Media Rundown: Brooklyn in the news for June 2
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Brooklyn Heights & DUMBO
- Bargemusic at Fulton Ferry Landing Friday [Wall Street Journal]
- Empire Stores in DUMBO to Add Rooftop Beer Garden [BK Mag]
Park Slope, South Slope, & Windsor Terrace
- Gluten-Free Market Pops Up in Park Slope [News12]
- Local Produce Mini Festival at the Old Stone House Saturday [Park Slope Stoop]
- Espresso 77 Officially Opens In Former 7th Ave De Luxe Space [South Slope News]
Williamsburg & Greenpoint
- Williamsburg Is Losing Its Eclectic Retailers [NY Post and The Real Deal]
- Craft New York Rare Beer Festival at Brooklyn Brewery June 5th [Brooklyn Paper]
- Greenpoint’s ‘We Are Temporary’ Plays at Glasslands Tonight [amNewYork]
- Satmar Shuls Launch Patrols To Check For Unfiltered Smartphones, Expel Owners [Failed Messiah]
- Hot Buns in Greenpoint! Eight Great Greenpoint Bakeries [Brokelyn]
- Documentary about Toñita’s, South Williamsburg Puerto Rican social club, tonight (part of Bklyn Film Fest.) [New York Times]
Bay Ridge, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights & Fort Hamilton:
- Safety Improvements Come to Dangerous Bay Ridge Intersection; Locals Say More is Needed [Daily News]
- Can Indicted Michael Grimm Still Win Reelection? [Real Clear Politics]
Bed-Stuy & Bushwick
- Ten Story Development Rises in Bushwick [Brownstoner]
- Bushwick Collective Artists in Action [Animal]
- There Were Rockers and Stilt Walkers at the Bushwick Collective Block Party [Bedford + Bowery]
- Lower, a Copenhagen Band, at the Acheron in Bushwick [New York Times]
Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Manhattan Beach, & Sheepshead Bay
- Bensonhurst’s 86th Street Festival This Sunday [Bensonhurst Bean]
- Silver Alert: 69-Year-Old Deaf Mute Last Seen On Ocean Avenue, Avenue R [Sheepshead Bites]
Borough Park & Sunset Park
- Lutheran Medical Center Wins Nat’l Award For Stroke Treatment Center [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Borough Park Volunteer Drivers Harassed, Cars Impounded by TLC [Yeshiva World News]
Brighton Beach, Coney Island, & Sea Gate
- ‘Rita’s’ Italian Ices Of Coney Island Certified Kosher, Now Closed on the Sabbath [Amusing the Zillion]
Brownsville, Carnarsie, & East New York
- Suspect Sought After 2 Children Stabbed, 1 Fatally, in East New York [New York Times]
- Two Teens Shot, One Stabbed in Brownsville [NY1]
- 13 Shot in 9 Bloody Hours, Mostly in East New York [NY Post]
- 9 People Hurt in East New York Blaze [DNAInfo]
- Hundred Participate in Tour de Brooklyn, Cycling Through Canarsie, Elsewhere [News12]
Clinton Hill & Fort Greene
- Who is Zephyr Teachout? A Fort Greene Native Challenging Cuomo [City & State]
- Abandoned NYC: Admiral’s Row at Brooklyn Navy Yard [Untapped Cities]
Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, & Boerum Hill
- LICH Heads Back to Court Tuesday v. SUNY Hospital Rankings [Brooklyn Eagle]
- With LICH in Limbo, a 20-Minute Wait for an Ambulance Leads to Death in Red Hook [Brooklyn Heights Blog]
- Radiation Fears Poisoned LICH Talks [Brooklyn Paper]
- Novelist Martin Amis Lives in Boerum Hill But Doesn’t Socialize [NY Post]
Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, & Lefferts Gardens
- Flatbush Homeowner Forced to Rent Apartment to Homeless Woman For Free:Suit [NY Post]
- Anti-Violence Rally at Site of Crown Heights Shooting Tonight [BK Mag]
- Four People Shot in Crown Heights Park Saturday [CrownHeightsInfo]
- Performers Preparing for Caribbean Day Parade [News12]
Ditmas Park, Flatbush, Kensington, & Midwood
- Cortelyou Road and Church Avenue eateries dish up the charm [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Little Uzbekistan in Kensington, Brooklyn [Untapped Cities]
Flatlands, Marine Park, & Mill Basin
- Free Yoga Classes in Marine Park [Brooklyn Paper]
Gowanus & Red Hook
- Red Hook Resident Dies After Delayed Ambulance Response [Red Hook Star-Revue]
- Teen Fatally Struck by Vehicle in Red Hook [DNAInfo]
- Gowanus’s Eateries’ Popularity a Mixed Blessing For Locals [GYFO]
- A Summer Guide to Dance, Music, Drama and Art in Red Hook [DNAInfo]
- E-Waste Facility Has Impressive Graffiti Mural in Progress [GYFO]
Borough-Wide
- More Weeks Ahead of Slow G Trains [KensingtonBK]
- B & Q Subway Changes This Week [Ditmas Park Corner]
- FasTrack Work Hits The N/Q/R & Other Weekday Subway Changes [Park Slope Stoop]
- De Blasio Zones Out on Manufacturing [Crain’s]
- Opinion: Sandy Recovery Not Over Yet [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Bedbug Infestations Drop By Over 50% [NY Post]
- Sex, Lies & Airbnb: A Digital Moving Brothel [City & State]
- City to Require Pricey Filters for Coal Over Pizza Joints [Brooklyn Paper]
- NYC Artists Find Half the Battle is Studio Rent [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Brooklyn’s 10 Best BBQ Spots and What to Eat at Each [BK Mag]
- New reality for hospitals: mad neighbors [Crain’s Health Pulse]
- Brooklyn Could Again Become Beer Capital of America [Brooklyn Paper]
Miscellaneous
- Do Brooklyn Like a Real New Yorker: By Bike [Yahoo]
- Census Records Shed Light on Some of the Mayor’s Forebears [New York Times]
- The Aesthetics of Decay: The Dangers of Fetishizing Faux-Poverty While Hiding Real Poverty [BK Mag]
- Brooklyn Butcher Blocks Pushes Concrete as Countertop [Honolulu Star Advertiser]
- Advocates Propose Priorities for NYPD Watchdog [Metro]
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