We'd like to thank all the nice businesses and apartment buildings on W. 116th St. that so thoughtfully cleared their sidewalks of slush this morning. It will be easy to thank them because there was only one place that actually shoveled their sidewalk. Come on people, you're a business with 400 square feet of sidewalk, how hard can it be to keep it clean? Snowfall totals across the city ranged from 1.9 inches at the......

- Thing you've got bocce balls? Then you should test your stuff this weekend at the 12th Annual Citywide Bocce Tournament. Over 200 bocce enthusiasts from around the New York City area will compete Saturday and Sunday to see who's got the best. The tournament is free and open to adults of all ages. The prelims are in four of the five boroughs (sorry Manhattanites) with the finals to be played Sunday in Pelham......

Today, Matt Green and Don Badaczewski are attempting to break the record for riding the entire subway system in the least amount of time (the current record is 25 hours, 11 minutes). They are starting this morning at 6AM at Rockaway Park and ending on the 6 to Pelham Bay Park. How old are you? Where do you live? Matt is 26. He lives in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and works in Manhattan as a transportation......

Ask.MeFi has been assembling an eclectic guide to "the best alternative/weird/unusual/eye-opening places in Manhattan." Most of the suggestions are actually located in the outer boroughs, but nevermind that. We've pulled out the highlights and linked everything for your browsing pleasure: Places Vinegar Hill Red Hook Prospect Park Pelham Bay Park Coney Island Chinatown High Line Manhattan Greenway Venues 5 Pointz Galapagos Arlene's Grocery ABC No Rio Bluestockings Sugartown Books Museums and Gardens Cloisters Brooklyn......

Manhattan User's Guide is a constant source of interesting tidbids. Take for instance some miscellaneous facts they dug up about our fair city: Number of Waterfront Miles in NYC: 578 Number of Deaths from AIDS in 2004: 1,384, an 80% decrease since the peak in 1994. Number of Movies and TV Shows Shot in NYC Last Year: Over 250 studio and independent films, over 100 television productions, and over 1,050 commercials. Top NYC Baby Names:......