It certainly feels like spring today, with temperatures at a high of 59 degrees that feel like 62 degrees, and a low of 51 degrees. Wind is moving WSW (west-southwest) between 17 and 23 mph. There is a 20 percent chance of precipitation. Tonight will reach a low of 34 degrees.
The sun will set at 7:21 p.m. and the moon will rise in the waning gibbous phase at 12:28 a.m.
5 Things To Know this morning:
Alternate side parking regulations will be suspended today and Tuesday, April 1-2 for Passover. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
The DOT has released a revised map of the final locations for CitiBike bike share dropoff/pickups. Bike dots can be seen throughout Brooklyn Heights, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Downtown, Greenpoint, and Williamsburg. One of the first locations arrived this weekend for use inside the Brooklyn Navy Yard. [CitiBike, Gothamist]
The city is taking public suggestions for how to spend $1.7 billion in Sandy relief funds allocated by the federal government to repair infrastructure, housing, and businesses. This is the first round of funding. First round public comment ends April 4. [NY1]
In other news, the city had a warehouse of emergency funds that was used to keep the cash flow going during the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. [Crain’s]
Pattycake, the first NYC-born gorilla, died at the Bronx Zoo of chronic heart problems. She was 40 years old. [ABC]
And now I’ll leave you with this reminder of the joy of springtime and new life.
Time to frolic in springtime grasses. (Photo courtesy of Mercy for Animals.)
SUNSET PARK — “As a resident of Marine Park, one of the great surprises I found biking around Industry City and visiting Japan Village was to discover Bush Terminal Park. I continue to be amazed at the serene hideaways that the city offers in some of the busiest places — and, still, with an iconic view.”
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — ‘A miracle that no one was killed …’ That’s what neighbors are saying about the collapse of the Hotel St. George marquee. Shown in this photograph are workmen beginning the removal and repair of the historic, old neon sign at the corner, referencing a relic of Brooklyn Heights’ past: the St. George Hotel.
ATLANTIC AVENUE — Exhausted shopper with cluster of bags and goods from mall at Boerum Place stops to look at huge construction site across the street. “Is that REALLY going to be a jail??” Her male companion is reassuring, “Nothing like Rikers … this is 21st Century.”
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Overheard in line at one of most popular pastry outlets on Montague Street: “Hope I can get them into a camp …” A mother with two pre-schoolers in tow was showing a friend the Dodge Y flyer for Healthy Kids Day on Saturday, April 18.
