Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: truck vs. building near the Manhattan Bridge in Brooklyn, stabbing at Coney Island Hospital, and a missing child in LES. Ronnell Wilson, the Staten Island man who killed two undercover cops, was formally sentenced to death today If you live in Fort Greene/Bed-Stuy, or points east, looks like the next five weekends are going to suck pretty hard: the A and C are both being shut down, and replaced......

At least the Knicks don't stink at everything. They may sit at 19-48 with the second-worst record in the NBA, but their dance team has made it to the quarterfinals of the NBA.com Dance Team Bracket. In the spirit of March and all things bracket, the NBA decided to pair off the dance squads and allow fans a voting period for each matchup to determine a winner. Thanks to a first-round bye and a......

Gothamist would expect Chicago area sports teams to wear special green uniforms just because it's a city that dumps green dye into their river (our rivers can be greenish, thanks to other factors). But when we were checking out the Knicks' website, we learned that the Knicks will wear green uniforms for the first time, thanks to special sponsor, Tourism Island. And while Gothamist thinks this is lame, we understand why the Knicks undertook the......

This past weekend as the NJ Nets trounced the Boston Celtics, the Nets' masoct, Sly the Silver Fox, celebrated his 9th birthday. Like many 9 year olds in New Jersey, he had Carvel ice cream; unlike many 9 year olds, he had the Nets Dancers on hand. What's charming is that various mascots from all walks of sporting life come to help celebrate birthdays - there's the Raptor from Toronto, Clutch from the Houston......

- The LES is the place for spelling bees. Gothamist will be moving shortly and we'll fit right in. - Social promotion is removed for seventh graders; however, some parents wore hankerchiefs over their faces to show their voices were being stifled. - To dream the dream: Hopeful young women try out to be Knicks City Dancers and Nets Dancers. Right now, certain Gothamist staffers are smacking their heads, moaning, "Why weren't we there?" -......