Axe Throwing in Gowanus; Shuttered East Village Cheese Shop Getting Stinky; Brooklyn's "Island of Misfit Toys"

There is a lot of stuff going on the City, and we can't write about it all. Here are some interesting things some of our friends have written up lately.

• 6sqft ⇒ What Lies Below: NYC's Forgotten and Hidden Graveyards
• Bedford + Bowery ⇒ As Farm and Factory, 670 Broadway Was a ‘Rendezvous for the Wealthy Set’
• Bklyner ⇒ Axe-Throwing Fun for the Entire Family
• Brokelyn ⇒ 5 Clever Ways to Read the Power Broker on the Subway
• Brooklyn Paper ⇒ Cider House Rules! Apple Booze Brewery Opens in Bushwick
• Curbed NY ⇒ The Curious Case of Brooklyn's ‘Island of Misfit Toys’
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ E. J. M. Derrick's 1868 309 Church-34 Walker Street
• EV Grieve ⇒ Neighbor: East Village Cheese, Closed Now for 2 Weeks, Is Starting to Smell
• Explore Brooklyn ⇒ How to Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge
• Forgotten NY ⇒ DURYEA HOUSE, East New York 1787-1989
• Greenpointers ⇒ "Serial Squatter" Terrorizes Greenpoint - Greenpointers
• Guest of a Guest ⇒ New Year's Eve 2018: Our Official NYC Party Guide
• New York Times ⇒ Carmen Fariña, Head of New York City Schools, Is Retiring
• The Lo-Down ⇒ Remembering Sword Swallower Johnny Fox and His Clinton Street “Freakatorium” | the Lo-Down : News From the Lower East Side
• Thrillist ⇒ MTA Workers Explain What New Yorkers Don't Understand About the Subway
• Untapped Cities ⇒ 7 Features of NYC’s Central Park That Weren’t in the Original Plan