Photo of M&J Trimmings in the Garment District by -ytf- on flickr

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a brush fire on 65th Pl in Queens, police activity on St. Nicholas Ave in Manhattan and an unstable building on Fulton St in Brooklyn.
  
• A Westchester boy was lucky to escape injury or worse when he fell into the gap between the platform and the train at a Metro-North station.
  
• NJ cops had a one hour standoff with a paper cutout.
  
• Former Governor Pataki is joining a think tank dedicated "to push national policy to end America's dependence on oil producers unfriendly to the United States."
  
• Tommy Hilfiger has taken the most expensive condo for sale in Manhattan off the market.
  
• When a reader of her blog asked Rosie O'Donnell when we could expect the next "Rosie Live," the Queen of Nice responded, "there will b no more...no ratings...bad reviews...yet still - a thrill 4 me."
  
• And a close observer wonders if NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams has already opened and is wearing some early Christmas presents.