(Photo: Scott Lynch)
Lieutenant Mat Ambelas of the FDNY, who died last summer while fighting a Williamsburg blaze, was honored with a plaque at the Hooper Street station. [Yeshiva World]
Parishioners at Church of the Nativity on Second Avenue hope that its link to the late Dorothy Day, a former worshipper now up for Catholic sainthood, will save it from a planned closure on August 1. [Wall Street Journal]
Thespian couple Jonny Lee Miller and Michelle Hicks paid $2.1 million for a Tompkins Square Park condo. [Variety]
At Bushwick’s D+T Project Gallery beginning Saturday, a convenience store-like exhibition will be constantly updated as its contents are purchased. [T]
Mumbai’s neighborhood of Bandra West is being compared to the Lower East Side. [Ozy]
A duplex in 161 N. 4th Street that was featured in a Nate Berkus design book will soon become available for $1.25 million. [NY Post]
East Villagers have been gluing rocks onto the wooden tree benches outside of Superiority Burger to ward over lingering lunchers. [Gothamist]
Greenpoint Fish & Lobster unveiled its summertime lobster corndog ($15). [DNA Info]