Photo of Belvedere Castle, the Delacorte Theater and Turtle Pond by scottdunn on Flickr
- From the Gothamist Newsmap: person under a train at the 125th Street 4-5-6 station, a bank robbery at the Astoria Savings Bank on Metropolitan Ave in Queens and a 5-alarm fire at 31st St and 37th Ave in Queens.
- One man from Jamaica Queens is fighting against proposed MTA service cuts by trying to organize a boycott. "We can all carpool," he says.
- Former Brooklyn bouncer Steven Sakai was found guilty of his third murder conviction after shooting at a group of men outside a Chelsea club in 2006.
- A child molester spent four months sending indecent photos and live webcam video to what turned out to be a Nassau County police officer.
- Will the government turn to more bailout money to help rescue Citgroup?
- As expected, President-elect Obama named his longtime spokesman Robert Gibbs as the next press secretary.
- Jets backup QB Erik Ainge was suspended for four games when he tested positive for steroids.
- And straight men write into openly gay MSNBC host Rachel Maddow asking if their crush on her means that they themselves might be lesbians.




Boycott the MTA? Brilliant...I guess he doesn't remember 2005 when no one used mass transit at all! That'll show them!
...and if you carpool, the MTA will get you at the bridges. Either way, you can't escape the tyranny of Fail.