Media Rundown: Brooklyn in the News for May 17
A collection of headlines and events involving the borough today, Saturday, May 17, 2014. Updated periodically.
Brooklyn Heights & DUMBO
- A Look at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 2 [Brooklyn Heights Blog]
Park Slope, South Slope, & Windsor Terrace
- Faces Of MS 51 Are Part Of First Back2School Inside Out Project [Park Slope Stoop]
- Car Flips On 6th Avenue, Sends Two To Hospital [South Slope News]
- City’s pilot composting collection expands to more parts of Brooklyn [News12]
- With Moim, Park Slope’s Got Some Pretty Good Korean [CHOW]
Williamsburg & Greenpoint
- Downtown Williamsburg’s Spectacular Glowing Dome Is Open For Revelry [Gawker]
- Bedford Avenue’s New Destination For Fro-Yo and Waffles On a Stick [Bedford + Bowery]
Bay Ridge, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights & Fort Hamilton:
- Two Bath Beach Schools Dealing With Odd-Colored Water [NY1]
Bed-Stuy & Bushwick
- Allied to Flower Bed-Stuy and Sustain its Beauty [Our Time Press]
Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Manhattan Beach, & Sheepshead Bay
- PS 97 parents rally for say in new principal [Home Reporter]
Borough Park & Sunset Park
- District 15 parents seek answers from Schools Chancellor Fariña [Home Reporter]
- Philippe Petit in Greenwood Cemetery: To Be Truly Creative, Do the Forbidden [Wall Street Journal]
Brighton Beach, Coney Island, & Sea Gate
- Southern Brooklynites Slam Sandy Rebuild Efforts [Home Reporter]
Brownsville, Carnarsie, & East New York
- Police: Man shot, injured at Bristol Street, Lott Avenue in Brownsville [News12]
Clinton Hill & Fort Greene
- Yoko Ono Receives Honorary Degree From PRATT [BK Mag]
Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, & Boerum Hill
- SUNY Releases Closure Plan for LICH [NY1]
Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, & Lefferts Gardens
- Polka-Dot Interiors in Crown Heights [Curbed]
Ditmas Park, Flatbush, Kensington, & Midwood
- Police Seek Help Locating Autistic Teen Elicio Cortez [Ditmas Park Corner]
- Ditmas Park Home Prices Jumped 30% Since 2013 [Ditmas Park Corner]
Gowanus & Red Hook
- For His Next Trick, a Long Island Developer Eyes Industrial Brooklyn [Real Estate Weekly]
- SuperFund Me: The Movie. [Gowanus Your Face Off]
Borough-Wide
- Brooklyn Half-Marathon Kicks Off; Finish Line at Coney Island Boardwalk [Eyewitness News]
- On Bike to Work Day, Cyclists get surprise caffeine, carb infusion on bridge. [Brooklyn Paper]
- City Now Expects to Authorize More Green Cabs by the Fall [New York Times]
- Judge Dismisses City’s Case to Ban Co-Locations Between Public, Charter Schools [NY1]
- Free Concert Calendar to Heat Up Your Summer [Brooklyn Based]
Miscellaneous
- Ratatat’s debut is a time capsule from a Brooklyn bedroom [The A.V. Club]
- This Portraitist to the Literary Stars Just Inked a Book Deal of Her Own [Bedford + Bowery]