The Forest Park Carousel, which served as a substitute for the Central Park Carousel, received landmark status for its hand carved fixtures.
The Olmstead Hotel seems to be named in honor of Frederick Law Olmstead, the designer of Central and Prospect Park in New York City.
This episode marks the introduction of the character Det. Rafael Sosa, played by Alejandro Hernandez.
This episode marks the introduction of the character Det. Anthony Fucci, played by Danny Mastrogiorgio.
The opening scene is at Rizolli's, which may refer to Rizzoli & Isles (2010) as Dr.Dylans father John Doman, in that series plays Patrick 'Paddy' Doyle, who turns out to be Dr.Isles father.