NYC Heat Wave Latest; Twin Peaks MetroCard; 'Drag Queen Story Hour' For Kids: PM Digest

NEW YORK, NY — Think today was a total sweat bath? Just wait 'til Thursday. Below, the latest on the doozy of a heat wave washing over NYC, plus all the other local news stories worth talking about by dinnertime on Tuesday, May 16. Stories are pulled from our 28 neighborhood Patch sites across the city.

NYPD Officers Save Duckling Trapped In Sewer

Cops lifted the sewer grate to rescue the wee chick after a witness saw it fall.

MTA Responds To Haters With 6-Step Plan To 'Modernize' NYC Subway 'For 21st Century'

Around 17 years late, but better than never, we suppose.

Watch: Brooklyn Library Hosts 'Drag Queen Story Hour' For Kids

"Lil' Miss Hot Mess" stopped by the Park Slope public library over the weekend to read a book about gender nonconformity to local children. Here's how to attend the next installment.

NYC High Schooler Pulls Razor Blades From Hairdo, Slashes Fellow Student: Reports

Four people were hospitalized after a slashing Monday at a small high school in Queens.

Jennifer Blumin, Famed Tribeca Event Designer, Aboard Plane That Vanished In Bermuda Triangle

Developing Tuesday evening: A "debris field" has been located off the Bahamas near where the plane disappeared, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Heat Wave Latest: NYC Temps Could Hit 90 This Week

Here's 360-video of the sunbathers who swarmed to Central Park today.

Use A Twin Peaks MetroCard To Go Someplace 'Wonderful And Strange'

The MTA is selling Twin Peaks-themed MetroCards in Williamsburg. Ask your psychic log if it will get you to work on time.

Construction Worker Falls From Crane On Upper West Side

The worker was rushed to the hospital after being rescued by firefighters.

George Washington Bridge Bus Station Opens 2 Years Behind Schedule

After years of delays and missed deadlines, the renovated station is finally ready for business.

'Swamp People' Star T-Roy Claims His Uber Was Carjacked In NYC

The alligator wrestler from Texas said he "rolled" the alleged carjacker. Police say they don't know anything about the incident — and Uber is keeping the details a secret.

Robber Threatens To Throw Acid On Victim At Upper East Side ATM, Police Say

If she didn't withdraw cash for him.

Police ID Dead Body Found In Central Park's Swan Lake

Here's what cops know so far about the death of 36-year-old Anthony McAfee.

Watch: Giant Barosaurus Fossil At Natural History Museum Gets Cleaned

And you thought last week's mammoth cleaning was cool.

Lower East Side Synagogue Fire Being Investigated As Arson, NYPD Says

The historic Beth Hamedrash Hagadol synagogue was gutted by an hours-long fire over the weekend.

Family Of Woman Killed In Fall From Oculus Escalator Considers Suing

The family of Jenny Santos, who died in a 30-foot plunge inside the Oculus hub at the new World Trade Center, may end up suing the Port Authority.

Chelsea STD Clinic To Reopen As Infection Rates Soar

It's about time.

Sublet Jennifer Lawrence's Tribeca Apartment For Just $27K Per Month

A stalker's paradise.

Pics: Car Crashes Through Fence Near Brooklyn College

Near Hillel Place and Campus Road.

Park Slope Rapist Convicted In Decades-Old Cold Case

A DNA test connected the rapist to a nearly 20-year-old case.

Judge Blocks Crown Heights Homeless Shelter From Adding Any More Families

The 10 families who moved in Monday, though, will be allowed to stay.

Bed-Stuy Building Slowly Collapses Over 2 Days

See the harrowing witness footage.

Brooklyn Aunt Beat 4-Year-Old To Death Because He Couldn't Spell

Christen Dale faces 25 years in prison for beating four-year-old Ethan Ali to death when he couldn't focus on his spelling, prosecutors say.

Cross The Brooklyn Bridge With Bill Murray

Murray will join the Poets House for their annual walk across the Brooklyn Bridge this year. And for a cool $250, you can tag along, too.

Brooklyn Bishop Known For Work With Immigrants Dies At 89

Thomas Daily was remembered by community leaders this week as a guiding light for immigrant families in Queens and Brooklyn.