
Media Rundown: Brooklyn in the news for May 16

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A collection of headlines and events involving the borough today, Friday, May 16, 2014. Updated periodically.
Brooklyn Heights & DUMBO
- Competing LICH bidders asked to cut a deal. [Crain’s]
- ReBar Owner Jason Stevens was arraigned in Court today. [Brooklyn Heights Blog via Gothamist]
- Little recourse for ReBar employees [Brooklyn Eagle] while couples ponder lawsuits. [Brooklyn Eagle, FiPS and New York Times]
Park Slope, South Slope, & Windsor Terrace
- Court halts New York Methodist Hospital plans [The Real Deal]
- C-Town and Union Market Tussle Over Trademarks [Here’s Park Slope]
Williamsburg & Greenpoint
- Not everyone approves of the Domino Sugar Factory building plans. [Free Williamsburg]
- Learn how the 1% lives in Williamsburg [Free Williamsburg via Wall Street Journal]
- 50 Photos Inside the Domino Sugar Factory During Demolition [Curbed]
- Steve Buscemi interviewed Chris Rock at Greenpoint’s Palace Cafe [Brokelyn]
Bay Ridge, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights & Fort Hamilton:
- Bay Ridge Nights: Find your new romance in the Ridge. [Brooklyn Courier]
- Carlo Formisano: Brooklyn’s ‘poultry professor’ [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Students create ‘Generations’ mural for Norwegian Christian Home [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Dyker Heights Car Crash Leaves Cyclist in Critical Condition [Brooklyn Daily]
Bed-Stuy & Bushwick
- Bed-Stuy Library Celebrates Life of Woman Whose Cells Made Medical History [DNAInfo]
- Controversial “Jefftown” Creator Has Some Words For The Haters [Gothamist]
Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Manhattan Beach, & Sheepshead Bay
- Sheepshead Bay’s annual street festival, BAYFEST, this Sunday. [Brooklyn Courier]
- Balkan Party Music To Rock Sheepshead Library During Bike The Branches Saturday [Sheepshead Bites]
- Mickey Rooney shines again in new trailer for lost ‘last’ film [Daily News]
Borough Park & Sunset Park
- Raid At Dahill Road Apartment Yields Guns, Swords, Drugs & Ammo [Kensington BK via NY Post]
- Sunset Park Three-Building Package Sells for $12M [Commercial Observer]
- Sunset Park group fosters small town feel in big city [Brooklyn Eagle]
Brighton Beach, Coney Island, & Sea Gate
- Coney Island Residents Step Up For Street Patrols [Daily News]
Brownsville, Carnarsie, & East New York
- Fostering Youth Food Justice Leadership Through New FEEST Initiative [Brooklyn Reader]
- Surveillance video shows gunpoint robbery at Brownsville deli [News12]
- SUV Crashes In Front Of Canarsie Popeyes [Eyewitness News]
Clinton Hill & Fort Greene
- Urban foraging book gives new meaning to ‘street food’ [Brooklyn Daily]
- Free exhibit “Making it in NYC: the Era of New Manufacturing” opens at Brooklyn Navy Yard [The Nabe]
- A gang conducts an “umbrella assault,” while other crimes dot the neighborhood. [The Nabe]
- Fort Greene has affordable rents, comparatively. [Curbed]
Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, & Boerum Hill
- Fox pulls the plug on beloved Gowanus Yacht Club’s “Duff” beer [Brokelyn]
- The Sad Remuddling Of 195 Smith Street, Former Home Of Robin Des Bois [Pardon Me For Asking]
- Ronny The Seltzer Man Still Delivering In The Neighborhood [Pardon Me For Asking]
Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, & Lefferts Gardens
- Tenants Fight to Save Their Homes in Up-and-Coming Crown Heights [Epoch Times]
- Auto Thefts Surging as Drivers Leave Unattended Cars Running [DNAInfo]
- Prospect Park Church Elevated to Cathedral Status [Eyewitness News]
Ditmas Park, Flatbush, Kensington, & Midwood
- HBO “Gils” uses Ditmas Park to portray the mid-west. [NY Mag]
- Family Dollar store robbed at gunpoint in Flatbush [News12]
- NYPD Seeking Public Assistance In Identifying Burglar At Midwood Medical Center [JP Updates]
Flatlands, Marine Park, & Mill Basin
- Brooklyn Eighth-Grader Becomes A Published Author — Twice [CBS 2 NY]
Gowanus & Red Hook
- Giant new Four & Twenty Blackbirds Space Coming [Park Slope Stoop via GrubStreet]
- Two Brothers Built Their Own Internet Service Provider on the Roof of a Supermarket in Brooklyn [MotherBoard]
Borough-Wide
- City Moves to Slow Growth of Popular Green-Cab Fleet [New York Times]
- A Morning Workout Fit For a Nightclub: Early Electronic Raves [Wall Street Journal]
- Mayor Picks Urban Planner, Architect to Head Landmarks Commission [Brownstoner via Wall Street Journal]
Courts
- Wife of accused billion-dollar Ponzi schemer arraigned in Brooklyn Federal Court [Daily News]
- Public school teacher, EMT busted for selling heroin [NY Post]
- Rabbi Pleads Guilty to Sex Abuse, Gets Sweetheart Deal of One Year in City Jail [Failed Messiah]
Miscellaneous
- Try as it may, The Observer can’t get Brooklyn right. [Brookyln Eagle]
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