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 Renderings of Lower Manhattan’s Second Tallest Tower Reveal Golden Art Deco Design
• Bedford + Bowery ⇒ Rockaway’s Riis Park Beach Bazaar Opens New Off-Season Restaurant, the Dropout
• Brooklyn Based ⇒ Bushwick Community Darkroom Is Keeping the Art, and Science, of Film Alive
• Brooklyn Bridge Park ⇒ BBP Announces Pop-Up Pool Will Be Extended for One More Season
• Brooklyn Paper ⇒ Spice World: Pepper Festival Celebrates 25 Years of Chill
• Bushwick Daily ⇒ This Japanese Hair Stylist Gives Extraordinary Haircuts in His Bushwick Loft for a Mere $20
• Curbed NY ⇒ Tour the New York Transit Museum, a Repository of Subway History
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The 1848 George Clark House - 180 Ninth Avenue
• Eater NY ⇒ Italy’s Most Famous Pizzamaker Takes on NYC
• Explore Brooklyn ⇒ Brooklyn ARTery - Explore Brooklyn
• Gothamist ⇒ Nom Wah Tu, Starring Jonathan Wu's Noodles & Dim Sum, Is Fantastic
• Guest of a Guest ⇒ 5 Easy Ways to Volunteer in NYC
• New York Times ⇒ When the Streets Were Mean (But Far Less Crowded)
• New York YIMBY ⇒ Construction Begins on Supertall 45 Broad Street, Financial District
• Thrillist ⇒ What It's Like to Work as a Bouncer for the Supreme Line
• Untapped Cities ⇒ (Not So) Fun Maps: How Many NYC Subway Stations Are Actually Wheelchair Accessible

Former FDNY Captain and Firefighter Brenda Berkman was one of the first femal firefighters in the City. She served 25 years in the department before founding and serving as President of the United Women Firefighters foundation, a non-profit organization to provide support and assistance to female firefighters all over the country. In this profile from BRIC TV, hear from Berkman herself as she talks about what it was like in the early days, and what the foundation means to her and other women.

Captain Brenda Berkman served 25 years in the FDNY after becoming one of the 1st women firefighters in NYC. Now retired, she continues her fight for womens' rights through the United Women Firefighters foundation.

CoreData.nyc is an interactive data hub from NYU's Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy for all things affordable housing in New York City. Using analysis of recent census data, the site has added a few new layers to the data visualization, including a layer to see which neighborhoods and boroughs have the highest percentage of residents born in New York. It turns out that Staten Island is the highest in the City, with about 80% of its residents hailing from the State of New York. Check out the full site to play around with the data.