Green M&Ms have held this mythic place in many people's candy-eating consciences, whether due to fables, Van Halen's concert riders or advertising. And now green M&M's will be associated with a very real place in New York - Central Park. Tomorrow, M&M's World Store in Times Square will start selling a special new color, Central Park Green, and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the Central Park Conservancy. These M&M's have a mottled... more ›

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a pedestrian struck in a hit and run at Knickerbocker and Gates Aves. in Brooklyn, a wall collapse at Cromwell Ave. in the Bronx, and an escaped prisoner at 107th Ave. and 131st St. in Queens. Firefighters had to rescue a Queens cemetery worker who was buried up to his waist after a cave-in occurred in a 20-foot-deep pit where he was working. The cave-in broke the man's leg... more ›

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a bank robbery on East Tremont Ave. in the Bronx, two pedestrians struck on 42nd St. and 11th Ave. in Manhattan and one is likely dead, and another bank robbery on Myrtle Ave. in Brooklyn.
• A Queens car thief's plan of taking a dealer's SUV for a test drive and kicking the salesman out of the car would have worked beautifully if he hadn't surrendered his actual driver's license at the dealership before taking the car for a ride. He was arrested when he returned to the Potamkin dealership to collect his license. Two dozen police were involved in the ensuing foot chase.
• The M.T.A. is shockingly behind schedule on its anti-terrorism project schedule. No really, it's only completed two out of six scheduled "high priority" projects.
• A Park Ave. church is suing Con Ed for damage to its nearly century-old pipe organ after the utility allegedly let a damaged steam pipe vent damaging moisture into the instrument's fixtures for weeks.
• If you're a food blogger, there's a good chance that Mario Batali hates you. Just mentioning Batali yesterday was enough to evince criticism from some of our readers, so the NYC restaurant scene is apparently a contentious place.
• A Consumer Reports test named Hebrew National the #1-tasting dog in the land. Nathan's came in second with Boar's Head in third place.
• Any dual Sopranos-Lost fans should be reassured that the latter's shows don't intend to leave them hanging like David Chase. "Mobisodes" will be broadcast over Verizon's wireless network.
• Despite an approval vote by regulatory members last week, more than 100 neighbors packed into a Williamsburg Community Board meeting last night, halting the approval process of construction of a 24-story tower just off Bedford Ave.

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