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Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a shooting on Hunts Point and Randall Aves. in the Bronx, multiple pedestrians struck on 65th St. and Bay Parkway in Brooklyn, and a car vs. house on 122nd Ave. in Queens.
Three men were stabbed in the chest, chest, and lower back, respectively, in East New York this morning. The dispute that led to the Brooklyn stabbings is still being investigated and the three men are hospitalized in critical, critical, and stable conditions, respectively.
NJ Transit is making bank off leasing "tired" old rail cars to other cities' transit agencies who are scrambling to cope with increases in mass transit commuters.
Higher gas prices mean that cars, taxis, limos, and livery cabs are going filthy, as drivers don't have the spare cash to get them washed and cleaned regularly.
The Bronx treasures its literary landmarks, and will restore Edgar Allen Poe's cottage and spend millions of dollars on a visitors center. NYU profitably tore down Poe's West Village residence in 2000.
A father of four was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver yesterday on Castle Hill Ave. in the Bronx. Police, family, and friends, are interested in who killed the 42-year-old man.
Following the young woman's wake, the mother of a Russian model who allegedly killed herself by jumping to her death refuses to believe that her daughter committed suicide.
The heiress to a NYC Halloween costume company is now engaged to Florida Governor Charlie Crist.