There's a great little piece in New York Magazine about the restoration of the NYC subway after Hurricane Sandy. It echoes some of the things at the start of The World Without Us about the huge level of everyday maintenance required to keep the subway system from flooding completely.
this interactive neighborhood map of nyc is very very well done
the world would be a better place with just a little more high fiving
the folks at youcity are basically insane geniuses. with a focus on the insane part
this nyc subway ridership map is very very nice. great presentation
trip trop nyc is incredibly fucking awesome. and very fast, considering what it's doing. i assume they broke nyc into squares and have the times between squares precalced?
S&W's horizonless maps of new york are lovely
how does aaron know everything? a good article on pizza in nyc