Extra Extra: An 18-foot clown sign is caught in the middle of an NJ affordable housing dispute
July 14, 2025, 2:01 p.m.
Because it's been there since 1956, here are your afternoon links: A piece of Mars, rent increases, bringing friends on your honeymoon and more from around the city and internet.
It’s Monday afternoon in New York City, where this Brooklyn woman found support on TikTok for her recovery from drug addiction.
Here’s what else is happening:
- You can use this map from RentHop to see how much rent has increased near every subway stop in the city.
- Make sure your E-Z Pass is displayed properly or you’ll get charged more!
- Sotheby’s will be auctioning off a 54-pound piece of Mars this week. The rock is the largest piece of Mars we have on Earth.
- Good news: An Upper West Side scaffolding that was put up in 2012 is finally down. Bad news: Only part of it was dismantled, and another scaffolding structure went up next door.
- Bring your friends to your honeymoon.
- The Tooth Fairy is real and she lives in Seattle with a very active email mailbox.
- The fate of an 18-foot-tall clown sign in New Jersey remains unclear as developers are still locked in a dispute with the town of Middletown over what should be built on the land.
- And finally, happy campers:
How good is that? pic.twitter.com/16v4BfJpds
— dog (@Dog__Dog0) July 11, 2025