Media Rundown: Brooklyn in the news for May 29
Brooklyn Heights & DUMBO
- Historical Markers Unveiled Along Brooklyn Bridge Park [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Comet ‘Lands’ at Brooklyn Bridge Park [Brooklyn Heights Blog]
- Global Décor in Brooklyn Heights [New York Times]
- Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity [Brooklyn Heights Blog]
Park Slope, South Slope, & Windsor Terrace
- ‘Parm’ Coming to Flatbush Avenue [Park Slope Stoop via Daily News]
- Enjoy A Reading Of ‘Sofia’s Stoop Story’ On The Local Street That Inspired It [South Slope News]
- ‘Wanderlust’ Yoga Festival Coming to Prospect Park This Fall [Well + Good]
- Couple Finds the Open Kitchen They Desire in Grand Army Plaza [New York Times]
- Help a Park Slope Boutique Bounce Back From a Fire [Park Slope Stoop]
Williamsburg & Greenpoint
- Williamsburg Shop ‘Dr. Cow’ Makes Vegan Friendly Cheese (No Dairy) [News12]
- Sage Music to Offer Summer Camp for Neighborhood Kids [Greenpoint Gazette]
- Greenpoint’s Old and New Residents Mix it Up [Crain’s]
- Two Trees Unveils Murals Along Domino Sugar Factory Walls [Greenpoint Gazette]
- A Response to the “Greenpoint Lonely Boy” Stereotype [Greenpointers]
- W’burg Mom Claims She & Kids Were Purposefully Locked in McCarren Bathroom [Brooklyn Paper]
Bay Ridge, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights & Fort Hamilton:
- Former Marine Arrested on R train in Bay Ridge with Stolen Weapons [DNAInfo] after being with the cache on a local bus [NY Post]
- Belt Parkway At Bay Ridge Avenue To Lose A Lane For 1.5 Years, Beginning Tomorrow [Bensonhurst Bean]
- Bay Ridge Community Coming Together to Try and Save Resident With Leukemia [NY1]
- Major Bay Parkway Promenade Rehabilitation Now Underway [Bensonhurst Bean]
Bed-Stuy & Bushwick
- Warring Dog Poo-Decorating Factions In Bushwick [FreeWilliamsburg and BK Mag]
- Bushwick Artist Hugo McCloud Gets Profile in Run-Up to Solo Show [New York Times]
- Your Concise Guide to the 2014 Bushwick Open Studios [Hyperallergic]
- How to Get the Most Out Of Bushwick Open Studios [Bushwick Daily]
- Live Tattoo Shows at Bushwick Open Studios [Brooklyn Paper]
- “MorganTown” Bar Closes Due to Owner Dispute [Bushwick Daily]
- Play with Food Served at the Bushwick Starr Gets Middling Reviews [The L Mag and New York Times]
Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Manhattan Beach, & Sheepshead Bay
- Cop arrested for drunk driving in Gravesend refuses to take Breathalyzer test [Daily News]
- Sheepshead Resident Ariel Jasper Leads Fight To Legalize Ferret Ownership [Sheepshead Bites]
- Community Board pans traffic safety plan for Ocean Parkway [Brooklyn Courier]
Borough Park & Sunset Park
- Approximately 10,000 Women Attend Anti-Internet ‘Asifa’ (Protest/Boycott) In Boro Park Wednesday Evening [Yeshiva World News]
Brighton Beach, Coney Island, & Sea Gate
- Q&A with Alberto Zamperla, designer of Coney Island’s new roller coaster [Metro]
- The Thunderbolt, Coney’s New Rollercoaster, By the Numbers [Metro]
- Fire union official: NYPD officer Dennis Guerra could have been saved during Coney Island fire [News12]
Brownsville, Carnarsie, & East New York
- Alleged cohort of dead Brooklyn carjacker who targeted retired cop charged with robbery [Daily News]
- Bratton sacks detective who accidentally shot partner while drinking [Daily News]
- Random attack on L train leaves 69-year-old woman in a coma; suspect has psychiatric history [Daily News]
- ENY Teen Mom, 14-month-old son missing [News12]
