In case you missed it, here's our list of ways to celebrate Cinco de Mayo around town; if you aren't in the mood for margs tonight, here are some alternatives: EVENT: NonsenseNYC points us to a Potluck and Horseshoe Crab Mating Bike Ride. Need more details? "For over 300 million years, when high-tide, the full moon and springtime collide, horseshoe crabs have been gathering by the thousands to spawn. These little dinosaur tanks are expected......

Last night, a memorial bike ride was held in memory of Craig Murphey. Murphey, a 26-year-old who worked at the West Harlem Action Network Against Poverty, was biking when he was hit by an oil truck at Union Avenue and Ten Eyck Street in Williamsburg. The truck driver was not charged, and an earlier report had stated that Murphey was biking in the "wrong direction" (opposite of street traffic). However his friend Elizabeth Weinberg told......

What do kids like more than Harry Potter? Alex Rodriguez, of course. Okay, maybe not, but there was a block-long line Friday for the a signing of A-Rod's new children's book, Out of the Ballpark. The AP reports that the book features "a green-eyed youngster named Alex lets a grounder get between his legs at second base and loses a popup in playoff games attended by friends and family." Sounds a little like a certain......

EVENT: What do Bob Dylan and the Brooklyn Bridge have in common? They both get a year older today! Bob turns 66 and the Bridge turns 124. To help celebrate the latter, there's a bike ride across the structure. There will also be cake and historical stories to keep you physically and mentally satiated. Related: There's also a walking tour of the Bridge on Saturday. 7 to 9pm // City Reliquary [370 Metropolitan Ave,......

Tomorrow, Visual Resistance and Time's Up have organized memorial events to honor Eric Ng, the bicyclist who was killed by a drunk driver while biking on the Hudson River bike path last Friday evening. Here are the details from Visual Resistance:1PM: Memorial bike ride. Meet up in Washington Square Park at 1pm. We will ride together to the site of Eric’s death at 1:30 SHARP. Non-bikers can go directly to the West Side Greenway, near......

A lot of yellow cabbies are driving around blind with rage. The stresses of driving in the city and dealing with New Yorkers are clearly too much to handle. Occasionally, I find myself slipping down into that vortex of sin and degradation. So I go to my happy place. Rockaway Beach is that place. I lived there in a bungalow less than a block from the boardwalk for 365 halcyon days, and life had......

As June draws to a close with three bicyclist fatalities and one bicyclist injury, there will also be a Critical Mass ride tonight. The ride will start at 7PM at Union Square tonight, and Times Up points out that at last month's ride, two police vehicles swerved in front of a group of riders and an officer 'doored' a cyclist who was riding in the bike lane along Broadway, breaking her collarbone." And then......

Dr. Carl Nacht, who was hit by an NYPD tow truck last week while riding on the West Side bike path, died on Sunday. Today, there is a service for Nacht at 2:00 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (Amsterdam Avenue and 110th Street). Nacht had not been wearing a helmet during his Thursday evening bike ride, and when the truck hit him, he was thrown towards another tow truck, his head......

The bicyclist hit by a police tow truck yesterday on the West Side is in critical condition. Dr. Carl Nacht, a physician at St. Luke's-Roosevelt, had been taking a late night bike ride with his wife on the West Side bike path when a tow truck hit him as it was making a right turn at West 38th (the truck was headed for the impound lot at Pier 76). Nacht was not wearing a helmet......

The awesome The Five Boro Bike Tour is going on today. Riders started in Manhattan this morning, they'll briefly head into the Bronx (and then back into Manhattan), ride through Queens and Brooklyn, and end in Staten Island, for a ride back to Manhattan on the Staten Island Ferry. Cheer the riders on when you see them! Here's the map of the route. And if you're inspired to go for a bike ride today, here's......

Amy from Newyorkology woke up at 5am to get the money-shot of the Queen Mary 2 arriving at the Brooklyn Cruise Ship Terminal. She reports: The ship arrived at its new New York home port around 5 a.m. and tour buses could be seen streaming into the gated terminal area. The streets in the surrounding industrial neighborhood had been cleaned of trash and at least one heavily-potholed street showed off a quick-and-dirty repaving job.......

