
Media Rundown: Brooklyn in the news for May 27

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Brooklyn Heights & DUMBO
- Turbines Popping Up on Roofs Like 388 Bridge, With Questions of Efficiency [New York Times]
- Sticky Pathways in Brooklyn Bridge Park Gumming Up Wheelchairs [Brooklyn Heights Blog]
- Brooklyn Heights Moms Coin “Bump Water,” Vitamin Rich Prenatal Beverage [Daily News]
- DUMBO’s Synth-Pop trio ‘Young Heel’ Profiled [Brooklyn Courier]
Park Slope, South Slope, & Windsor Terrace
- Missing Park Slope Teen Located, in Good Condition [Park Slope Stoop]
- Photos: Who Is Feeding These Guinea Pigs In Prospect Park? [Gothamist]
Williamsburg & Greenpoint
- State comptroller, Thomas DiNapoli, to release report on the borough’s economy at Brooklyn Brewery today [New York Times]
- Photos: NYC Zombie Crawl in Williamsburg [Village Voice]
Bed-Stuy & Bushwick
- Woman attacked by Red-Tailed Hawk in Bedford-Stuyvesant [News12]
- Driver who hit pedestrian in ‘Vision Zero’ Area Charged with DUI [News12]
Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Manhattan Beach, & Sheepshead Bay
- Anti-Semitic terms found drawn on 2 cars on Kings Highway in Gravesend [News12]
Brighton Beach, Coney Island, & Sea Gate
- Owner of ousted Coney Island bar Beer Island back with Margarita Island [Daily News]
Brownsville, Carnarsie, & East New York
- In Cypress Hills, A Quest to Recognize Forgotten Achievements Still Relevant in Everyday Life [New York Times]
- Two teen bystanders shot after gunman sends ‘bullets flying’ [NY Post]
Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, & Boerum Hill
- Everyone Who Wants to #SaveLICH Should Watch This Video [Brooklyn Heights Blog]
Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, & Lefferts Gardens
- Back Forty Chef to Open Farm-to-Table Restaurant on Franklin Ave. [DNAInfo]
- Fantasia, albino Burmese python who inspired awe at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, dies [New York Times]
- Kids Cool Off on Memorial Day at Prospect Park’s New Water Play Area [DNAInfo]
Ditmas Park, Flatbush, Kensington, & Midwood
- Kareem Potomont, accused of shooting 13-year-old Gama Droiville, speaks out [Am New York]
- Motorcyclist dies in collision with Nissan SUV in Brooklyn: NYPD [Daily News and NY Post]
Flatlands, Marine Park, & Mill Basin
- Borough’s Distinguished Women Honored in Mill Basin [Brooklyn Paper]
- Traffic Calming For Flatlands’s Foster Avenue [Brooklyn Courier]
- Family of 20-Year-Old Killed in Car Accident Celebrate His Life [NY1]
- CB18 to get meeting room back from Sandy recovery program workers [Brooklyn Courier]
Borough-Wide
- In Expanded Program, Officers Across New York City Will Carry Antidote for Heroin Overdoses [New York Times]
- Half of the TV shows filmed in New York City are now shot in Brooklyn [New York Times]; here’s a list [New York Times]
- Citi Bike Asked to Pay Lost Parking Revenue [Wall Street Journal]
- Best Ice Cream Shops in the Borough [Brooklyn Courier]
Courts
- Advocates Seek to Make Courthouses Off Limits for Immigration Officials [New York Times]
- De Blasio’s ‘Right-sizing’ housing of the elderly is tricky business [Crain’s]
Miscellaneous
- Brooklyn Author Laura Silver’s New Book honors Kings County Knish-tory [Brooklyn Paper]
- Brooklyn indie-rocker Sharon Van Etten gets a fairly positive review from the always-acerbic Post [New York Post]
- 8 Outdoor Concerts to Catch in NYC [NY Post]
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