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The newly revealed "secret" section of Central Park, which has been closed off since Robert Moses declared it a bird sanctuary in the 1930s, has now reopened to humans. The fenced-off, 4-acre peninsula—located near The Pond—has been largely neglected for decades, becoming overrun by weeds and left untouched by man. [ more › ]

There are a lot of deer on Staten Island. So many, that Borough President James Oddo took personal offense when two of them were unceremoniously dumped on his soil last fall. "We already have an exploding deer population approaching crisis proportions, and to release more deer into this overcrowded herd is unconscionable," he said. [ more › ]

Notorious Manhattan landlord Steve Croman was arrested this morning along with his mortgage broker on felony fraud charges for allegedly inflating rents on loan applications. [ more › ]

Every year the sun aligns perfectly with the city's grid on four separate occasions, an event first named and noticed by super intelligent human Neil deGrasse Tyson. It is nature's gift to New York City, a testament to our smart grid system, and an obsession of Instagrammers (née photographers). The few harmonious moments that the Manhattanhenge sunset lasts for really connects our urban terrain to something bigger, and if you can find an intersection to appreciate it in that isn't overrun by people holding up their iPhones, it's beautiful. In fact, deGrasse Tyson has declared it to be "a unique urban phenomenon in the world, if not the universe." [ more › ]

One of our favorite NYC Things is that you can still touch centuries-old pieces of the city, and one of the oldest and coolest things you can lay your hands on is inside another really old and cool thing! The Croton Reservoir was a massive above-ground reservoir that held 20 million gallons of water—it boasted walls 50-feet tall and 25-feet wide, and stood where the New York Public Library stands today. When the Library was built, some of its remains were left intact. Those remains are currently down a staircase leading to an auditorium. [ more › ]

Because of course people will have sex in driverless cars, check out today's end-of-day links: friend zone dating, Newark health issues, DIY fecal transplant, KFC fingernails, chest hair back in style, and cats confused by DVD players. Don't forget to follow Gothamist on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. [ more › ]

The Museum of Modern Art's annual Party in the Garden is taking place on June 1st, and while none of us can afford the dinner, the afterparty is always the place to be. [ more › ]

The man whose body was found in Sheepshead Bay on Monday with cement around his feet has been identified as Peter Martinez, 28. Police say Martinez is a possible gang member, and the New York Times reports that he was known on the streets as Petey Crack. [ more › ]

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I left this fake guest book at a Florida Airbnb. See a bonus page on Facebook.

A man's body floated to the water's surface off of Sheepshead Bay in southern Brooklyn on Monday morning, with his face and hands wrapped in duct tape, his body wrapped in plastic bags, and his feet encased in concrete. [ more › ]

 

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Surfers wait for the perfect icy swell at this seemingly unlikely surfing spot: Unstad Beach in Norway’s Lofoten Islands, captured in this image by Konsta Linkola. “We were hit by a blizzard as we were approaching the beach,” Linkola writes, “which made the surfing more extreme.”

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Lobster rolls, raw oysters, cocktails, and more can now be eaten right on the water

It's time to drink and eat on the water again. Restaurants and bars on barges and boats are slowly reopening for the season. Already, The Frying Pan at Pier 66 in Chelsea has been open for a couple weeks. North River Lobster Company in Hell's Kitchen, which first debuted a couple years ago, has also started sailing and serving its lobster rolls and fish tacos. People looking for a more upscale experience can try out the lobster company's new floating restaurant Fish Bar, a three-story project on a yacht with a home base at Pier 81. The restaurant will sail several times a day and opens on Sunday.

Further south, boat lovers can soon go back to Grand Banks at Hudson River Park's Pier 25. The restaurant and bar on a boat did a soft open run earlier this month and will offer its full menu of oysters, caviar, and ceviche starting next Tuesday. Chef Kerry Heffernan, an Eleven Madison Park alum, has added an oyster pan roast to the menu this year — an import from Heffernan's menu of a new Ace Hotel restaurant in New Orleans. Profits at the restaurant and bar help support the non-profit Maritime Foundation.

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The crowd on Grand Banks earlier this month

And in Greenpoint, The Brooklyn Barge Bar struggled to open for the season in 2015 due to liquor license issues but managed to eke out a few weeks of drinking on the water in the fall. This year, the bar says it will be reopening in May.

