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NJ Transit making rides free all week [View this email in a browser.]( Gothamist relies on your support to make local news available to all. Not yet a member? [Consider donating and join today.]( [At Brooklyn museum, NYC's best shop signs get another life]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter is curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ⛅ Partly sunny this morning, with possible afternoon thunderstorms and highs in the mid 80s. It's Monday in New York City, where every year, old delis, specialty repair shops and laundromats with iconic signage shutter to make way for a new Popeye's franchise or a Cricket Wireless. But instead of letting those signs go to landfill, one man has been saving as many as he can — and reinstalling them in a museum on Atlantic Avenue. [Here's a look inside Brooklyn's shrine to the sign](. And here's what else is happening: - NJ Transit is [making all rides free this week]( in recognition of its summer of persistent delays and meltdowns. - The Archdiocese of New York is finalizing the sale of a 124-year-old East Harlem Catholic church that had fallen into disrepair. (The [developer who's buying the church for $5 million]( will also acquire its air rights.) - As renovations get underway at a Staten Island NYCHA complex that was recently turned over to private managers, some tenants say they're experiencing a long-forgotten feeling: [optimism](. - Officials said a dog that was [found inside a trash compactor]( at a public housing complex in Lower Manhattan over the weekend had to be euthanized due to severe injuries. - The NYPD said [officers shot and killed a man who was carrying a gun]( outside a NYCHA complex in East Harlem early Sunday. - Coney Island’s century-old Cyclone roller coaster, which got stuck mid-ride last Thursday, is [facing two violations from the city]( and remains shut down indefinitely. - Central Park and the Upper West Side are getting [sprayed with pesticides]( tonight to ward off mosquitoes. - In related news, Anthony Fauci is at home recovering from [a case of West Nile virus](. - Citi Bike is [a lot more expensive]( than London's bike share. - A 35-year-old Poughkeepsie man has been [charged in the fatal shooting]( of a prominent sneaker reseller outside the Stone Island SoHo store in June. - "I know 15 bucks doesn’t seem like a lot, but when you’re being overcharged for rent and you’re unemployed, getting even that back every month is a blessing": Some landlords now [offer small rewards]( like 1% cash back, for paying your rent on time. - Meet the [skateboarding moms]( of Brooklyn. - Zoomers [don't answer the phone](. - Rich Millennials are paying now to eventually [have their corpses frozen](. [“I’m happy about it because they're going to remodel the whole thing inside. This is my last stop here. I ain’t going nowhere.”]( - Cruz Ruiz, a 90-year-old resident of the West Brighton Houses on Staten Island, on [THE RENOVATIONS IN HIS BUILDING]( More from Gothamist [second image]( [Cat, dog adoptions 50% off all week at Long Island pet shelter]( The no-kill North Shore Animal League America organization is holding its "Clear the Shelters" week. [Forest Hills Stadium hosts sold-out music festival next month — despite neighbors' litigation]( Chappell Roan, Janelle Monae and Renee Rapp are some of the artists set to headline the All Things Go music festival on Sept. 28-29, mere weeks after a Queens judge dismissed a lawsuit aimed at shutting down concerts at the stadium for good. [We Rely On Your Support]( [Lithium-ion batteries are exploding in NYC's garbage trucks. Only you can stop them.]( These batteries are found in everything from power tools to vapes to laptops, and are now so ubiquitous that sanitation workers say they’re finding their way into trash streams and blowing up in the backs of garbage trucks. [A New Yorker asks: Does the MTA really recycle their trash?]( Subway platform trash cans all say, "You Can It, We Recycle it!" According to the MTA, that's not a lie — recyclables are sorted out at a facility in the Bronx. [Instagram]( [Instagram]( [Facebook]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Twitter]( [New York Public Radio] [WNYC]( | [WQXR]( | [NJPR]( | [GOTHAMIST]( [WNYC STUDIOS]( | [THE GREENE SPACE]( Copyright © New York Public Radio. All rights reserved. 160 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013 [TERMS OF USE]( You can update your [PREFERENCES]( or [UNSUBSCRIBE]( from this list.

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