July 30, 2009
Reading in: Coney OK'd, eBay pop-up, pedicab rules
(Editor’s note: NewYorkology’s testing out a new format for passing on links of interest. This is what’s on the NYC radar this Thursday morning.)
eBay will open a five day pop-up shop on 57th Street, according to WWD magazine (by way of The Shophound, which has a picture of the pop-up’s storefront in progress.)
Due to demand, the free Brooklyn ferry to Governors Island will now run every Saturday and Sunday through Labor Day, the Brooklyn Paper reports. The free service started in June, but only on some weekend days. Free ferry service from Manhattan to Governors Island will continue as-is on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays until the urban refuge closes for the season on Oct. 11.
By a 42-2 vote, the City Council on Wednesday passed the controversial Coney Island re-zoning plan that would allow 27-acres of high-rise hotels and a natty entertainment complex. The city is also close to acquiring the remaining land from developer Joe Sitt, according to Crain’s.
A man is in a coma after he was hit by a rotted branch that snapped and fell from a Central Park tree, the Post reports.
If you pass by Ricky’s on Third Avenue, you may see a woman sleeping in the front window. (Pictured, top.)
The City Council approved a plan to require licensing for pedicabs, the NY Times reports.
Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but the MTA says there will be no subway fare hikes in 2010, according to the New York Times.
From today’s calendar:
Boutique Fashion Nights resumes tonight in Brooklyn with discounts, wine and snacks and dozens of locations.
And if the weather holds, there’s tons of free outdoor concerts, films and plays, including a screening of “To Catch A Thief” at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Broadway in Bryant Park at lunchtime, Ladysmith Black Mambazo at MetroTech and a new production from Shakespeare in the Parking Lot.
Picture credit: Amy Langfield/NewYorkology.
July 30, 2009 8:15 AM in Etceterology
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