Brooklyn Navy Yard Overrun by Rats; NYC Bloody Mary Festival; Avocado Bar Opening in BK;

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 ⇒ City Spends Nearly $7M a Year on 15,000 Rarely-Used Alarm Boxes
• An Avocado Bar in Brooklyn You Say? ⇒ AN AVOCADO BAR IN BROOKLYN YOU SAY? – Koolyst
• Bklyner ⇒ Rats! Brooklyn Navy Yard Area Overrun With Rodents
• Bushwick Daily ⇒ Tap and Dye Is a Bushwick Business Supporting USA Manufacturing One Camera Strap at a Time
• Curbed NY ⇒ Long Island City Development Site Entrenched in So Much Drama
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The Ambrose Kirtland House - 226 West 11th Street
• Greenpointers ⇒ How Greenpoint Helped Build the Brooklyn Bridge - Greenpointers
• Lonely Planet Travel News ⇒ Make Brunch Last All Day at Brooklyns Bloody Mary Festival
• New York Times ⇒ A Public Restroom Fit for Brooke Astor Gets an Upgrade
• Streetsblog New York City ⇒ 30 Blocks of Broadway Will Go Car-Free on Earth Day
• The Lo-Down ⇒ Essex Crossing Condo Tower at 242 Broome St. Tops Out | the Lo-Down : News From the Lower East Side
• Thrillist ⇒ How to Actually Eat an Affordable Meal at NYC's Michelin-Starred Restaurants