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From the Gothamist Newsmap: A fall victim from scaffolding at W 46th & 7th Ave in Manhattan, an escaped prisoner at Ditmars Blvd & 102nd St in Queens, and a push-in robbery on 70th Street in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn.
One man involved in the Queens drag racing hit-and-run that left a 5-year-old dead has turned himself in. The police are still looking for the others.
Con Ed wants more rate hikes: By 5.8% in 2009, 4.2% in 2010, and 3.7% in 2011.
Rupert Murdoch blinked and withdrew News Corp.'s bid for Newsday. Cablevision had offered $650 million, and Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman had matched News Corp's $580 million offer.
The weak dollar also means foreigners are flocking to NYC for destination weddings.
Park Slope residents are confused how Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany could leave the neighborhood for Manhattan.
Remember how Kelly Taylor once chose herself on Beverly Hills 90210? Well, now Jennie Garth has signed on for the new 90210 spinoff. And she's playing a guidance counselor.
And the next Forgotten New York tour is Sunday, May 18--it's a 2 hour walk on the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges. Sign up by May 15!

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By Jen Chung in Miscellaneous on May 10, 2008 5:59 PM

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TN

When most of your friends live in Manhattan, when most of the places you want to go to are located in Manhattan, when your job/industry contacts are located in Manhattan, does it make sense to live in Brooklyn ? Park Slope & probably other Brooklyn neighborhoods have reached their peak. Expect more former Manhattan residents to move back across the East River.

Now, I'm Brooklyn Heights native, so I'm happy here with my "sleep here, work/play in Manhattan" routine but many former Manhattan residents I've met can't adopt my routine. It's too inconvenient for them.

sonyactivision

Did Murdoch smoke out his rivals and drain their finances over a piece of shit newspaper that he knows will be worth half as much in a few years? that man is an evil genius...but could he really be this evil?

palestine

@MamfeMan:

He's setting a new trend for all the hipsters! They'll be like "ohey, that guy is passed out on the Bedford Ave stop steps and I think I'll do it to... but I have no idea why!"

MamfeMan

That has got to be the worst place to pass out in all of New York City.

famdoc

"No one interviewed on Wednesday knew the couple personally, though Slopers did feel close to both the British Bettany and Brooklyn Heights native Connelly ever since they bought the house for $3.5 million in 2003 (even if the blinds were always drawn)."

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Snoopy

Why would anyone leave Park Slope to move to Tribeca? Big question... easy answer. After achieving success one would not want to live in a Brooklyn version of the upper west side.