NYC has genetically distinct ‘uptown’ and ‘downtown’ rats [The Atlantic]
Masked man tosses Molotov cocktail inside Brighton Beach supermarket [New York Post]
Santa’s workshop is real, and it’s in Dyker Heights [New York Times]
City to settle discrimination claim in Broadway Triangle housing plan [New York Times]
NYC landlords are actually lowering rents [Brick Underground]
Feds promise to build temporary replacement for Gowanus pool [Brooklyn Paper]
As the Verrazano Bridge turns 53, see it under construction [Brownstoner]
Park Slope Food Coop staffers jetted to Paris on company dime [New York Post]
Street parking may have to be forfeited to fix Windsor Terrace sidewalk [Brooklyn Paper]
Warhol-themed bar opens in South Williamsburg [Bedford+Bowery]