History of the Ikea Red Hook Site; NYC's Hottest Sex Parties; Best Winter Cocktails in the City

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 ⇒ Outrageous Bronx Mansion Built for Jesus’ Second Coming Can Be Yours for $10M
• Bedford + Bowery ⇒ From Warfare to Housewares: The History of the Ikea Red Hook Site
• Brokelyn ⇒ New Music Tuesday: Nesting With Half Waif
• Brooklyn Paper ⇒ Final City Point Building Will Rise 57 Stories
• The Creators Project ⇒ Magical Ice Sculptures Take Over the City of York
• DNAinfo New York ⇒ Women Wrote Most of the NYPL's Most Popular Books in 2015
• Everything New York ⇒ 10 Awesome NYC New Year's Eve Events NOT in Times Square
• Forgotten New York ⇒ Washington Was Also Here, Tribeca
• Gawker ⇒ NYC Crime Is Down, Despite the Hopes of the New York Post
• Greenpointers ⇒ Greenpoint’s Median Home Price Hit Record High in 2015
• Gothamist ⇒ Check Out Williamsburg's Fromage Garage, Serving Sweet & Savory Grilled Cheeses
• Harlem World ⇒ Meadowlark Lemon, the Sweet Prince of the Harlem Globetrotters
• Maxim ⇒ An Inside Look at One of New York's Hottest Sex Parties
• Metro ⇒ MAP: New York City Street Closures for New Year
• New York Times ⇒ New York Today: On the Clock
• Slate Magazine ⇒ What’s Become of New York’s Great Cultural Spaces?
• Thrillist ⇒ Best Winter Cocktails in NYC
• The Times of Israel ⇒ In NY, Space to Spark Curiousity Aboard the USS Intrepid
• Untapped Cities ⇒ The Evolution of the New Year