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• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A home invasion robbery at Ryder Ave & Mcdonald Ave in Brooklyn, a perp search at Tompkins Ave in Staten Island and a traffic alert at FDR Dr & E 96 St in Manhattan.
• The city is increasing indoor bicycle parking for municipal employees.
• After a Banana Republic saleswoman laughed at a customer who asked her out, he made numerous harassing phone calls to her--including asking to lick her toes. He was arrested.
• Real estate brokers are now eying doctors to buy expensive properties, because their incomes are "recession-proof." It's unclear if they are malpractice-proof, too.
• LushLife marveled at the $5 plate of Sam Mason's miso butterscotch glazed pork belly and other dishes from the Finger on the Pulse event last night.
• The streets now have "imposter waffle trucks."
• And the dangerous world of window washers. The widow of the window washer who died on Tuesday said, “People don’t realize that being married to a window cleaner is very much like being married to a fireman or a policeman."