MTA to use stimulus funds on Fulton Street Transit Center, Gristedes taking over Jefferson Market in West Village … and more

1. MTA plans to spend federal stimulus money on Fulton Street Transit Center [NYT]
2. Half-dozen storefronts are empty on Riverdale Avenue in the Bronx [NYDN]
3. New chief operating officer at St. Vincent’s Hospital will focus on opening new hospital, replacing the O’Toole Building [Villager]
4. Gristedes to Take Over Jefferson Market On Sixth Avenue, between 10th and 11th streets [Villager, 1st item]
5. City to make repairs at the vacant, dilapidated 43 Macdougal Street, at King Street [Villager, 2nd item]
6. Slow progress at 238 St. Mark’s Avenue [Brownstoner]
7. According to a Buildings Department complaint, a drunk construction worker jumped off the 36th floor of the rising W Hotel at 123 Washington Street, landing in a safety net [Downtown Express]