Headphones Made from a Brooklyn Tree; NYC Streets Are Seventh Worst in Country

• We’ve heard of furniture made from local reclaimed wood, but never headphones. Check out these maple beauties. [Contemporist]
• The city’s streets are the seventh worst in the nation, which costs drivers nearly $800 a year in maintenance and repairs. [NYDN]
• And speaking of bad roads… Queens’ infamous Boulevard of Death (aka Queens Boulevard) is getting a $100 million overhaul to make it safer. [NYP]
• Tour a California-inspired apartment in Greenwich Village. [Apartment Therapy]
• Summer Streets are coming back next month, and this year they’ll feature a giant waterslide. [Gothamist]

Images: GH1 headphones by Grado Labs (L); Pothole on Second Avenue (R)