Spencer Platt/Getty Images Welcoming the royal baby to the world in Greenwich Village.When the former Kate Middleton visited the United States for the first time two years ago, she and Prince William skipped New York.
We forgive the slight. But the city is ready to meet the royal baby.
On Tuesday, British-themed bars and restaurants are planning to continue their celebrations. In Greenwich Village’s “Little Britain,†Tea & Sympathy is holding a name contest â€" guess right, and you might win a meal.
And with today’s rainy weather, Londoners will be right at home.
After all, we have Queens too.
WEATHER
Soaking rains today with a high of 85 degrees. Click here for more information.
TRAFFIC & TRANSIT
Mass Transit: Subways: there are delays on the 4 train. Click for current M.T.A. status.
Roads: Traffic is moving well. Click for traffic updates
Alternate side parking rules: in effect.
COMING UP TODAY
- Former Gov. George E. Pataki is expected to testify in a trial stemming from a lawsuit by convicted sexual offenders who claimed they were wrongly confined in state psychiatric hospitals after they had completed their criminal sentences.
- Closing arguments are likely in the death penalty trial for Ronell Wilson, who murdered two undercover detectives and, while in prison, fathered a child with a corrections officer.
- The Metropolitan Opera’s summer recital series comes to Crotona Park, the Bronx. 7 p.m. [Free]
- And a little lower-brow: “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted†screens at Hunts Point Recreation Center, also in the Bronx. 8 p.m. [Free]
- Celebrate Verdi and Wagner’s 200th birthdays at the Washington Square Park Music Festival. 8 p.m. [Free]
- Students from the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music strut their stuff in the “Stars of Tomorrow†series on Pier 45, Hudson River Park. 6:30 pm. [Free]
- A jazzy new musical version of Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost†opens at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. 8:30 p.m. [Free, but you better be in line already.]
- Grand Central Station becomes a gallery for an exhibit of photos of the Second Avenue Access subway project by Hiroyuki Suzuki. [Free]
- Listen to Yusef Komunyakaa and other poets read in the High Line amphitheater (at 16th Street). 6:30 p.m. [Free]
IN THE NEWS
- Emergency crews resorted to paper and pens when the city’s 911 system crashed again on Monday. [New York Times]
- Ten were hurt after a plane’s landing gear collapsed at LaGuardia, temporarily shutting the airport. [New York Times]
- Want a parking space in Park Slope? Got $80,000? [CBS]
- Firefighters bring the heat with a new charity calendar. [DNA Info]
- An overturned tractor trailer dumped beer all over Bruckner Expressway early Monday. [ABC]
- A Staten Island man accused of being a serial killer fired his lawyer at a pre-trial hearing. He will represent himself. [New York Post]
- An overloaded outlet sparked fire that injured 19 firefighters in Manhattan, officials say. [New York Post]
- Eliot Spitzer tells women “I failed, big time†in a new political ad. [NY 1]
- Yesterday we told you the governor and the mayor were in a rafting competition. Spoiler alert: the governor won. [NY1]
AND FINALLY…
It’s National Moth Week, and New York City is no exception. Tonight there’s a nighttime “moth madness†gathering for families at the Staten Island Museum (which recently hosted a cicada singles party).
Or go “mothing†â€" hunting the critters with a flashlight and a big white sheet â€" at several events across the region.
Nicole Higgins DeSmet and E.C. Gogolak contributed reporting.
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