Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a pedestrian struck in a hit and run at Knickerbocker and Gates Aves. in Brooklyn, a wall collapse at Cromwell Ave. in the Bronx, and an escaped prisoner at 107th Ave. and 131st St. in Queens. Firefighters had to rescue a Queens cemetery worker who was buried up to his waist after a cave-in occurred in a 20-foot-deep pit where he was working. The cave-in broke the man's leg......

Hard Crowd (or Room Full of Stiffs) Ever find yourself wondering what you're allowed to laugh at and what you're supposed to be offended by? Us too. Which is why we're so torn over NY State Health Commissioner Antonia Novello's comment/joke last week that Hispanic men don't need Viagra and "have other ways of performing." The comments, which were made at a Hispanic legislator's conference last weekend, offended many who attended the Somos El Futuro......

PARTY: Good Peoples and Beautiful/Decay magazine bring you "the sickest party of the summer"! Or so they say. Here are some of the ingredients: -2 hour open Bacardi & Mountain Dew Bar -Gift bags -the legendary PRINCE PAUL on the tables -Screening of Bomb the System and music videos from Culturama, Mockumentaries from Prince Paul RSVP for the guest list at rsvp@good-peoples.com Friday // 9pm to 4am // TriBeCa Cinemas [54 Varick St] // $5,......

The NYCDOH announced that there are nearly 200,000 fewer smokers in NYC since 2002 when the city launched a comprehensive tobacco control plan. They also stated that exposure to secondhand smoke in homes has dropped by more than one-third. Secondhand smoke has been associated with nearly all the bad things that happen to smokers (such as lung disease and heart disease), Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and deaths from asthma exacerbations. They boldly claim that "at......

60% chance of scattered thunderstorms, high of 78. Like many weather lovers, Gothamist seems to be most fascinated with weather's more awe-inspiring events--the kinds of weather events that in the post-X-Games Mountain Dew world, are known as "extreme." However, Gothamist believes that a world where we can call both in-line skating and mega-tsunamis extreme is a world that needs some new adjectives. The question for many of us is how to get to the extreme......