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Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a homicide on East 17th St. in Brooklyn, a shooting on Cranford Ave. in the Bronx, and an unusual rescue in Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan.
Gas prices be damned--NYers are a wandering group and AAA estimates that 1.6 million will take to the road for the three-day holiday weekend.
Six reporters and four photographers from the Times set out to get the short stories of 128 passengers crammed into a Q train car. The crew managed to speak to 99 of the passengers and found a mosaic of NYC. Eight people with iPods declined to be interviewed.
A Long Island man was charged with reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child after he let his ten-year-old son drive around a convenience store parking lot. When the tot crashed into an occupied car, dad took the wheel and showed his son how to speed from the scene of an accident.
Have you seen this alleged F train, rush hour masturbator?
A human skull that was probably pilfered from a grave was found on a Bronx beach, adorned with the markings of a Palo Mayombe ritual. Palo Mayombe is a religion originating from West African slaves by way of Cuba; the skull was encircled by multi-colored necklaces and contained a vial of liquid mercury.
A 1936 print ad for Schrafft's, where one could come for a cocktail and then stay for dinner in air-conditioned comfort.
When you've got a serious thirst that absolutely must be quenched immediately, you'll reach for a Horse Piss Beer.