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 ⇒ Proposal for Gap Along East River Greenway Calls for Two Wave-Like Lanes and Flexible Outdoor Rooms
• Bedford + Bowery ⇒ If 8th St. Became Jimi Hendrix Way, Would It Get More Crosstown Traffic?
• Brooklyn Paper ⇒ The Dark Tour: ‘Madame Morbid’ Shows Off Brooklyn Murder Sites
• Curbed NY ⇒ Mapping NYC’s Creepy Abandoned Hospitals and Asylums
• DNAinfo New York ⇒ Skaters Get Repairs Rolling at Brooklyn's Oldest Skate Park
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The James B. Clark Bldg - 66 Pearl Street
• Ephemeral New York ⇒ A Spooky Gothic Mansion in Upper Manhattan
• Guest of a Guest ⇒ People Are Losing It Over This Instagrammable Bakery
• New York Times ⇒ After 91 Years, New York Will Let Its People Boogie
• Street Food Blogger ⇒ Famous Dosa Man of Washington Square Park
• Untapped Cities ⇒ 10 Fun Facts About Opening Day of the NYC Subway on October 27, 1904
• Vanishing New York ⇒ Frankel's
• We Heart Astoria ⇒ Meet Katrina Rose: Representing Astoria on the Voice!

Urban explorer, photographer, and videographer Josh Charrow recently took an evening helicopter flight over New York City and captured this stunning aerial video of the skyline and cityscape. Check it out!

Thanks to Wings Air Heli for an amazing time flying above the city! If you ever have an opportunity to do this I guarantee its one of the most beautiful experiences out there.

For more of Charrow's work, follow @flashing.lights on Instagram.

NYC Pads is a funny web series that is in the same vein as MTV's "Cribs" where a celebrity's home is toured during the show. The twist is that the people in the NYC Pads videos are normal New Yorkers with shitty apartments. In this episode from the series, watch as hosts Maddy and Caroline explore the Buswick home of Joe Striks.

The "NYC Pads" team ventures into Bushwick for some of Joe Striks' LaCroix and personal hygiene tips. Will he EVER wash his hair? Lets find out!