78 years ago in New York history: The north tube of the Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic — Full story:

📎 A Great Big City — February 1

Today's historic location: American Thread Building — Built in 1896 as the Wool Exchange Building; located at West Broadway and Beach in Tribeca; added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 20, 2005

📎 Wikipedia — February 1

One of NYC's 683,788 trees: A Callery Pear in Queens, Queens County. 🌳

If you're near Francis Lewis Blvd and 24th Ave, be sure to visit! 👋

Trees help our city by absorbing water runoff from streets when it rains —

📎 NYC Parks Department — February 1

66 years ago in New York history: Northeast Air Flight 823 crashes on Rikers Island after takeoff at LaGuardia, killing 20 and injuring 78 — Read more:

📎 A Great Big City — February 1

Top Stories from Williamsburg, Times Square, and Corona #NYC

📎 A Great Big City — February 1

Park of the Day: Have you heard of Marcus Garvey Tenant's Assoc. Garden in Brooklyn? 🐝 It's a very small garden founded in 2005 (18 years ago)

Find out more:

📎 A Great Big City — February 1

February 1, 1945: The north tube of the Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic — Learn more:

📎 A Great Big City — February 1

Upcoming Events:

Today: National Freedom Day (celebration of the 13th Amendment)

Tomorrow: Groundhog Day 🐿️
Saturday: Rosa Parks Day
Sunday: Full Moon (Snow Moon) 🌕

93 Days Away: Cinco de Mayo 🇲🇽

📎 A Great Big City — February 1

📖 Weather Almanac 📖

February 1 in #NYC history

Today: 37°F
Record High: 67°F in 1989
Record Low: -2°F in 1920

📎 A Great Big City — February 1

Today:

🅿 Alternate side parking and meters: In Effect
🚮 Garbage and recycling collection: On Schedule
🚸 Public schools are open.

📎 NYC 311 — February 1

‘Limitless possibility’: BP Richards announces community visioning workshops on redevelopment of Creedmoor Psychiatric Center campus in Queens Village – QNS.com

📎 QNS.com — January 31

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Goodnight, cityfriends ⛵

📎 A Great Big City — January 31

Op-Ed: Opportunity and optimism in eastern Queens – QNS.com

📎 QNS.com — January 31

Non-profits to offer Staten Island schools inquiry-based Holocaust education programming | In Class column

📎 Staten Island Advance — January 31

NYC robbery rampage: Armed men busted after wild stickup spree targeting 13 victims

📎 AM New York — January 31

Midtown migrant crisis: Mayor’s office looks to break impasse, build trust with newcomers formerly sheltered at hotel

📎 AM New York — January 31

MTA says it "clearly F-ed this one up" after typo spotted in Grand Central Station's new $11 billion terminal

📎 CBS News — January 31

Armed crooks rob 13 victims in three NYC boroughs in crazed two-hour blitz: ‘In 24 hours I’ll be out on bail’

📎 NY Daily News — January 31

One of #NYC's historic locations: Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Gravesite — Granite and marble monument resembling a mast, located in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx

📎 Wikipedia — January 31

Here's one of NYC's 683,788 street trees: A Ginkgo in Manhattan, New York. 🌳

Visit 5th Avenue and say hello! 👋

Trees help our city by releasing water through their leaves, which decreases temperatures and ozone levels —

📎 NYC Parks Department — January 31