NYC Subway Cars Explained; Gowanus Whole Foods Sinking Into Canal; Party Boat Dumps Raw Sewage in Red Hook

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 ⇒ In 1923, Scientists Thought Flying Cars Would Solve NYC’s Traffic Snarls by 1973
• Bedford + Bowery ⇒ Don’t Miss These Beach Bashes in Coney and Rockaway
• Bklyner ⇒ Comptroller Reports on Transit Shortfalls for Disabled Riders as MTA Works to Increase Accessibility
• Brooklyn Based ⇒ 10 Hours in…Park Slope
• Crain's New York Business ⇒ Finally, a Fix for the City's Worst Land-Use Mistake
• Curbed NY ⇒ A Guide to Decoding NYC’s Subway Cars
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ A Painted Lady - Guastavino's 1886 No. 127 West 78th Street
• Flashbak ⇒ Nils T. Granlund and His Colony of Naked Sun Worshippers Star at New York's World Fair (1939)
• Forgotten NY ⇒ The Early Village, 1801
• Free Williamsburg ⇒ Brooklyn Comes Alive Festival Announces 4th Year Line Up
• Gothamist ⇒ New Cocktail Bar Stay Gold Serving Up Bourbon Slushies & Fancy Triscuits
• Greenpointers ⇒ Do the Time Warp: When Greenpoint Was the Second Largest Industrial Center in the US! - Greenpointers
• New York Post ⇒ Party Boat Dumps 500 Gallons of Human Waste in Brooklyn Basin
• New York Times ⇒ Shops Come and Go. But 2 New York Photographers Don’t Want to Forget
• NY Patch ⇒ Whole Foods Appears to Be Sinking Into the Gowanus Cana.
• Ridgewood Social ⇒ Throwback Post: Homemade Marshmallow Sandwiches at Rudy’s Bakery & Cafe
• Thrillist ⇒ Actually Cool Things to Do When Someone Visits NYC