Photograph taken during the Tour de Bronx by dogseat on Flickr

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A C.O. Incident on North Burgher Ave on Staten Island, a barricaded EDP on Sanford Ave in Queens, and a car vs. building at 6th Ave & W 236th in Manhattan.
• A Turkish immigrant who owns and runs a souvenir stand in the South Street Seaport was stabbed to death in Brooklyn, apparently between his car and his family's apartment.
• For her final weeks of life, an ailing socialite's family booked her a suite at her favorite hotel, the Carlyle. Her son told the NY Times, "It wasn’t a search for extravagance, but a search for comfort."
• The IRS has given the Yankees, Mets and Nets the go-ahead to use tax-free bonds to pay for their new homes.
• Jet Blue opened Terminal 5 at JFK Airport; Bloomberg News calls its canopy "about as welcoming as what you would find at a million-square- foot warehouse along the New Jersey Turnpike."
• Opening yesterday, and up for the next month, is the Myrtle Windows project. Brownstoner takes a look at the three blocks of Myrtle Avenue that will play host to the artwork by Anne LaFond.
• NY chefs are wary about the recession, but Tom Colicchio found one bright side, "In this market, I find that going out to eat can be very comforting. So it's a good thing that this is happening in the fall and winter because that's the time of comfort food—braised meats, roasted vegetables and stuff like that."
• A new HBO series starring Jason Schwartzman was filming in Fort Greene yesterday, and there were lots of strollers.