
Photograph of subway tiles (on the way to the Q at Canal) by idle type on Flickr
- From the Gothamist Newsmap: Shots fired at E 179th St & Daly Ave in the Bronx, Suspicious Package at 4201 4th Ave in Brooklyn, and an armed robbery at 550 West 38th Street in Manhattan.
- A woman was arrested for brutally killing a man in Brooklyn; Police Commissioner Kelly said, "She's made statements to the effect that two men of Asian descent directed her to commit this homicide."
- Once friends of Governor Paterson, the Working Families Party and Alliance for Quality Education are airing ads against him and his budget cuts.
- The Fire Island ferry fare increase was approved.
- Gossip Girl's "Jenny Huphrey" says when fans approach her: “The older girls get nervous.” Pull it together, ladies! Also funny: America Ferrera getting tired of Blake Lively talking about GG.
- Authorities are trying to figure out what to do with an alligator in a Long Island creek.
- Not only may a Las Vegas strip club move onto one Chelsea corner, Curbed finds out that a 15-story hotel might be there as well.




For a second I thought I was looking at blotter paper.
The tiles are by Bing Lee, entitled Empress Voyage, and it's the most oblique and fascinating commissioned work of art the MTA has produced yet, IMHO.