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Media Rundown: Brooklyn in the news for June 8

June 8, 2014 By Matthew Taub Special to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn Brief

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Park Slope, South Slope, & Windsor Terrace

Residents Enjoy Warm Weather in Prospect Park [News12]

Williamsburg & Greenpoint

Northside Festival Booms in Williamsburg [New York Times]
What Not to Miss at the Northside Festival [The L Mag]
Love and Marriage on the Roof of the Wythe Hotel [New York Times]

Bed-Stuy & Bushwick

One Man Killed, Two Injured in Bed-Stuy Triple Shooting [NY1]
Artist Ann Hirsch’s ‘Muffy’ at American Medium [VICE]
Photo Pool: Bushwick Collective Block Party & Open Studios [Untapped Cities]
Cat That Survived Vicious Kick Up For Adoption [Daily News]

Brighton Beach, Coney Island, & Sea Gate

Brighton Beach Has a Great Bar to Watch the World’s Game [New York Times]
Coney Island Principal Bans Patriotic Music During Upcoming Ceremony [Daily News]
Gerritsen Beach Single Mom looks to bring the ‘Heat’ and stay undefeated in the ring at Barclays Center [Daily News]

Brownsville, Carnarsie, & East New York

ENY Baseball League Honors Stabbing Victims [NY1]
7-Year-Old Stabbing Victim Improving [NY1] but won’t talk about incident [Post]

Clinton Hill & Fort Greene

After 10 Years, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet’s Debut in Fort Greene [New York Times]
Shootings, Assaults, Thefts on Fort Greene / Clinton Hill Streets [The Nabe]

Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, & Lefferts Gardens

Heritage Equity Partners Buys Out Crown Heights Site [Real Deal]
Protests Over 626 Flatbush Development at City Hall [Q at Parkside]
Choice to Honor Bruce Ratner Defended [Post]
How One Rabbi Modernized Judaism and Began a Movement [Post]
Former Caledonian Hospital Now Showing as Condos [Curbed, Q at Parkside]

Borough-Wide

The Upshot: De Blasio’s Affordable Housing Is Very Costly [New York Times]
Student Debt Keeps Young People Out of NYC [Real Deal]
2 Children Struck By Vehicles Just Minutes Apart Friday Evening [News12]
Officials Shame NYC By Backing Puerto-Rican Terrorist in Parade [Post]
LIRR strike looms as MTA, unions continue impasse [Newsday]

Courts

Brooklyn DA Thompson Fires 11 Staffers in Friday ‘Cleanup’ [JP, Daily News]
City Expects ‘a Number of Settlements’ Soon [Capital]
Accused East New York Stabbing Suspect Taken to Bellevue [Daily News]
Man named Osama wins $4.7M lawsuit because co-worker at Brooklyn store punched him, called him ‘Bin Laden’ [Daily News]

Miscellaneous

Wall Street Exec Manages Brooklyn Indie Rockers [Post]
The Rundown: Weekend Edition [The L Mag]
Big Check from Wal-Mart Toxic, but From Ratner, Fine? [AYR]

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