Diner Tricks, by RGP at flickr

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: an aircraft emergency at JFK Airport in Queens, a bank robbery on Northern Blvd. in Queens, and a pedestrian struck on East 13th St. and Ave. R in Brooklyn.
  
• Workers at Bloomingdale's flagship store on 59th St. are threatening to strike if negotiations regarding raises and healthcare coverage aren't resolved by Thursday.
  
• Darryl Strawberry's World Series ring that he earned with the Yankees in 1998 was auctioned off this week for $55,000.
  
• Russell Simmons think Hillary and Obama should set aside their egos and run together.
  
• A hedge fund manager paid $801,000 for a basement storage room in The Dakota.
  
• A special mass will be held at St. Patrick's Cathedral Monday in honor of the 13 construction workers killed on the job over the past year.
  
• Despite Gov. Paterson's objections, tolls on the NYS Thruway will rise and discounts for EZ Pass users will shrink.
  
• New York's highest court determined that the owner of a Manhattan hi-rise is liable for injuries to a workman hired by one the building's tenants without the owner's knowledge.