500 New Citi Bikes Hit the Streets; Pumpkin Picking on Governors Island; Haunted New York City

There is a lot of stuff going on the City, and we can't write about it all. Here are some interesting things some of our friends have written up lately.

• 6sqft ⇒ Go Pumpkin Picking and Trick-or-Treating on Governors Island
• Bklyner ⇒ After Another Daylight Shooting Near Fulton Mall, Borough President Responds
• Brokelyn ⇒ Free Gowanus Canal Tour (10/10)
• Brooklyn Paper ⇒ Rail Cool: City Unveils Renderings for Hook’s First Skate Park
• Brownstoner ⇒ Nolita Fave Cafe Gitane Opens in Vinegar Hill After Wait
• Curbed NY ⇒ How Microbes ‘Designed’ New York
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The James Richards House - 311 West 80th Street
• Forgotten NY ⇒ 1971 New York
• Gothamist ⇒ Dim Sum Specialist Tim Ho Wan Says It Will Open Hell's Kitchen Location in October
• Greenpointers ⇒ Gird Your Loins: The Museum of Pizza Is Coming
• New York YIMBY ⇒ Rafael Viñoly-Designed 125 Greenwich Street Over Two-Thirds Complete
• Soho Memory Project ⇒ Pravda: The SoHo Nightclub That Never Was
• Streetsblog New York City ⇒ Citi Bike’s Latest ‘Spin’: 500 New Bikes Hit the Streets Amid Repair Crisis
• Thrillist ⇒ The Best Date Ideas for Autumn in New York
• Untapped Cities ⇒ The Top 10 Secrets of Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx
• West Side Rag ⇒ October Events in Central Park Are the Hot Fall Ticket
• WhereTraveler ⇒ Travel Through a Haunted New York