Sponge Bob! I am your father!, by dcschaub, at flickr Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a shooting on East 169th St. and Franklin Ave. in the Bronx, an aircraft emergency at Laguardia in Queens, and a power outage on Laconia Ave. in the Bronx. The suit about seizing private property for another private owner in the name of public gain will move to the Supreme Court after a 3-judge panel ruled that Bruce Ratner's......

It's official. Today the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to designate DUMBO a historic district, pending City Council approval. The area, composed of 91 industrial buildings dated mostly from 1880 to 1920, is bound by John Street to the north, York Street to the south, Main Street to the west and Bridge Street to the east. It is the city's 90th historic district. The district contains the Manhattan Bridge, and its support piers and anchorage......

Last week Racked reported that there's word of an Apple store opening in Brooklyn. The question is, which neighborhood will iNvite them in. Dumbo NYC reports that Two Trees has reached out to Apple in the past, but they "weren’t ready". If they're ready now, their options in Dumbo would include the 6600 sq.ft space at 70 Washington Street and the 6700 sq.ft space across the street at Washington and Front Street. Racked had a......

Last May a bunch of Brooklyn College MFA graduates exhibited their work at the War Memorial, only to have it banned by the Brooklyn Parks Department. In the process of hauling off the artwork the Parks Department deemed inappropriate, college officials managed to damange some of it. Two Trees Management (who is moving Galapagos to Dumbo) saved the day and exhibited their show at 70 Washington Street. Meanwhile, the students sued the Parks Department, the......

+ Today on the Gothamist newsmap: at 2:24pm, there was an MCI (major casualty incident) caused by a STAMPEDE at a Queens school. + Happy 75th Birthday, George Washington Bridge! + Seems like the New York Times could use a refresher course in the use of Lexis-Nexis. Of course, sounds like Senator Leiberman needs a refresher course on the dangers of a land-war in Asia! + Williamsburg is officially dead. Turn out the lights......

PARTY: Rated X returns, again. This time to a new venue, the old Misshapes HQ: Luke & Leroys. With an open vodka bar from 10 to 11pm to get your night started off right, we're assuming they still have the discounted drinks for those who de-pant. Saturday // 10pm // Luke & Leroys [21 7th Ave] // $10 and $5 if you mention Shaw Promo ART EVENT: Brooklyn's Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk06 features 100+ established and......

After its eviction from a city park, the Brooklyn College MFA graduates will get to another chance to exhibit their work, this time at 70 Washington Street, thanks to Two Trees Management which manages 70 Washington Street and 110 Livingston Street. The Brooklyn Parks Department freaked out when seeing art from "Plan B" at the War Memorial and unceremoniously hauled the works away (causing some damage as well). The show will reopen on Wednesday,......

The history of New York, like the history of any real city, is one of constant building and rebuilding. For new things to rise, old things often have to go. Which is why Danny Lyon's book "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan," which chronicles the area that would become the World Trade Center, can be so moving. Shot in 1966 and published in book form in 1969, Lyon photographed nearly every building that was to......

There's some scintillating High Line news: The New York Times reports that Dia Art will move its galleries from Chelsea to the entrance of the High Line at Washington and Gansevoort Streets: The city owns 820 Washington Street and is supporting Dia's proposed museum, which must go through a public review and be approved by the city. Plans call for possibly demolishing the existing structure, an old meatpacking facility now in disrepair, and building a......

As if real estate developers didn't have a bad enough rap! David Walentas, the mastermind who turned the clocktower in DUMBO into a Clocktower of luxury apartment, is accused of stealing $130,000 of electricity by rigging wires from the Clocktower to his commercial building. The Daily News' exclusive story says that the Clocktower's condo owners are suing Walentas, after finding out that the "commingling" of heat and electrical from 30 Washington Street and Clocktower actually......