- Serial mugger strikes on the East Side (WABC).
- Bowery Beef robbed multiple times; “a sign the old Bowery still has some fight left in it.” (Grub Street)
- Firefighters march across the Brooklyn Bridge to protest fire company closures (NY1).
- A documentary in production is also a “race against time,” as Miguel Algarin “labors to get on the same page again with the landmark club he founded (the Nuyorican Poets Cafe), keep his home, and manage his HIV+ status.”  (Sonic Scoop)
- Floating swimming pools in the East River? One young architect says yes! (NY Press).
- News flash: Kenmare Street goes upscale (WSJ).
- The Howl! Festival is this weekend (EV Grieve).
