We're sorry to start the day on such a tragic note, but there is a heartrending crisis unfolding on the edge of the East River in Williamsburg, where poor people who paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for luxury condominium units are finding that their upscale paradise is turning into a ramshackle ghetto. The eyes of the world are currently turned to Northside Piers, where a half dozen condo owners tell the NY Post "their walls are leaky and poorly insulated; mold is growing in the walls; and there is faulty plumbing, sewage, heating and air-conditioning systems." You'll recall that this is the same waterfront development that caught fire during construction. (Sorry, wrong link; here it is.) [ MORE]  | While it's nice that the NYPD has voided tickets to nine cyclists who were busted for "speeding" Tuesday morning in Central Park, a tenth cyclist is still on the hook for blazing through a speed trap at 28 mph. And he probably won't be the last bicyclist to get busted for speeding, because although the NYPD apologized for ticketing cyclists pedaling over 15 mph, Parks Department officials are standing their ground enforcing the 25 mph law. ... [ MORE ] |  | Do you think Bloody Loco knows that he's become an internet sensation? The man who demanded a fellow straphanger on the 7 train recognize (a-fucking-sap!) remains a mystery, which is probably a good thing, but Gawker did get a little more information about the behind-the-scenes. The sweater-clad, book-reading man Bloody Loco was yelling at tells them, "I got on the subway and accidentally bumped his leg and it started. He called me a pussy and I told him 'I am what I eat.' When a girl laughed he went ballistic. The guy got off a couple of stops later asking me to get off the subway and 'shoot it out' with him" [he declined].... [ MORE ] |  | In New York State a condom on your person can still be used by the police as evidence of prostitution. We mention this because, among the many things on the City Council's agenda today (like renaming the Queensboro bridge) was a resolution calling on the Governor and State Legislature to finally pass this long-languishing bill which would make possession of a prophylactic no longer count as "as evidence of prostitution, patronizing a prostitute, promoting prostitution, permitting prostitution, maintaining a premises for prostitution, lewdness or assignation, or maintaining a bawdy house." ... [ MORE ] |  | A day after freaking out and smashing a window in a dressing room at ABC's Times Square studios, singer Chris Brown has apologized for his behavior. On BET's 106 and Park Brown said, "First of all, I want to apologize to anybody who was startled in the office, or anybody who was offended or really looked, and [was] disappointed at my actions. Because I'm disappointed in the way I acted." ... [ MORE ] |  | It's the oldest trick in the book for certain guys: a dude pretends to be gay to get close to a girl, or in the sleazier cases, to convince a girl to let him touch her and/or see her naked. There have been whole genres of movies based on this ploy. But one NJ masseur is finding out it doesn't make for comedic gold when it happens in real life, even if you didn't necessarily intend for it to happen.... [ MORE ] |  | Today's end-of-day links: Tom Ford doesn't want men to wear shorts in the city, guess what other basketball team will play at the Barclays (Nets) Center, a Murray Hill poker game raid, and more. Also, keep up with the latest in bridge namings by following Gothamist on Twitter and liking us on Facebook.... [ MORE ] |  | [UPDATED BELOW] We've come a long way since this banged up looking taxi was roaming the streets for fares. Can you guess which year this photograph was taken? As usual, we'll update this post later with the answer.... [ MORE ] | | |
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