Sources: Men Arrested Trying To Repaint Bedford Bike Lane
Giuliani Takes Job As Security Consultant For Rio Olympics
Call to Ban Carriage Horses, Close Stable
Co-ed Dorm Rooms Coming To Columbia
Couple Lives in City's Smallest Quarters
- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A large fight on Eldridge in Manhattan, car vs. building at Britton Ave & Steuben St on Staten Island and a fatal MVA/hit-and-run at Ditmas Ave & Ocean Pkwy in Brooklyn.
- A health scare in Colorado has a NY connection: Ten Colorado patients have contracted Hepatitis C from a nurse who also worked in New York at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco. The NY State Health Department is in the process of reaching patients who may have been in contact with her.
- A 13-year-old was stabbed to death with a screwdriver in Sheepshead Bay last night around 7:30 p.m. WABC 7 reports, "The young suspect apparently caught up with his victim blocks later and attacked. He fled the scene on his bicycle."
- The Daily News says the grand jury "believed to be investigating Roger Clemens for perjury has issued a subpoena to the owner of a now-defunct Houston-area gym linked to the distribution of steroids and human growth hormone."
- Recessions are a good time for the gyro business.
- Tesla is opening a showroom in Chelsea; the Post estimates the monthly payments for the $109,000 Roadster will be "roughly $1,700 after $20,000 down."
- Real estate market reports for Brooklyn and Queens are out: Per Curbed, "You've heard this song and dance before: declining sales and prices compared to last year, but slightly more activity than last quarter."
- Pedro Martinez has finally been signed by the Phillies, but spent the press conference showering the Mets with praise. While talking about his former team, the Times says Pedro "mentioned love so many times, it could have been the summer of 1969 instead of 2009."
- Broadway theaters will dim their marquee lights tonight to honor theater district legend Harry Edelstein, the owner of Cafe Edison, better known as the Polish Tea Room. He died Monday at 91.
- Ivanka Trump Tweeted about getting engaged last night—we assume her fiance is Jared Kushner, Observer publisher and real estate scion.
- The Emmy nominations are out—30 Rock and Mad Men lead the way—but most impressive are the nominations for Flight of the Conchords, including Best Comedy and Best Actor in a Leading Role (Jemaine Clement aka Jemaine).
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I've been delivering packages to that building lately (where Tesla is putting the showroom), and the cars are absolutely sick, much more impressive in person
whenever I read about Tesla, I usually initially confused thinking its the rock band. Yeah.