Virginia K. Smith

With enough determination and Rubbermaid bins, you can pull off your entire move via the subway (Gothamist)

Cool 3D map shows New York as one giant, data-filled GIF (CityLab)

While it's easy to spend most of our days simply focused on making the rent or surviving the commute, even if you don't follow the news beyond skimming the headlines of other people's newspapers on the train, it's also easy to feel overwhelmed—and powerless—at the amount of sheer need in the world, given the mounting refugee crisis in Syria, as well as the homelessness epidemic right here in New York City.

Thanks to a new art installation, you can finally go inside the Brooklyn Navy Yard's spooky old hospital (Curbed NY)

Seriously: if you don't have renter's insurance already, get on it ASAP (Buzzfeed)

A crochet mural inspired by Moonrise Kingdom and The Shining isn't going to everyone's cup of tea, aesthetically speaking. But late last week, this temporary installation at the Bushwick flea also blew up into a massive controversy over the neighborhood's ongoing gentrification.