Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe is warning New Yorkers about one of winter's many silent killers: ice. Don't become a statistic, people, the ice doesn't have to win! Not this year! That is, not if you follow the ice safety guidelines provided by Benepe (below) and exercise extreme caution (and/or less extreme common sense). While you probably won't fall through the ice at Wollman Rink, you can AND WILL if you dare venture onto the thin ice coating ponds and lakes. more ›

Street artist Judith Supine installed this piece in Central Park yesterday, telling Wooster Collective, "I sank in the mud up to my waist." Two years ago a Supine creation briefly hung off the Manhattan Bridge over the East River. Perhaps a Superfund-themed Supine will visit the Gowanus? more ›