What could make disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner's week suck even more after formally resigning from the House of Representatives? Having Rupert Murdoch's iPad-only publication, The Daily, follow him as he buys $22.97 worth of flowers from a bodega in Queens, "Looking casual in a chambray button-down and jeans — maybe we’ll see an unemployment beard to match his dressed-down duds soon? — the overexposed Democratic pol passed over the long-stemmed red roses and jaunty yellow sunflowers in favor of three bundles of carnations in red, white and blue." Yeah, carnations! more ›

Six men were arrested after breaking into a house in Long Island during an attempted home invasion which was stopped by a quick-thinking 18-year-old. The suspects gained entry to the house by posing as flower delivery men: "He's carrying flowers [and] he asks for someone, then begins to hand her the flowers and displays a silver handgun," said Lt. Kevin Smith of the Nassau County police. Next time someone says they're delivering roses, ask for ID! more ›

Poor Edward Pemberton. After being busted for robbing a bank armed with a bouquet of flowers, the former Chelsea's Flower District employee now says he never wants to see another flower again. He told the Daily News, "They're the thing that did me in. ...They're bad memories now." But he also believes the plants that caused his downfall should prove that he's not really a bad guy. "The flowers show I'm polite...The flowers were 'Thank yous' to people who were giving me something that didn't belong to them, and didn't belong to me either." more ›

Police have released a surveillance camera image of a bank robber who held up a Bank of Smithtown on Seventh Avenue in Chelsea last Thursday morning, armed with nothing more than a bouquet of flowers. And they weren't even the treacherous clown flowers that spray water when you go in for a sniff! more ›

Wasn't there some woman stealing flowers from a Manhattan park last year? So small time we can't even locate a link... but over in Brooklyn the flower-stealing racket has escalated to a whole new level. Cherry Blake, who lives on St. Marks Place in Park Slope told the Brooklyn Paper it's gotten so bad she is forced to lock up her tulips for fear they may get stolen. more ›

Signs of spring are showing up in our forecast, but check out what's showing up at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. They took the above photo of their Crocus Field today and Twittered: "Wow. Amazing what some sunshine can do to a once snow covered field near the Rock Garden." While crocuses typically thrive in late winter and early spring, it's still nice to see some flowers on the ground in place of snow. The Garden just suffered through a tough winter, even losing their century-old Cedar of Lebanon tree. more ›

Like a plotline out of “Gossip Girl” a 21-year-old model and “wannabe socialite” allegedly stole her best friend’s credit card and committed thousands of dollars worth of fraud after the two fought. Among other things Kashmir Snowdon-Jones—who claims Eric Clapton is her godfather— bought an $800 pair of leggings, bathing suits, ballet flats and flowers that she sent to addresses in California. She must have a high metabolism, since she also picked up junk food like burritos and Domino’s pizza. The name on the card was that of Snowdon-Jones’s old friend Jennifer Hirsch; the two had attended private school together but had a falling out in the Hamptons, when according to friends Snowdon-Jones acted “manipulative and negative.” "I made the credit-card charges to get back at my friend," she told cops plainly, according to the Post. more ›

Imagine waiting for the subway to arrive and hearing the pleasant sounds of nature. Running water, chirping birds, the rustling of leaves... the NY Times reports that this could all be a reality at the 96th and Broadway subway station in a little over a year. The public art project proposal is on the verge of MTA approval, and "the sounds, broadcast on a loop by hidden speakers in the above-ground headhouse, would be one component of an art installation intended for the station that draws on the ideas and iconography of Asian pop art and contemporary graphic design." Construction on the station is expected to be complete by the fall of 2010, and at that time the hope is to also have the project unveiled—complete with an arched glass-and-steel structure housing nearly 200 stainless-steel flowers that will sway in the entryway. Even though the aforementioned calming sounds will be drowned out by trains from time to time, could this all make commuters less tense? You know, as long as there are no mockingbird sounds? more ›

Our earlier photo gallery looked at the buildings and benches of the High Line- let's take a closer look at some of the pretty flowers! [PS: if you're going to visit the High Line and take some pictures, tag them Gothamist on Flickr-- we'll post the best ones tomorrow or Wednesday.] more ›

In 2006 Aaron Krach's "Shorter Periods of Happiness" project brought flowers to the drab ad-filled walls around town, and now his "Longer Periods of Happiness" project is doing the same, but this time around with support from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund. The artist and the MCAF have brightened up the winter by plastering the flowers over all parts of Lower Manhattan through February 6th. more ›

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden has released another timelapse video; back in April the cherry blossoms took center stage, and now the roses are under the sped-up spotlight. more ›

Andy Warhol once said, “My favorite smell is the first smell of spring in New York," and now someone has stepped in to capitalize on the scent (good thing he didn't say summer in New York). Along with the Gap now using Warhol's "hot dead celeb" status to sell khakis; Laurice Rahmé, creator of Bond No. 9, launches her latest neighborhood fragrance (in collaboration with The Warhol Foundation) this month: Andy Warhol Union Square. more ›

Glowing eyes peering down from trees and from behind gravestones, the night creatures are disrupting the eternal sleep of the dead and driving the living to distraction. Raccoons have proliferated at the famous Green-Wood Cemetery, digging up the grass over graves, eating the flowers left by mourners, and even invading crypts to scavenge for food. more ›

An 80-year-old woman was robbed of $75,000 by two men posing as flower delivery guys more than a week ago. The two men fooled the Lower East Side woman into letting them into her apartment by telling her they had a floral delivery for her, showing her a dozen roses. They then bound her with tape and ransacked her apartment. Connie Nieves said the thieves made off with her and her husband's life savings. The... more ›