Gerritsen Beach posted this photograph of $4-and-over gasoline in Sheepshead Bay and asked, "Is this hell?" Well, for those drivers who could afford to fill up and head out of town this Memorial weekend, it might be heaven--the Daily News has two photos showing the contrast in traffic between this year's and last year's automobile rush on the Sunrise Highway. According to the AAA, 37.9 million drivers are expected on the road this weekend, down......

In a startling coincidence with the unofficial beginning of summer and the official opening of NYC beaches on Memorial Day weekend, the FDNY says that it can no longer afford to have special patrols by emergency medical technicians to come to the aid of the ailing and injured at the beach. Budget cuts apparently necessitated the curtailment. The EMT union told WCBS news that the FDNY is cutting patrols on city beaches on the days......

Brooklyn Bridge just before sunset last night from Montag007 on Flickr There's been at least a trace of rain every day since last Friday. That wet streak will be broken today and clear skies should prevail through much of the Memorial Day weekend. Today and tomorrow share the same forecast - sunny, breezy and slightly cooler than normal, with highs around 70 degrees. The wet spell has been accompanied by an even longer run......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a water rescue at Liberty Island between Manhattan and NJ, a pedestrian was struck on 13th St. and 2nd Ave. in Manhattan, and there was a check cashing robbery on Francis Lewis and Jamaica Aves. in Queens. NYC Snapshot: Daily historic photos of NYC from someone who knows what we like. A drunk driver in Rockland County ran into an off-duty NYPD cop, whose injuries include bleeding in the......

- What happens when a 12 year old covers the Tribeca Film Festival (hint: she chats with Tom Cruise and sees Giuliani, whose politics she doesn't agree with!) - That Red Hook drug ring - the one where the gangs would calls parts of the projects "Peyton Place" and names like that - made $50 million a year - The police deny there was any DNA evidence linking killer bouncer Stephen Sakai and one......

When Gothamist saw this photograph by Scott Jones for the NY Times, we immediately wondered if we could have Dr. Charles Weiss as our dentist ("Will our health plan cover it?"). We imagine that many other New Yorkers (and non) probably thought the same time, flooding various dental plans' hotlines and websites. Imagine: Dazzling skyline while your teeth get dazzled. The NY Times Home section is all about the Chrysler Building to honor its 75th......

We're not going to sugarcoat it... We're getting screwed. Now is the time when we are supposed to be braking breaking out the flip flops flip-flops, trying out the new warm weather gear, fueling our mojo, and gearing up for the unofficial start of summer Memorial Day Weekend. But instead it's cold, it's grey, it's windy, it's "damp" and it's starting piss everyone off. The news doesn't get much better. It is supposed to......

Last Memorial Day Weekend, Gothamist was grilling and chilling with friends, family, and Hanu, the Hanukkah dog. We were wearing sandals and sunglasses, slathering butter on corn at a backyard BBQ in Park Slope. God, today's weather sucks. There's talk of grilling underneath an umbrella in the pouring rain, and that's crazy talk. We're going to watch Law & Order and Trading Spaces and pick at the spinach dip. The Times on what New......