Helicopter tour, by Several Seconds

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: double shooting in Brooklyn, falling debris on East 33rd Street, and an unusual incident on 40th and 2nd ("PCT REQ ESU TO CUT A BICYCLE DOWN FROM A TREE").
• Sad: more than 59% of Haitians living in the United States lost loved ones in the earthquake.
• According to Pat Kiernan, you really can die of a broken heart. Happy Valentine's Day!
• It turns out that blasting Beyonce into your womb is actually NOT GOOD for the baby.
• According to Bloomberg's architecture critic, Barnard's new student center is easier to enter than the one at Columbia: "Fort Barnard has lowered its defenses in lovely contrast to Columbia University’s brawny neo-Renaissance fortifications across the street."
• After the apocalypse, when giant roaches rule the city, you can be sure of one thing: New York's real estate families will still be around, charging rent.
• A fiberglass cow was stolen from in front of a school in Bensonhurst. Students think they know who was behind the theft: "I think it was terrorists, because they don't like peace."