Car plows through bikes

In Brazil. I wonder what will happen to the driver in another country.

Vallone is Right (for once)

Don't change the name of the Queensboro Bridge to the Koch Bridge. It sounds nasty. Or, as Peter Vallone, Jr. says:

“Mayor Ed Koch is truly a great man and deserving of an honor like this,” Mr. Vallone wrote, “but renaming a landmark so closely linked to our borough’s culture and history is not appropriate. The city would not rename the Brooklyn Bridge, and the Queensboro Bridge should be treated equally.”

"...Cause that's where I'm from!"

Representing my home borough (even though I'm not from here... and the line I'm quoting is actually talking about Brooklyn). Click through to read the text.

The real reason Astoria might be so great is that, as I just found out, the best food cart in NYC may be here... and I haven't even tried it... and yet I barely miss it. I eat just fine.

(by Dustin Glick)

Subversive New Yorkers

It's not just people who ride bikes who are suspicious. Check out this incredible 1919 map of "seditious" New York City ethnicities.

Egyptian van barrels through crowd of protesters

Just like New York, the driver wasn't charged.

Helmet cameras capture bad driving

In the BBC.