AGBC News Episode 7: Thirteenth Avenue Becomes a Beach, NTSB Limo Investigation, and Staten Island Chuck

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Today: Thirteenth Avenue Becomes a Beach, NTSB Limo Investigation, and Staten Island Chuck.

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• Staten Island Chuck predicts an early Spring

• Episode 5 — MTA will install turn-key ignitions on city buses — Serial MTA bus joyrider caught

• Gansevoort Peninsula — Manhattan is getting its own beach

Manhattan's first public beach will be built in a very "trashy" location! 🏖️🚮 https://t.co/G40pVvHBgI pic.twitter.com/AxtJHwziEZ

— A Great Big City (@agreatbigcity) February 6, 2019

• Court rules NTSB must be allowed to examine limo wreckage — 3 months after deadly NY crash, NTSB has yet to inspect limo

• 62 years ago on February 1, 1957 — Northeast Air Flight 823 crashes on Rikers Island after takeoff at LaGuardia

• 27 years ago on February 4, 1992 — Area code 917 is introduced, originally used only for cell phones

• Cannonball on Governors Island

• Winter Storm Nemo Hits NYC

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Park of the day

• James J Walker Park

• NYC Parks will be holding their rec center open house week

Concert Calendar

• The Roots are playing the Highline Ballroom at the final Highline Ballroom show on Tuesday, February 5th at 8pm.

• Dawes is playing the Beacon Theatre on the Upper West Side on Tuesday, February 5th at 7pm.

• Four Tet is playing Brooklyn Steel in Greenpoint on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 5th and 6th at 8pm.

• Reindeer Castle, The Hague, and Dog Petter are playing Gold Sounds Bar in Bushwick on Tuesday, February 5th at 7pm.

• Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, Jason Isbell, and many others will be playing the Tibet House U.S. Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium on Thursday, February 7th beginning at 7:30pm.

• El Ten Eleven and Joan of Arc are playing the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Thursday, February 7th at 9pm.

• Eyelids, Brower, and Hurry are playing Union Pool in Williamsburg on Saturday, February 9th at 8pm.

Thanks for listening! Find more fun things to do at agreatbigcity.com/events.

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Did you know?: The George Washington Bridge is the busiest motor vehicle bridge in New York City and in the world, carrying almost 290,000 vehicles per day

Weather

Weather for the week ahead:
Temperatures will remain above average on Tuesday and Wednesday, with mixed precipitation on Wednesday through next Monday. High temperatures peaking at 61°F on Friday.

The extreme highs and lows for this week in weather history:
Record High: 70°F on February 5, 1991
Record Low: -15°F on February 9, 1934

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Intro and outro music: 'Start the Day' by Lee Rosevere