Origins of Brooklyn Heights' Fruit Streets; Masssive Animal Shelter Coming to Bronx; New FAO Schwartz Flagship Opens Today

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 ⇒ New FAO Schwarz Flagship Store Opens Today
• Bklyner ⇒ Winter Festival & Holiday Market Coming to Brooklyn Museum
• Brooklyn Paper ⇒ Dining With the Stars: Gowanus Restaurant Claro Gets Michelin Recognition
• Brooklyn's Secret Subway Vent ⇒ Brooklyn's Secret Subway Vent
• Bushwick Daily ⇒ 6 Brooklyn Comedy Shows You Can't Miss Before the End of the Year
• Curbed NY ⇒ How Did a Manhattan Apartment End Up in the Brooklyn Museum?
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The Thomas and Isabelle Fowler Mansion - 39 East 68th Street
• Gothamist ⇒ 'Major' Frida Kahlo Exhibit Coming to the Brooklyn Museum
• New York Daily News ⇒ New York City Council Approves New $60 Million Animal Shelter in the Bronx
• New York Times ⇒ 10 of the Best New N.Y.C. Restaurants (For Now)
• New York YIMBY ⇒ "Skytop" at 15 Hudson Yards Will Be Tallest Residential Roof Deck in New York City
• StreetEasy ⇒ Brooklyn Heights Fruit Streets: How They Got Their Names
• Sunnyside Post ⇒ Amazon Officially Selects Long Island City for New Headquarters, Will Build Around Anable Basin
• The Bridge ⇒ Amazon Next Door: What Does It Mean for Brooklyn?
• The Infatuation ⇒ Where to Go That’s Like Union Pool but Isn’t Union Pool
• Thrillist ⇒ Everything You Absolutely Must Do in NYC This Weekend
• Untapped Cities ⇒ Saving the Abandoned Home of Frederick Law Olmsted, Central Park Designer, on Staten Island
• Vanishing New York ⇒ Tea & Sympathy