Katy Perry and Russell Brand are NYC tourists no more: They've purchased a $2.9 million pied a terre in Manhattan. The 1,500-square-foot apartment also comes with a terrace where Katy can terrorize neighborhood children with her breasts. Photos below.

[Barack Obama arrived by helicopter in Manhattan today to speak at the U.N. He cruised around town in a motorcade to avoid the hideous new TVs on the subway, naturally. Image via Getty]

In a story on the rise of for-profit private schools in NYC, the NYT highlights a demographic trend that could spell disaster: in Manhattan, there are more rich kids than private school slots. What will the rich kids do?

The New York bedbug attack continues: The 57th Street Niketown has been closed due to an infestation.

Somehow, in this the year 2010, a Soho club known for having epic goth and 80's dance nights, Don Hill's, is suddenly hot, hosting the Pop Magazine Fashion Week party and other ragers. What's next, Wetlands? Oh, sweet irony. [NYO]

There was a three-alarm fire yesterday on a pier that housed Sanitation Department trailers, snow plows and employees' gear: "I lost everything, and I just did my laundry, too," one sanitation worker told the Times. Over 100 firefighters responded.

Tiger Woods reportedly moved into a new apartment in downtown Manhattan this weekend. He even introduced himself to the neighbors. Sadly the only Hooters in New York is in Midtown, so he'll have a bit of a commute.

An 81-year-old TV producer, Sandy Frank, and his 57-year-old former model wife, Brenda, were arrested for throwing glasses at each other over an insurance bill beef and accusations that the old man is sleeping around (gross).

[This grasshopper was just out shopping today with the rest of the people in SoHo. All he found was something trashy. Image via AP]

This time lapse video really captured the gorgeous sunset that Manhattan was privy to this past Wednesday night. The camera was set up at the Bliss Street Station in on a 7 Train platform on top of Queens Boulevard.

[A picture taken last night on the sidewalk in front of the proposed Park51 Islamic Cultural Center in lower Manhattan. Meanwhile, the New York Post is trying to link the building to "Iranian nuke nut" Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Image: Derek Rose]

Dumpsters that have been converted to pools will be placed along Park Avenue between 40th and 41st streets this summer, so if you're looking to dispose of a body in midtown you should probably check inside the dumpster first. [NYT]

This map of Brooklyn shows the neighborhoods broken down by which type of ethnic cuisine dominates based on the Village Voice's restaurant guide. We're surprised Williamsburg isn't colored cheap-pizza-slices-and-taco-trucks. Here's the one for Manhattan. [Very Small Array, via]

The blog ScoutingNY scored a tour of 5 Beekman Street just blocks from Manhattan's City Hall. The 1882 building has been shuttered since the '40s and is home to a gorgeous atrium, wrought iron details, and spectacular views. Amazing.

Just minutes ago a tipster spotted actor and prankster Matt Damon walking through a scene for a new movie on Fifth Avenue and 48th Street. If you spot him—or any other celeb—email us or post it to #stalker.

Today we looked at the Trend-iness of Brooklyn, inciting lots of neighborhood debate among you commenters. Much of it was Brooklyn-related, but one commenter made a lovely case for my borough of choice, Manhattan.

[Marcos Reyna lounges far above the crowd on the pitched Illumination Lawn that was opened to the public in Lincoln Center today. Image via Getty]

[Just an hour after a bomb scare, Times Square returned to tourists and T-shirts like normal. Image via AP]

[A woman flees the fumes from a flaming manhole at 40th Street and Seventh Ave today. This is the last thing Times Square needs right now. Image via AP]

[Someone had some fun with the Gormley statues in Madison Square Park today leaving signs on them in homage to prankster Jeff Ragsdale and the "I'm Sorry Megan" sandwich board he wore around his neck last week. Photo via WENN