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- This Sunday is the 2nd annual Tour de Brooklyn, which is part of Bike Month from Transportation Alternatives. Tour de Brooklyn is 18 miles long and starts and ends in Bed-Stuy's Herbert Von King Park after going through several Brooklyn neighborhoods. While pre-registration is over, you can still ride in the race by registering from 8-9 a.m. at the starting point Sunday morning. The race starts at 9:30 a.m.

There was a crowd on hand last night as the Mets faced their NL East nemises Atlanta Braves. It was possibly the biggest Mets crowd Gothamist has seen in April except for opening day. A cool 36,867 were on hand to witness Pedro Martinez's 200th career victory, becoming the 103rd pitcher to reach that mark. After the 4-3 victory, there was a little video on "Diamond Vision" that showed some clips of Pedro's performances. There wasn't any mention of the 2003 ALCS though.

Hyperbolic, Miramax bandying, egotistical and frankly hysterical gossip columnist Roger Friedman reports that Jerry Orbach may be moving over to a potential fourth Law and Order spin-off, which would be about juries. A fourth L&O comes as no surprise, but Gothamist wonders what Detective Lennie Briscoe would be doing with juries all the time - is he constantly on the stand, trying to convince juries that even though he didn't have a warrant, the search's evidence, though inadmissable, is very damning? But we do agree with Friedman about Tamara Tunie who we got to know as Jessica Griffin on As The World Turns and plays the coroner on L&O SVU: She deserves a spin-off of her own - Law and Order: Medical Examiner's Office. [Via readers Samae & Alison]

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In the lives of New Yorkers, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the makers of Law & Order, who consistently churn out topical, interesting, and entertaining programming; and the Law & Order fans, who eagerly watch the show and its offshoots on NBC, TNT, USA, and wherever else possible. These are their stories.