Boring Community News in Map Form

Almost every big city neighborhood has a hyper-specialized blog solely dedicated to the minutiae of life in said neighborhood. However, the majority of these blogs are written by boring and/or crazy neighborhood obsessives. For a broader aggregation of the news in your 'hood, check out Your Street, a new website that maps out news stories in your area from all the local papers. Plug in your zip code or street address, and the site shoots out a map with icons representing different news items from your park's recent fundraiser to the ever compelling police blotter and obituary notes. For example, in my neighborhood, the articles that pop up include, "Death Notices," "Bushwick Hipsters Left Out in Cold," and something about Alec Baldwin filming something. I would have had to actually pick up a community newspaper to find those gems. And don't worry if you don't live in a big city. A search of my childhood suburban neighborhood produced a story about firefighters pulling a car out of the town lake. Fun and interesting.

Your Street [via Thrillist]