Photograph of the Irish Hunger Memorial in Battery Park by dogseat on Flickr

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A collapse at Bowery At Canal St in Manhattan, shots fired at Johns Pl & 5th Ave in Brooklyn and an injured officer at E 189th St & Crotona Ave in the Bronx.
• A U.S. soldier who served 15 months in Afghanistan got a little closer to being able to join the NYPD. He has an illegal gun conviction, but a judge and parole board issued certificates restoring his civil rights and allowing him to carry a gun.
• A man found guilty of killing an off-duty police officer in 2005 was sentenced to life in prison.
• The Village Voice is calling Best Buy's opening in the Bronx tomorrow a prequel to their bankruptcy.
• Rubber ducks are at the frontlines of climate change research.
• First Godspell canceled, now this: The Met's nixed "The Ghosts of Versailles," the opera that was to feature the company debut of Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth.
• When Jon Stewart told Bill O'Reilly last night that "Gay marriage is the next step in the progression," O'Reilly responded: "That's your Greenwich Village opinion."
• The Free-Range chickens in Red Hook are unimpressed with the IKEA, says Curbed.
• And Depression 2.0 didn't stop swells from dropping $1,500 on 20-course dinner at Per Se. But money's no object when it comes to "a religious experience."