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From the Gothamist Newsmap: a jumper down DOA on E 83rd St in Manhattan, a barricaded EDP hostage job on Beach Channel Dr in Queens and a car vs building on Park Pl in Brooklyn.
A woman back in town visiting a friend of hers on Long Island was stabbed to death in her sleep last night.
A man entered a Williamsburg temple last night looking for trouble as he chucked soda cans at worshipers and waved a butcher knife over his head.
Local residents in Park Slope are fed up with an intersection that they say is way too dangerous for pedestrians.
Actor Gabriel Byrne slammed a controversial tower proposed for his DUMBO neighborhood in written testimony he submitted to the city Planning Department.
Neil LaBute's next movie, Death at a Funeral, is set to star Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence and Tracy Morgan.
To no one's surprise, The Watchmen grabbed the weekend box office crown, raking in over $55 million.
And last night's SNL finally brought to life the frequently punned mash-up character, "The Rock" Obama.

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By Billy Parker in Miscellaneous on March 8, 2009 7:18 PM

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Jesse

WHY WHY WHY would they re-make Death at a Funeral?? It's a classically hysterical British movie ... no need to "Americanize" it for a New World audience. Is the incessant recycling of screenplays Hollywood's way of going green?

Snoopy

Do you people realize if it wasn't for Donald Trump Wollman Rink would not be what it is today. That and, and, what was that other thing he did for NYC? Other than Trump SoHo of course.

NannyState

And during his reign, the elevators ran on time. Do you have any idea how annoying it is to wait an extra three seconds in his rivals' lobbies?

Snoopy

Yes I do. Do you realize that if you are making a gazillion dollars a year how much that is in per seconds of waiting time for his assholiness?

But at the same time the supreme question is why did all these bankers and Wall street fucks fuck up as much as they did? If I put all my money on red down in Atlantic City and it came out black. I don't see the feds bailing my ass out.

ANGRYGOD11

Do you realize how many people he screwed over with frequent trips to bankruptcy court? Contrary to the Donald's mouth, the NYC skyline existed well before he came along.

Snoopy

Actually I do. A friend of mine that was working on his "Dump Tower" on 57 street told me the design firm that did his construction barricade sign design got screwed for their services. And this was back in the early eighties. The guy is a total piece of shit.

famdoc

Eighth Ave. and Union St. is just one of many dangerous intersections in Park Slope. A pedestrian was killed at the corner of Eighth Ave. and Carroll St. one month ago and a biker at the corner of Eighth and President St. in September. There are several factors contributing to an increase in traffic and speeding along Eighth Ave.: development of the neighborhood has resulted in more cars and more searching for parking. Add to that distracted drivers using cellphones and Blackberries and you've got a war zone between pedestrians and drivers. Just last week, I saw a pedestrian stopped in the middle of Carroll St. at the corner of Eighth distracted by his Blackberry. When I suggested it would be safer for him to answer his email ten steps ahead, he told me to mind my own business and told me what he would do to me if I didn't.