Is the Pastrami Sandwich Dying?; Secrets of Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza; Gowanus Small Map

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 ⇒ This Cobble Hill Garden Apartment Comes Smelling of Freshly-Baked Cookies
• BBC ⇒ Is NYC's Most Iconic Sandwich Dying?
• Brokelyn ⇒ The Best (and Cheapest) The Best of Flatbush Avenue’s Deliciously Cheap Caribbean Food Corridor
• Brownstoner ⇒ 5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza
• Crain's 5 Boros ⇒ Explore Black History in (Really) Old New York
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The Unexplained Charmer at No. 12 West 69th Street
• DNAinfo ⇒ Designers Create Odor-Filled Map of Gowanus Smells
• Forgotten New York ⇒ 2nd Avenue, Astoria
• Gothamist ⇒ Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About NYC's Iconic Park Benches
• Jackson Heights Post ⇒ Big Chunk of Elmhurst Building Falls Onto Street
• The Lo-Down ⇒ Chinatown Favorite, 69 Bayard, Is Closing This Coming Weekend
• SI Live ⇒ At $125 a head, will this Staten Island restaurant concept work?
• Thrillist ⇒ The Best First Date Bars in NYC
• Untapped Cities ⇒ 5 of NYC’s Most Wild Historical Oddities