Exclusives: Read The NYC Stories Patch Broke In September

NEW YORK CITY — This September, a team of outraged gardeners accosted the mayor. A Beyoncé professor, yes that is a thing, became $10,000 richer because cops took to Bellevue for Tweeting. We discovered it's Delancey, Essex if you're nasty.

Only in New York. And only on Patch. Here's a selection of the stories Patch broke in the city this month.

Mayor Blows Off Resiliency Meeting With Pols For Walk In The Park

EAST VILLAGE, NY — Hizzoner took an afternoon stroll through East River Park Friday, after bailing on a meeting with local council members over a major resiliency plan to bury and rebuild the park to protect from the impacts of climate change. ... Read more

IKEA Will Open Its First Queens Location In Summer 2020

REGO PARK, QUEENS — IKEA is coming to Queens. The Swedish furniture giant will open a 115,000-square-foot store in the Rego Center shopping mall.... Read more

Beyoncé Prof Taken To Psych Ward For Tweets Gets $10K Settlement

GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN — New York City had to pay $10,000 to a former Rutgers professor known for his Beyoncé-themed class who said he was hospitalized for discussing the Second Amendment and flag-burning, a new settlement shows. The... Read more

De Blasio Accosted By Angry Gardeners Chanting 'Shame On You'

NEW YORK, NY — Community gardeners outraged over new Parks Department rules held a boisterous rally outside City Hall that ended with them chanting "Shame on you" as Mayor Bill de Blasio walked past without stopping to talk. ... Read more

Weird Treasures Line The Bottom Of NYC's Murky Waterways

NEW YORK — Consider the giraffe whose corpse was reportedly found off the Brooklyn waterfront. Or the piano at the bottom of The Bronx River. Or the silver baby's rattle that washed up further south on Dead Horse Bay.... Read more

Muslim Brooklyn Inmate Denied Ramadan Meals Files $10M Lawsuit

DOWNTOWN, BROOKLYN — Correction officers at the Brooklyn House of Detention denied a Muslim man the only meals he eats each day during the holy month of Ramadan for three days in a row, a new lawsuit claims.... Read more

Tompkins Square Park Skate Spot Saved, Officials Say

NEW YORK — The Parks Department will keep the skate spot in Tompkins Square Park as is and find another location for synthetic turf. ... Read more

Cafe D'Alsace Could Be Replaced By UES High-Rise

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Development firm Aimco is planning to demolish a low-rise building on the corner of an Upper East Side block ... Read more

'Essex If You're Nasty': How Twitter Would Announce Subway Stops

NEW YORK — The doors of the subway car open and a voice, real or robotic, calls out the stop. The ritual is repeated countless times each day, drilling the station names into millions of commuters' brains. So why not have a little fun with them? ... Read more