Photograph of cherry blossoms on Roosevelt Island by lornagrl on Flickr

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A large theft on Brighton Beach Avenue in Brooklyn, an armed robbery in Staten Island, and a car vs. building on Myrtle Avenue in Queens.
• A gay couple tried to get a marriage license in Oyster Bay--in an effort to raise attention for a same-sex marriage law--and were given a ticket for trespassing after spending about two hours at the town clerk's office.
• Officials will ask for an increase on bar carts drink and snack prices at tomorrow's MTA meeting.
• The film anthology New York, I Love You will be shooting in Greenpoint tomorrow.
• East Village Idiot's Chinatown bus trip to Boston and back was actually pretty good: "almost as fast as Amtrak’s Acela Express (3 hours, 40 minutes) for about a tenth of the cost. Sure, there’s always the risk of spontaneous combustion, but you pay for what you get."
• Mayor Bloomberg's weekly radio show might have a home!
• The Prospect Park Zoo's new pallas cats are enjoying their digs--and hiding from keepers.
• And that pixel puddle street art installation was for an "Intro to Sculpture" class at NYU.