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On Sundays Gothamist likes to publish opinion pieces by its contributors, friends and you. The opinions expressed in this piece do not neccessarilly represent anyone besides the author, in this case Joseph Anastasio. This week, the city failed to require Critical Mass, a monthly group bike ride through the streets of Manhattan, to obtain a parade permit beforehand. This shouldn't be much of a surprise to anyone, as the city was at best on shaky......

Oh, super-cool! We've been hugely excited for a couple of years over the forthcoming High-Line redesign, but we totally missed covering a similar project up in Poughkeepsie. The Walkway Over the Hudson Project is poised to convert the Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge to a pedestrian park-- can you imagine how cool it would be to have a picnic in the summer high above the river? From their site: Walkway Over the Hudson is a not......

Just in time for tonight's Critical Mass bike ride, it turns out that rapper Foxy Brown may have hit two bicyclists during the pre-Republican National Convention August ride last year. Her former friend, Ayesha Quattara, says that Brown blamed her for driving a Land Rover on West Houston Street, while it was really Foxy behind the wheel. Apparently the women were trying to get from one Louis Vuitton store to another before it closed since......

- The Brooklyn Bridge is shut down due to a jumper; nothing on news station websites yet, but expect coverage on tonight's newscasts...or at least as a small item in tomorrow's tabs - Seven white Queens teenagers accused of beating a black man with a pipe have pleaded not guilty - Yes, it's time for your blankie once again - Is kottke.org going all comments? - A bicyclist dies on the FDR while in......

As some of you have pointed out, one of our favorite summer spots, NYC Icy, is no more. Like you, we had the same reaction -- severe depression. Where are we supposed to go now to get our cool summer treats on, especially on a day like today?!? We've come up with a few suggestions on our own, and the Daily News added a bunch to our list. Otto Enoteca Pizzeria/Gel-Otto Gelato Cart Yes, not......

Gothamist was supposed to spend the evening on a rooftop with friends and free drinks. Thank you rain for ruining the start to our weekend! We usually don't take a negative tone around here, but it needs to be said: Gothamist hates weather. It's also going to ruin at least one of the below events, see if you can pick which one. When you're done with that, grab your umbrella and rain boots and find......

Fascination article in the NY Times about how video has given a truer perspective on what happened during the Republican National Convention protests. The video has both shown that the police did not employ "explicitly violent" tactics as well as helping prosecutors get guilty pleas or convictions from some protesters. But there were some cases where video actually cleared some people, like this story about Alexander Dunlop who was swept up into the fray......

It's New Year's Eve, and the city is ready to rock and roll. There are many events to choose from, although there seems to be a number of people content with staying in. The Post had some fun New Year's facts, like there are about 57 tons of litter that will be collected, wet confetti is harder to pick up than dry, and "Before Times Square, New Yorkers rang in the new year at Trinity......

A U.S. District judge denied the city's attempt to make riders of Critical Mass, the monthly bike ride to encourage more biking and less driving, have permits. While Judge William Pauley said the issue should be decided in state court, Judge Pauley pointed out that the police "had not required permits for nearly a decade and had even aided the rallies by blocking cross-town intersections and letting cyclists run red lights." In other words, City......

Last Friday's Critical Mass bike ride resulted in over a thousand bike riders and 33 arrests. Naturally, the riders are saying the police weer "hostile" and overzealous. Things were fine when riders rode together in a huge cycling mass, but police starting to arrest riders that "spontaneously broke up into smaller packs." A Times Up/Critical Mass organizer who was arrested told reporters, "There was an air of intimidation. There was a van projecting a recorded......

A judge rules that Critical Mass, the monthly bike ride organized by bicyclists who wish to encourage bikes as a means of transportation, can bike tonight, New York Region > Judge Refuses to Halt Mass Ride and Forbids Police to Seize Bicycles" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/29/nyregion/29bike.html">despite the city's attempt to block the ride. The judge also prohibited police from seizing riders' bicycles, "as long as the owners have not been charged with anything and unattended bikes do......

Friday's Critical Mass bike ride was one of the largest ever, not counting the one on the eve of the convention, and cyclists and police were able to coexist fairly peacefully. Gothamist supposes that's what happens when there's a helicopter overhead. Overall, things seemed okay, after threats by the NYPD that anyone obstructing traffic would be arrested. There were few arrests - mainly due to some confusiong in the 30s around Broadway and Sixth Avenue.......