Get ready for Memorial Day weekend traffic, Biggie gets a block in Brooklyn, & more

By Nikki M. Mascali | May 22, 2019 - 12:00PM

No one wins: Memorial Day weekend gridlock is expected to start today in NYC—and the city is expected to be the second most-popular destination for travelers (Curbed via INRIX)

Brookfield Properties partners with Loop on a zero-waste initiative at Brookfield Place in Lower Manhattan and One Blue Slip at Greenpoint Landing (press release)

Three officials are accused of taking $875,000 in cash bribes to put ineligible applicants into a waitlisted Coney Island affordable housing co-op (NBC4 New York)

The Clinton Hill block where the Notorious B.I.G. grew up will be named Christopher Wallace Way in his honor next month (Billboard)

Real estate agents share the most extreme requests they’ve received from clients (Business Insider)

Sales launch at Rose Hill in Nomad, Rockefeller Group’s first residential building; prices in the 45-story Art Deco tower start at $1,195,000 million (press release)

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