Vintage 2nd Avenue Deli Sign Found; K2 Still Thriving in Brooklyn; Why One Fifth of Manhattan Storefronts Vacant

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 ⇒ Affordable Housing Lottery Launches for 100 Units at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6
• Bklyner ⇒ Windsor Terrace Park Dedicated to Local Hero
• Brooklyn Paper ⇒ Bklyn’s New State Park Named for Pioneering African-American Pol
• Curbed NY ⇒ Creating an Art-Filled Oasis in Fort Greene
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The Lost David L. Einstein House - 39 W 57th Street
• Ephemeral New York ⇒ The Sign Behind the Sign at a Grand Street Store
• Gothamist ⇒ Eat Lemons and Cotton Candy Clouds at the Beautiful LROOM Cafe
• New York Times ⇒ Nia Imani Franklin, Miss New York, Is the Winner of Miss America 2019
• New York YIMBY ⇒ 111 West 57th Street Reaches Supertall Heights as Pieces of the Façade Appear to Go Missing
• The Bridge ⇒ The K2 Corner: Why a Toxic Drug Persists in Brooklyn - the Bridge
• The Real Deal New York ⇒ Why One Fifth of Manhattan Storefronts Are Vacant
• Untapped Cities ⇒ 10 Unique Ways to Commemorate 9/11 in NYC in 2018
• Vanishing New York ⇒ 2nd Ave Deli Sign
• West Side Rag ⇒ Video: Police Pull Screeching Raccoon From Awning on 86th Street