Photograph of the Polar Bear Club's last swim of the season by mcbnyc on Flickr

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A DOA floater was found near Pier 4 in Brooklyn, a motorcycle accident in Queens, and a fatally stabbed member of service on East 119th Street in Manhattan.
• It cost the Port Authority $400,000 (in consultant fees) to learn it is stuck in paying millions in overtime to the PA police.
• Given the rising cost of gas and diesel fuel, school bus contractors are asking that the Dept. of Education curtail or eliminate field trips for kids.
• Construction workers who have died on the job will be remembered today during a mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral.
• One man commutes 40 miles--by subway--between Inwood and Manhattan Beach in Brooklyn. He even likes it!
• The grim economy and prospect of no Atlantic Yards projects may mean layoffs at Frank Gehry's firm.