1. Paramount has purchased the film rights to the New York Times article about the Fifth Avenue apartment that was redesigned by architect Eric Clough with codes and puzzles to create a scavenger hunt [Hollywood Reporter and Variety via Gothamist]
2. Council Member Alan J. Gerson says the proposal to redevelop Pier 17 at the South Street Seaport is “certainly not going to pass in its present form” [NYT]
3. Is toxic dust blowing around the Queens West development site? [LIQcity]
4. Reforms to a tax break called the Industrial and Commercial Incentive Program have been downgraded from changes that would have brought the city hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue [NYO]
5. Four developments are in the works on Brooklyn’s Carroll Street, between 4th and 5th avenues [Brownstoner]