- Popular Caribbean Soccer Tournament Kicks Off Festivities In ENY [Canarsie Courier]
Clinton Hill & Fort Greene
- Spike Lee Retrospective at BAM Features Rare Film About Bed-Stuy Barbershop [DNAInfo]
- Department of Transportation plans Park Avenue safety changes in Clinton Hill [News12]
- BAM’s ‘Next Wave’ Festival to Include WikiLeaks Drama [Wall Street Journal]
- Brooklyn Navy Yard Exhibit Showcases the Former Naval Site’s Industrial Growth [TheNabe]
- ‘Glow in the Dark’ Yoga in Fort Greene Park [Brooklyn Based]
Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, & Boerum Hill
- SUNY ends talks with Peebles to buy Long Island College Hospital; Fortis next up [Brooklyn Eagle and Cobble Hill Blog]
- Deals on Wallpaper, Rugs, Pillows and More in Boerum Hill [New York Times]
- The Condo Store: a New Type of Retailer on Court Street [PMFA]
- ‘Mission Chinese’ Pop-Up in Carroll Gardens Lives Up to the Hype [BK Mag]
Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, & Lefferts Gardens
- Parents Boycotting Standardized Test for Prospect Heights Third-Graders [DNAInfo]
- Hawthorne Street townhouses look to rebrand Lefferts Gardens neighborhood [The Real Deal]
- Borough President Adams a No-Show At Chabad Crown Heights Dinner Honoring Him [Failed Messiah]
- Architects to Show Off ‘Alternatives’ to Atlantic Yards [Real Estate Weekly]
Ditmas Park, Flatbush, Kensington, & Midwood
- Are They Nuts? Peanut Farmers in Weeksville and Kensington [New York Times]
Flatlands, Marine Park, & Mill Basin
- $30 Million Miami-Esqe Mansion in Mill Basin Switches Brokers [Curbed]
Gowanus & Red Hook
- Fire at 345 Carroll Street Construction Site [GYFO]
Borough-Wide
- Changed Along the F & G This Weekend [KensingtonBK]
- Shuttle Buses On The 2 & 4, F Express, No G & More Weekend Subway Advisories [Park Slope Stoop]
- The best of the worst of the AirBnb Brooklyn neighborhood guides [Brokelyn]
- City Council expected to pass traffic safety legislation [News12]
- Nonprofit Preschools Struggling to Stay Afloat Despite Mayor’s Pre-K Push [DNAInfo]
- Deputy Mayor Says Pre-K Will Add Billions to the Economy [Crain’s]
- City Faces Million in Rents for Charters Moved Out of Public Schools [Wall Street Journal]
- Council Members Combat ‘Predatory Equity’ Purchases of Affordable Housing Units in Large Developments [The Real Deal]
- Politicians Albanese and Lander Get In Twitter-War Over Stop-and-Frisk [NY Post]
- Soaked: Three Brooklyn Hospitals are Water Bill Deadbeats [Daily News]
- Local Pols Pressing Schools Chancellor to Support Free Lunch Program [News12]
- Students ask Mayor to Respond to Call for Black History in our Schools [Our Time]
- Brooklyn Film Festival Rolls With International Flavors [Wall Street Journal]
- Jersey City Plans Rival 4th of July Fireworks [Gothamist]
Courts
- With Distancing, and a Zeal for Fair Trials, a Midwood Lawyer Defends Terrorism Suspects [New York Times]
- Brooklyn Congressman Jeffries to NYPD: Stop Pot Arrests [Animal]
Miscellaneous
- Andrew Sullivan Calls His Brief Stay in Brooklyn A “Chaotic, Fetid Monument To Incompetence” [Gothamist]
- Brooklyn novelist tries biking into Manhattan, calls it “hell on wheels” [6SqFt]
- Income Inequality is Getting Worse, According to Survey [am New York]
- De Blasio Skips His Cue to Speak Out Against Orthodox Jews’ Condemnation of Others, Protection of Sexual Abusers [New York Times]
- Medical Marijuana Passes State Assembly, With Some South Brooklyn Members Opposing [Staten Island Advance]
- Here are the Pro-Marijuana Ads Airing in New York [Animal]