FIVE THINGS: Gold Star Diner, Bye Bye

1. Have a safe New Year's Eve! Here are the phone numbers of If you party local (see our next thing below for suggestions) it's easier to keep safe from drunk drivers.

2. Here's a list of . And here's another one of New Year's happenings over .

3. The Gold Star Diner has closed, according to the Bayside Times.

4. As has the Palace Diner in Flushing, reports NYT City Room. One of the Palace customers quoted by NYT, Rebecca Irvin, said, “Now you almost have to go to Long Island to find one.”

Not to quibble with Ms. Irvin, but that's not entirely true, is it? We've got the still.

5. Crime is down in our area, according to i.