- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a double shooting at Willoughby and Throop Aves. in Brooklyn, a bank robbery on Queens Blvd. in Queens, and a water rescue off the North Channel Bridge in Queens.
- A Bronx man taking his 5-year-old nephew to the bathroom in an East Harlem park was gunned down in front of the child when accosted by thieves.
- A new safety group formed after 9/11 is proposing that skyscrapers include a third set of stairwells. Architects complain it is an excessive demand.
- Walking tours are an incredibly fun way to learn more about your city.
- On a crowded street, a man was either stabbed in the neck or had his throat slashed on East 4th between 1st and 2nd Aves. in Manhattan Friday evening.
- TimeOut NY features the final results of its Ultimate NY Book Bracket. John O'Hara's novel "Butterfield 8" and Joseph Mitchell's essay collection "Up In The Old Hotel" are completely excluded from the tournament, but Haruki Murakami's "Kafka On The Shore" made it to the Sweet 16 from the group designated "Books in Translation." We're not sure what the exercise has to do with New York City.
- Manhattan parishioners are fighting to keep their Catholic churches open.
- A born New Yorker: four MTA Bridge & Tunnel workers assisted a 24-year-old woman give birth to a baby girl at the entrance of the Queens-Manhattan tunnel this morning. Once she was born, cops waived the $4 toll as the family was sent through to Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital.
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