The 26-year-old who fell from a Chelsea balcony, impaled his head on a steel fence and survived is reportedly doing much better. Nicholas Blossom's roommate Corey Mulee told the Post that doctors have been surprised at Blossom's recovery so far, "He's doing very well. The family is really happy." more ›

A drummer from Williamsburg fell from a third floor window ledge in Chelsea and impaled his head on a fence early yesterday morning. According to the NY Post, "Rescuers used an electric saw to detach Nicholas Blossom, 26, from the fence at Sixth Avenue near West 26th Street. A section of the railing was still attached to his scalp when he arrived at Bellevue Hospital." more ›

After several recent student suicides, Cornell University has constructed temporary fencing on three university-owned bridges from which students have taken their lives. According to the Times, the Ivy League school is also in discussions with Ithaca politicians about erecting similar fencing on three city-owned spans. School officials consulted with "many experts both local and national" on suicide prevention and bridge barriers before selecting eight-foot tall chain-link fencing as a temporary solution. "The idea is that any longer-term solution would involve architectural elements that would fit in with the bridges," said university spokesman Simeon Moss. "So they certainly wouldn't be chain-link fences." Security guards are expected to be posted on campus bridges at least through the end of next week. more ›

Looks like the evicted squatters of 59 Orient Avenue are trying to reclaim their abandoned home. Caroline Stanley of Flavorwire, a neighbor of the Williamsburg house, tells us: "We heard people trying to get in last night around 12 and called the cops. The fence has been like that for two days now and when I called 311 to report it to the DOB they claimed that two other complaints had already been lodged." The house, of course, is famous for being Clementine's home in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and the street made more famous by its real-life resident Michel Gondry. more ›