Photograph at left of David Diehl, Guy Whimper and Kevin Booth touching the Vince Lombardi trophy by David J. Philip/AP; photograph at right of Michael Strahan kissing the trophy by Eric Gay/AP 11:27PM: We're enjoying the postgame coverage of the Giants' victory, with sad Tom Brady, really excited Michael Strahan (singing Eli's praises), Peyton Manning being thrilled with his brother's success (aw!) and thoughts from the 1972 Dolpins, secure with their undefeated record for......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a carjacking at Tompkins and School Rds. on Staten Island, a person was killed by a 5 train at Bowling Green station in Manhattan, and an armed robbery at 51st Ave. and Northern Blvd. in Queens. Bidding closed at $2,600 for the new owner of the Seinfeld ASSMAN license plate prop on eBay. Another Mister Softee driver was busted for selling drugs out of his ice cream truck, this......

Two years ago, we wondered if there was a big list of all the fountains in New York City. We haven't made that much progress with the list, but at least now we have a list of the "display fountains" the Parks Department maintains. And it's interesting - Brooklyn only has three while Staten Island has eight. Of course, there are many fountains outside of the Parks Department's jurisdiction (for instance, the fountain outside......

More updates below, but here's a summary so far (8:20PM): A steam explosion occurred on East 41st and Lexington Avenue (41st between Lex and Third) just before 6PM - right during the evening rush hour. The NYPD does not think it was a terrorist attack. It appears that there is a hole about 25' in diameter with a red tow truck in the center. One person has died (possibly from cardiac arrest) and there......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a shooting at Edwards Ave. in the Bronx, a disorderly crowd at Bay St. and Richmond Ave. on Staten Island, and a bank robbery near Bowling Green (that's why the 4/5 is passing Bowling Green). The New York Sun thinks the Live Earth concerts over the weekend were pompous, middle-aged and lame. Real estate group Pinnacle is accused of racketeering for siccing lawyers with eviction notices on thousands of......

The New York Public Library is closed today––it is a national holiday––but New Yorkers should be proud to hear that the main branch on 42nd St. and 5th Ave. has been entrusted with one of two surviving copies of the Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson himself. The document is a handwritten duplicate of the document signed in Philadelphia 231 years ago, asserting the original thirteen colonies' indepedendence from England and starting the American......

Two men died early this morning while in the city's subway system; both are believed to have been homeless. The first incident occurred around 2 a.m., when a man passing from one car to another while the train was in motion at 145th St. and Columbus Ave. fell and slipped between them. He died at the scene. The second incident reportedly occurred around 5:20 a.m. at the Bowling Green station in downtown Manhattan. Police responding......

Today on Gothamist Newsmap: A ceiling collapse at Bowling Green/Battery Park on the subway's 4 line this morning, a bank robbery at 206th St. and Bainbridge Ave. in the Bronx, and a report of a missing child at Franklin Ave. in Brooklyn. Imminent end of an era as the actual physical floor of the NYSE gets quieter daily. Original "Buffy" Kristy Swanson to appear on L&O as Anna Nic a drug-addled blonde bombshell with......

Around 11:30AM, part of a building at 1863 Lexington Avenue, near 115th Street, collapsed with 12 construction workers inside. All workers were accounted for, and one worker was taken to a hospital for injuries. The building was being prepared for demolition, but now the building is considered unstable and neighboring buildings were evacuated. WNBC points out that right before the collapse, someone complained to the Department of Buildings that there was shaking and vibrating at......

Did you have problems traveling via subway this morning? Well, it looks like if you ride the 2 or 3 you'll have problems tonight as well! Nothing like some rain to bring one of the biggest cities in the world to a screeching halt. While riding the train earlier today, the 2/3 was running local south of 96th Street and the 1 wasn't even going south of 34th Street. And there was no service......

Probably realizing that many of its riders are listening to their iPods and not conductor announcements, the MTA has its own podcasts - TransitTrax:We keep New York and you moving, and we're excited to offer you a variety of Podcasts that include service change information, getaways and deals, and behind the scenes interviews - all to help you get the most out of your ride or just to get to know us better. We'll be......

Bowling Green Tulips by chinycjo via Contribute.......

- Five parishioners are petitioning a Judge to investigate the churches books. The Church says the charge lacks "any factual or legal basis" and backs it up by showing their audited books to the Post. - Attorneys are competing to represent a legally interesting Subway pusher. - The stab victim says she didn't knife cat in the eye. - A developer tries to rise a high-rise in TriBeCa. - Gawker went and talked to......

For our weekly dose of terror fears, New York magazine gives us a look at how terror simulation drills are scripted. While Gothamist thought that many books and movies provided some good fodder for "What if?" scenarios, what the the Office of Emergency Management’s Deputy Commissioner of Planning and Preparedness, Edward Gabriel, thinks of is much more crazy and, well, disturbing. In the article, he describes terror drills at Shea Stadium and at the Bowling......

One of downtown's symbols of the economy, the "Charging Bull" sculpture by Arturo Di Modica, is for sale: DiModica is offering to sell the bull sculpture for $5 million, BUT the sculpture must stay in its Bowling Green Park home and be donated to the city. DiModica wants to raise money for some of his other projects, and his brokers have been talking to "different individuals and institutions." Gothamist thinks lots of Wall Street firms......

Kevin Walsh, Forgotten NY...

With the first full week of college football now over, Gothamist Sports proudly unveils our first Top 15 ranking for college football. Ranking the top 15 this early is obviously a crap-shoot, but that's never stopped anyone before. It's difficult to rank teams early in the season, but we gave it a shot, so don't take it personally if your team is lower than you think they should be. We'll publish the rankings on Tuesday......

There's been an unusual amount of mail-related news lately. First, the Church Street post office just a block away from the World Trade Center has finally reopened. Tribeca residents, who had previously walked by the closed post office (where someone does stand guard), now rejoice in not having to go to Canal Street, Bowling Green or other locations for their mail. Also yesterday, a man robbed a post office at 340 West 42nd Street of......

Yesterday, the NYPD, FDNY, and emergency services staged a subway bombing simulation at Bowling Green station to test the city's resources when reacting to a disaster (one bomb in the subway, then another undetonated bomb). There were a 1,000 workers in total, with 40 people acting as the "dead" and 170 people acting as "victims." Mayor Bloomberg told reporters, "The big things worked. People arrived, people communicated, people found the simulated bomb. They removed the......

Christina Ray & Dave Mandl, Psy.Geo.Conflux...

The Post speaks with a former transit engineer who says that MTA could be doing a "faster and cheaper" job of making sure the subway is safe during a terror attack. And that not enough attention is being paid to vulnerable areas, such as East River tunnels. Retired engineer Mel Levy effectively tells the Post that the MTA's too bureaucratic to make the $100 million earmarked for security measures go all the way, that he......

The devastating train bombings in Madrid have spurred NYC to increase transity security. The MTA says there are more uniformed officers and dogs deployed at subway stations, trains, bridges and tunnels. The Daily News reports that more cops are on the platforms at heavy traffic stations like Penn Station, Grand Central, and Bowling Green. NJ Transit and Amtrak are making efforts to increase security as well, but many agree that trains are particularly vulnerable. Mayor......

Today, public hearings begin on a new subway line that would run along Second Avenue, from 125th Street to the southern tip of Manhattan. The Daily News lists disruptions on the streets, crazy traffic congestion, relocating residents and businesses, five construction sites along the route, 20-30 foot noise barriers, and the temporary loss of six city parks among the effects of building a new subway line. Gothamist is extremely relieved that we live nowhere near......