Early Addition

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From the Gothamist Newsmap: A large crowd at Troy Av & Fulton St in Brooklyn, an all-hands fire at Armstrong Ave & Lamoka Ave on Staten Island, and a bank robbery at 107th & Broadway in Manhattan.
The long-running Astor trial has gone into watermark territory—as in, whether watermarks prove that late philanthropist's signature on watermarked paper was authentic. Jurors, you've really earned your vacation next week.
Former governor Mario Cuomo said about his son potentially running for governor, "If he runs for governor, I want to see him."
Senator John Ensign (R-Nevada) apologized for his affair, but said it wasn't as bad as President Bill Clinton lying to the American people about Monica.
NJ officials say there will be a crackdown on drunk drivers between August 21 and September 7.
The Barneys Warehouse Sale started today and Racked reports, "Just spotted brown leather Vena Cava leggings for $269.50" and "There's a half-naked girl changing in the corner. And the madness has officially begun..."
Would you pay $2,350 for a 1 bedroom rental in a new Fort Greene building, recently converted to rentals because condos weren't really selling?
Hey, the National Enquirer says the former Senator John Edwards's baby mama is moving to his neighborhood!

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By Jen Chung in Miscellaneous on August 20, 2009 12:22 PM

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Mr Mel

"Former governor Mario Cuomo said about his son potentially running for governor, "If he runs for governor, I want to see him."

Either Mario is becoming grammatically forgetful or the Gothamist editors are missing again.

JenChungsBaby

At least it has an actual spray cap on it. Looks like it's turned up full blast though and nobody's there.

matty

"Would you pay $2,350 for a 1 bedroom rental in a new Fort Greene building, recently converted to rentals because condos weren't really selling?"

Absolutely not.

NannyState

Rule of thumb: a real estate asset's real value gets determined by the third owner. New builds cost too much and this developer got screwed by the market. Nice building in a crappy nabe, it needs to change hands a few times.

longacre

You can get a nice 1 bedroom in a dozen nicer/more convenient 'hoods for that price.

jaycjay

"Your water bill is paying for it."

How's that? There's no water meter on hydrants, and as long as the reservoirs aren't running empty (which they certainly are not) it's not causing any problem or costing anyone anything. There's plenty of capacity in the system to handle a few open hydrants.

schadenfreudian mensch

This ain't nothing. At least the one in the picture has a sprinkler cap on. Once you hit the hinterland above 98th St. they let it loose without any caps full blast. You haven't seen waste till you go up there.