MTA Considering Increasing Subway Speed Limit; Protected Bike Lanes Coming to Cortlandt Park; BQE Reconstruction

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 ⇒ NYC's Homeless Shelter Population Would Make It the 10th Largest City in the State
• Brooklyn Paper ⇒ Dreamers in Dumbo: A High-Flying, High-Concept ‘Midsummer’
• Chelsea Now ⇒ People With Disabilities and Allies Advocate for Universal Subway Access
• Curbed NY ⇒ MTA Considers Raising Subway Speed Limit to Reduce Delays
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The Max Richter House - 22 East 94th Street
• EV Grieve ⇒ A Memorial for Elizabeth Lee on Cooper Square
• Greenpointers ⇒ Sláinte This Saturday: St. Patrick's Day Guide 2018
• Pardon Me for Asking ⇒ Reconstruction of B.Q.E.:Triple Cantilever Structure in Brooklyn Heights Will Reroute Thousands of Trucks Through Neighborhoods Like Carroll Gardens for Years. But There Is a Way to Cut Down on Construction Time.
• The Real Deal New York ⇒ Uma Thurman Weighs Selling Her Co-Op at River House
• Thrillist ⇒ Everything You Have to Do in New York City This Weekend
• Untapped Cities ⇒ How 10 Famous NYC Buildings Got Their Names
• Vanishing New York ⇒ Silver Spurs
• Welcome2TheBronx ⇒ Protected Bike Lanes Coming to Broadway Along Van Cortlandt Park - Welcome2TheBronx™
• West Side Rag ⇒ Taste of the Upper West Side Returns May 18th – 19th With Discount for West Side Rag Readers