Climbable Hudson Yards Sculpture Opens in March; 4 Acres of Green Roofing in Greenpoint; L-Train Shutdown Beer

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 ⇒ 15 Things You Didn't Know About the East Village
• Bedford + Bowery ⇒ Here’s the L-Shutdown Beer That’ll Get You Through Those 20-Minute Waits for a Train
• Bklyner ⇒ NYC Restaurant Week and Best of Brooklyn Festival
• Brownstoner ⇒ A Winter Walk Through Calvert Vaux Park
• Coney Island Blog ⇒ America’s Best Hot Dogs
• Curbed NY ⇒ Brooklyn Heights Residents Tout New BQE Plan That Would Preserve Promenade
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The 1866 Benjamin F. Isherwood House - 111 East 36th Street
• Forgotten NY ⇒ WEST 10th WALL LAMP
• Free Williamsburg ⇒ Top 5 Shows of the Weekend
• Gothamist ⇒ Community Board Votes Tonight on Affordable Housing Project That Would Replace Elizabeth Street Garden
• Greenpointers ⇒ 1.4 Acres of Green Roofs to Be Built at Broadway Stages in Greenpoint
• Jackson Heights Post ⇒ Brother and Sister Open Cuban Bakery on Roosevelt Avenue, Steeped in Family Tradition
• Joe's NYC ⇒ Hell’s Kitchen
• New York YIMBY ⇒ Thomas Heatherwick's Iconic "Vessel" Renamed "The Staircase," Set to Open in March 2019 at Hudson Yards
• Thrillist ⇒ Everything You Must Do in NYC This Weekend
• Untapped Cities ⇒ Discover the Story of the “Swindler of Brooklyn Heights” at the Brooklyn Historical Society
• West Side Rag ⇒ Photos of the Day: Rainbows From Queens