New hotel planned for 42nd Street and Ninth Avenue, Helmsley Hotel getting a makeover … and more

1. New hotel planned for the corner of 42nd Street and Ninth Avenue [NYO]
2. 60 East 42nd Street changes its name to One Grand Central Place [Post]
3. What real estate you can buy for $400,000 [NYT]
4. History of the George Washington Bridge [NYDN]
5. Suzanne Sunshine leaves CBRE to start her own firm [Post, 4th item]
6. Helmsley Hotel to get a makeover [NYO]
7. City Island library and fire station will stay open [NYDN]
8. Charges against Brown Harris Stevens broker Kathy Sloane for alleged tax evasion expected to be dismissed [NYO]
9. Upstate New York town of Union getting stimulus funds to combat homelessness, a problem the town says it doesn’t have [Post]
10. Coney Island hoping arrival of Barnum & Bailey Circus will boost business in the area [Post]
11. Atlantic Yards opponents trying to appeal last month’s ruling in favor of the project [Brooklyn Paper]