Red Hook’s Ikea wins guarded support from former local detractors. [NY Times]

Strike is averted as Verizon and its two unions reach last-minute deal. [NY Times]

Suspect’s release from prison renews interest in the still-unsolved bombing of La Gaurdia Airport 33 years ago. [NY Times]

Summer Streets program turns 6.9 miles of Midtown Manhattan into a car-free playground. [NY Times]

Madison Square Park’s new space-age public toilet – a burgeoning tourist attraction – to be installed throughout the city. [NY Times]

Young Mets fans rally around Bloomberg’s Willets Point redevelopment plan. [NY Times]

Hunts Point community leaders peeved over their neighborhood’s Wikipedia entry. [NY Times]

"Some brokers say that there is more to be gained by (cautiously) working with the competition in setting prices and marketing strategies than by going it alone." [NY Times]

The streetscapes of Steinway, Queens. [NY Times]

The 87-year-old tailor of Riverdale. [NY Times]

Living and buying in Gravesend, Brooklyn: a "small house" for $1.4 million. [NY Times]

Measuring the walkability of your neighborhood. [NY Times]

While the economy keeps tanking, local banks keep opening. [NYDN]

NYC buses offer some of the coolest rides in the nation. [NYDN]

Queens native who caught Barry Bonds’ record-breaking homerun opens a swanky shoe store in Tribeca. [NYDN]

Gas prices at local stations are inexplicably dropping, some below $4. [NYDN]

Real estate tycoon Aby Rosen in trouble with Hamptons cops after his kids invade a protected wildlife refuge. [NY Post]

Report reveals Upper East Side as the country’s most politically generous neighborhood. [NY Post]

Sovereign investors from overseas, usually focused only on big-name buildings, turn their eye to the ballooning market in foreclosed homes. [NY Post]

City Council’s efforts to wrest control of the Rent Guidelines Board could benefit council members who live in rent-stabilized apartments. [NY Sun]

Bloomberg calls on regional airports to auction off landing lots. [NY Sun]

Officials order all buildings falling outside of the city’s jurisdiction to be brought under its revised fire code. [NY Sun]

Fannie Mae’s second quarter losses larger than expectated. [WSJ]

Chrysler head Stephen Feinberg’s five-year, $15 million renovation of his Manhattan townhouse has become “nightmarish.” [WSJ]

Vacancies in large Manhattan office space up 35 percent this year. [Crain’s]

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