Gramercy Park Open to Public on Christmas Eve; El Chapo Trial Draws Tourism; All of 2018 NYC Landmarks

Gramercy Park, Manhattan
Gramercy Park, Manhattan
Photo: Emilio Guerra

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 ⇒ On Christmas Eve, the Public Can Go Inside Gramercy Park for One Hour
  • Bedford + Bowery ⇒ Village Army Navy Store Closes After 20 Years but Hopes for Another Tour of Duty
  • Bklyner ⇒ Brooklyn Navy Yard Sees Challenges and Success in Community Engagement
  • Brokelyn ⇒ Enjoy Vintage Subway and Bus Rides Through 12/30
  • Brooklyn Daily Eagle ⇒ Expert: City’s BQE Plan Could Bring Dangerous Levels of Toxic Pollution to Brooklyn Heights
  • Curbed NY ⇒ Mapping the NYC Buildings That Became Landmarks in 2018
  • Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The Huerman A. Flurscheim House - 131 West 77th Street
  • Forgotten NY ⇒ MULBERRY STREET, Little Italy
  • Gothamist ⇒ Oh, There Were Mandarin Ducks in Brooklyn This Whole Time
  • Greenpointers ⇒ Public Waterfront Revealed at Eliot Spitzer's Dank 420 Kent Ave Development
  • New York Times ⇒ The El Chapo Trial: New York’s Newest Tourist Destination
  • Patch ⇒ These Are Brooklyn's Darkest Neighborhoods
  • StreetEasy ⇒ 5 Reasons It's Great to Rent Rather Than Buy in NYC Right Now
  • The Lo-Down ⇒ Mount Sinai Plans to Open Behavioral Health Center in Rivington House Building
  • Thrillist ⇒ New York City’s Best New Restaurants of 2018
  • West Side Rag ⇒ Penguin Random House Opens Pop-Up Bookstore

[VIDEO] Here's a Slideshow of the Best Brooklyn Street Art of 2018

Brooklyn Street Art is a great blog which started off documenting the street art found in the borough, but has since grown to documenting incredible street art all over the world. Check out this slideshow video highlighting their best images of 2018, most of which were snapped here in New York City.

Here’s a list of the artists featured in the video. Help us out if we missed someone, or if we misspelled someones nom de plume. 1Up Crew, Abe Lincoln Jr., Adam Fujita, Adele Renault, Adrian Wilson, Alex Sena, Arkane, Banksy, Ben Eine, BKFoxx, Bond Truluv, Bordalo II, Bravin Lee, C215, Cane Morto, Charles Williams, Cranio, Crash, Dee Dee, D*Face, Disordered, Egle Zvirblyte, Ernest Zacharevic, Erre, Faith LXVII, Faust, Geronimo, Gloss Black, Guillermo S. Quintana, Ichibantei, InDecline, Indie 184, Invader, Isaac Cordal, Jayson Naylor JR, Kaos, KNS, Lena McCarthy, Caleb Neelon, LET, Anthony Lister, Naomi Rag, Okuda, Os Gemeos, Owen Dippie, Pejac, Pixel Pancho, Pork, Raf Urban, Resistance is Female, Sainer, Senor Schnu, Skewville, Slinkachu, Solus, Squid Licker, Stinkfish, Strayones, Subway Doodle, The Rus Crew, Tristan Eaton, Vegan Flava, Vhils, Viktor Freso, Vinie, Waone, Winston Tseng, Zola