Media Rundown: Brooklyn in the news for May 20
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Brooklyn Heights & DUMBO
- Who are the sellers of Brooklyn’s priciest home? Find out here [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Burned ReBar Couple Could Get Lucky After All [Brooklyn Paper]
- Pier Party in Brooklyn Bridge Park Thursday [Brooklyn Based]
- NYS Assemblymember Joan Millman Will Not Seek Reelection [Brooklyn Heights Blog via Brooklyn Eagle]
Park Slope, South Slope, & Windsor Terrace
- De Blasio officiates wedding of local Park Slope barista [FiPS]
- Edwardian Park Slope Building Debuts Four-Bedroom Condos Starting at $2.395 Million [Brownstoner]
- Out of time in Windsor Terrace: Faith eroding among Bishop Ford High School Activists [Brooklyn Paper]
Williamsburg & Greenpoint
- Craft New York Beer Festival Coming to Brooklyn Brewery [BK Mag]
- Help Make McGolrick Park an Urban Oasis [Greenpointers]
- Son Of Murdered Satmar Slumlord Robbed At Knifepoint In Williamsburg [Failed Messiah]
Bay Ridge, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights & Fort Hamilton:
- Bay Ridge Man Stabs Wife to Death Despite Son’s Pleas to Stop [Daily News]
Bed-Stuy & Bushwick
- Interfaith set to come out of bankruptcy a changed hospital [Capital New York]
- Bushwick “Genius” Bedazzling “Every Single Dog Turd” [Gothamist]
- Fake Traffic Jam for HBO’s “Girls” Causes Real Traffic Jam [DNAInfo]
- No Tiki Disco at Roberta’s This Year [Brokelyn]
- Welcome to the Neighborhood, Penn Badgley [Bushwick Daily]
Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Manhattan Beach, & Sheepshead Bay
- Avenue U’s Grandpa’s Pizza Closes Down, Further Proof Of Corner Curse [Sheepshead Bites]
Borough Park & Sunset Park
- 1 Sunset Park BID says sidewalk clothing bins aren’t going to charity [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Mexican expats in Sunset Park whip each other–for tradition’s sake [Brooklyn Paper]
Brighton Beach, Coney Island, & Sea Gate
- New Thunderbolt Loops the Loop Again in Coney Island [Amusing the Zillion]
Brownsville, Carnarsie, & East New York
- Modern Developments Are Gaining Ground in Even the Farthest Outreaches of Brooklyn [NY Observer]
Clinton Hill & Fort Greene
- Moms Launch ‘Camp Fort Greene’ to Offer Summer Adventures Close to Home [DNAInfo]
- Lost Black Dog in Fort Greene [The Nabe]
Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, & Boerum Hill
- The Baynes of LICH’s existence [Crain’s]
- Spots Still Available For Popular Carroll Park Fair [Pardon Me For Asking]
Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, & Lefferts Gardens
- $3 Million Market for Brownstones in Prospect Heights [BK to the Fullest]
- $5 Million Gift to Endow Director’s Position at Brooklyn Museum [New York Times]
Ditmas Park, Flatbush, Kensington, & Midwood
- Lincoln Center Performances Coming Up At The Kensington Library [Kensington BK]
- Market On Cortelyou Is Becoming A Craft Beer Shangri-la [Ditmas Park Corner]
- 2 hurt in Flatbush fire on Ocean Avenue [News12]
Flatlands, Marine Park, & Mill Basin
- 2 Dead in Marine Park Crash, Car Splits in Half [NBC New York]
- Marine Park Boys and Girls club holds fashion show [Brooklyn Courier]
Gowanus & Red Hook
- Petition Circulating To Curb Excessive Construction Noise At Lighstone Group’s Mega Development In Gowanus [Pardon Me For Asking and Gowanus Your Face Off]
Borough-Wide
- Eight Brooklyn Neighborhoods You Won’t Recognize in 5 Years [Complex]
- De Blasio Vows To Slay Time Warner With “Universal, Affordable High Speed Internet” [Gothamist]
- NYPD kicks off 48-hour initiative to crack down on speeding drivers [News12]
Courts
- Three Men Sentenced for Trying to Kill Trial Witness [NY Post]
Miscellaneous
- How Much Do You Have to Earn to Afford a Home in NYC? [Gothamist]
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