NY’s public transportation ranked best in North America? [Gothamist]
Developer to replace Crown Heights spice factory with towers [Wall Street Journal]
Beloved grocer Sahadi’s to open sister outpost in boro next year [Brooklyn Paper]
New York City population closes in on 8.5 million [Yimby]
Photos: Nitehawk’s Prospect Park renovation reveals vaudeville stage [DNAinfo]
‘Friendship Archway’ gift from Beijing to be installed in Sunset Park [Patch]
Five ways de Blasio could fix transit, but won’t [Village Voice]
The Brooklyn bloggers who brought down Paul Manafort [Daily Beast]
NY to repeal the Cabaret Law and, after 91 years, let people boogie [New York Times]
Masterfully carved Jack O’Lanterns light up Governors Island [Gothamist]
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