's March Radness bracket--it's Ticker-Tape Parades vs. Isiah's Career, Citi Field vs. New Yankee Stadium, etc.
Because of a dorm fire started by cigarette ash, NYU students have some new smoking restrictions. And NYU will use non-combustible materials in vents.
Finally, congratulations to WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show for winning a Peabody Award. Well-deserved!