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

This interesting map shows how far across the United States you can travel by horse from New York, in 1830. While we are nearly 200 years into the future, we don't imagine much has changed in these travel times, unless you want to ride your horse on the Interstate.

We're in the midst of Shark Week and everybody loves it, so watch the drag queen cast of NYC's Blood in the Water rate a bunch of sharks on their hotness? Why not, it's funny?

Shark week is upon us, and what better way to celebrate we had NYC's top drag queen rate the oceans saltiest creatures: sharks.