There are few things in this world that bros haven’t co-opted. From Coachella to rosé, the mouth-breathing dudes among us have made sure to get their fill of whichever event/trend/thing they’ve set their Ray Ban-wrapped eyes on, inevitably ruining it for…

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Le Télégramme, a French newspaper based in Brittany, maps the percentage of immigrants in France by canton; a second map shows the largest source of immigration (Portugal shows up more than any other country). In French. [Maps Mania]

Dudeoir photos are all the rage, and The Whimsical Woodsman is the newest installment

2016 is the year of the sexy “dudeoir” photoshoot, and we couldn’t be happier about it.

It seems we can’t get enough of bearded men running around in their underwear. Another photographer tackled the “dudeoir” genre this month, and the resulting images are being made into a calendar to benefit a nonprofit that gives comfort to kids in crisis.

Photographer Chad Castigliano of Chronicker Photography took his friend Tim into the woods for a good cause. The two had a photoshoot which will be made into a calendar with part of the proceeds going to Books to the Rescue. Books to the Rescue helps first responders limit the emotional impact of adverse childhood experiences by providing books and toys “so they may serve as engagement while adults are being interviewed in scary situations.” The nonprofit was started by Castigliano’s wife, Jasmine. “Even if a first responder doesn’t have a background in social work or early childhood development, it takes essentially no training to sit down with a child and read a book,” Jasmine tells Scary Mommy. “This opens the door for relationship building, calming the stress response, a more open interview, and limiting the impact of emotional trauma.”

Castigliano and friend decided to don some tools and head into the forest to help Jasmine with her amazing cause. The results, as you can imagine, are awesome. So awesome, in fact, Tim now has a public persona: The Whimsical Woodsman.

 

“I’ve worked with kids with traumatic histories in one way or another for the last twenty years,” Jasmine, a teacher with a background in children’s behavioral health says. “After the first decade or so I got tired of trying to help heal the damage after the fact.” She started Books to the Rescue in Yavapai County, Arizona — a place she says has a high population of kids in need and is the largest county in the state.

Fun pictures, great cause, and it looks like dudeoir photos aren’t going anywhere any time soon. You can purchase The Whimsical Woodsman calendar or autographed 8×10 photo here. A third of the proceeds from the calendar will go directly to Books to the Rescue.

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From his perch on the spectator’s platform, Your Shot member Martin Nittala captured this photo of stunt riders on the Wall of Death in India. The stunt is said to have originated in 1911 in New York's Coney Island.

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Japan is always ahead of the curve when it comes to food and technology trends, so it’s no surprise that Japanese parents would start a viral social-media trend that makes “Hot Dog Legs” look remedial. According to BuzzFeed, parents in Japan are…

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It’s officially “National Pi Day,” the nerdiest of fake food holidays, where companies that sell anything remotely pie-like offer up some sort of deal as an ode to the mathematical concept. Most places will give people coupons or sell items…

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Water in Iceland's Ölfusá River flows around sandbars toward the Atlantic Ocean. The Ölfusá is Iceland's largest river, and its watershed drains 2,355 square miles (or one-seventh of Iceland).

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Is it possible that a chain serves fried chicken and biscuits so good that it can cause a major traffic delay? According to a slew of tweets, that is exactly what went down in Huntington, WV when a Bojangles’ Famous…

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The Huffington Post is, it’s safe to say, not a fan of Donald Trump. It’s produced a couple of maps satirizing the Republican frontrunner and his policies. The first came last summer:

The second came this past week, and is actually sourced, based on his own statements (but not direct quotes):

[Maps on the Web]

With so many different cuts of beef—from the 7-bone chuck roast to the tri-tip roast—figuring out the best way to cook a piece of beef can be confusing. This chart from the Cattlemen’s Beef Board and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association can help.

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Earlier this April, a Russian photographer named Egor Tsvetkov used photos and an app called FindFace, a neural network that can link photos with social media profiles using facial recognition, to show how much information we willfully give up online. Unfortunately the nightmare he was trying to warn against swiftly came true.

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Jesus came across an adulteress crouching in a corner with a crowd around her preparing to stone her to death. Jesus stopped them and said, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."

Suddenly a woman at the back of the crowd fired off a stone at the adulteress. At which point Jesus looked over and said, "Mother! Sometimes you really tick me off!"