Media Rundown: Brooklyn in the news for June 10

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Brooklyn Heights & DUMBO

Piano Mysteriously Washes Ashore Under Brooklyn Bridge [Gizmodo via RoadTrippers]
Goats May Roam Clover Field That Has Sprouted in Dumbo Lot [DNAInfo]
New York Times Mentions ‘Laminated Signs’ Petitioning Against Pier 6 Housing [Brooklyn Heights Blog]
Brooklyn Pride Week Kicks Off With Interfaith Service in Brooklyn Heights [News12]
Light-Filled Greek Revival Townhouse in Brooklyn Heights Finds a Buyer for $6.8M [6SqFt]

Downtown BK

Park Slope, South Slope, & Windsor Terrace

Infamous Park Slope Wreck on 7th Avenue to Become Luxury Condos [Brownstoner, Real Deal via DNAInfo]
Watch Out For Stray Voltage on 19th Street [South Slope News]
Dog Attacks in Prospect Park [FiPS]
Join PS/MS 282 To Celebrate The New Mural [Park Slope Stoop]
Most likely to recede: Last class leaves Bishop Ford High School in Windsor Terrace [Brooklyn Paper]

Williamsburg & Greenpoint

Missing Williamsburg Teen Was Just Playing Basketball To Avoid Family [FreeWilliamsburg via Daily News]
Little Big League & Motion Studies Added to BV’s Northside Showcase [Brooklyn Vegan]
Northern high-lights: Five under-the-radar acts to see at Northside [Brooklyn Paper]
Greenpoint Cheese + Meat: Making Summer More Delicious! [Greenpointers]
How Are they Keeping Rats Off Kara Walker’s Sugar Sculptures? Poison [Hyperallergic]
Which national chain is suckling at the Brooklyn artisanal food teat now? TGIF [Brokelyn]
East Williamsburg Will Get a New Flee Market on Empty Lots [Bedford + Bowery]
Body Paint Party Friday Night [Brooklyn Based]
DIY SUmmer Day Camp (and Giveaway) [Brooklyn Based]

Bed-Stuy & Bushwick

Sale of Bushwick Lot for $3.8 Million Ousts Nonprofit That Helps Homeless [Brownstoner]
Bushwick Development Site on Broadway Wants $2.65 Million [Brownstoner]
Second-Hand Clothing Store Beacon’s Closet Comes to Bushwick [Bedford + Bowery, Bushwick Daily]
Brooklyn woman celebrates her 107th birthday in Bed-Stuy nursing home [Daily News]

Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Manhattan Beach, & Sheepshead Bay

Soldiers help at Bensonhurst food pantry as part of Army Week [News12]
Photos: Bensonhurst’s 86th Street Festival Keeps Community Vibrant! [Bensonhurst Bean, Brooklyn Courier]
Diagnosed With Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Sheepshead Native Seeks Your Help In Search For Marrow Donor [Sheepshead Bites]
Photos: Kings Bay Y Brings Israel To Nostrand Avenue [Sheepshead Bites]

Borough Park & Sunset Park

Greenfield, Other City Council Members Discuss Budget, Wal-Mart [NY1]
Want to be Near Your Idol? Reserve a Plot Next to Them at Greenwood Cemetery [NYT]

Brighton Beach, Coney Island, & Sea Gate

Questions remain about Half Marathon death on Coney Island Boardwalk [Brooklyn Paper]

Brownsville, Carnarsie, & East New York

Clinton Hill & Fort Greene

CB2 Meeting, Navy Yard Discussion on Sustainable Energy, Both Tonight [The Nabe]
Making a Meal of it at ‘Emily’ Pizza [BK Mag]

Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, & Boerum Hill

17 As LICH lawsuits fly, Brooklyn patients must travel farther [Brooklyn Eagle]
Our top 5 from Saturday’s NYC Resistor Interactive Show [Technical.ly]

Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, & Lefferts Gardens

House fire reveals giant growing operation on Vanderbilt Avenue [Brokelyn]
Lefferts Gardens Apartment Building Destroyed By Fire [News12]
Thursday meeting: ESD to accept and approve Atlantic Yards Final SEIS [AYR]
An unreported meeting with Bloomberg and a “Skyscraper Specialist from China” for the Atlantic Yards [AYR]
A tower too tall! Lefferts Gardeners rail against high-rise [Brooklyn Paper]
‘Pro-Cro’ Condo Game Is Hot [BK to the Fullest]
Salon to become a Pastry Shop or Grocery Store [Q at Parkside]
Learn to Swing This Summer with Free Jazz Concerts on Grand Army Plaza [DNAInfo]

Ditmas Park, Flatbush, Kensington, & Midwood

Police Seek Two Missing Young Women In Ditmas Park Area [Ditmas Park Corner]
Register To Be A Bone Marrow Donor This Saturday At Temple Beth Emeth [Ditmas Park Corner]
Be Aware of Two Local Pizza-Cations [Ditmas Park Corner]

Flatlands, Marine Park, & Mill Basin

Gowanus & Red Hook

Aeration Pipe Finally Dismantled And Removed From Gowanus Canal [PMFA]
Here’s a List of Dangerous Chemicals in the Ground at the Lightstone Group’s Gowanus Construction Site [GYFO]
Archery Center Hits the Bulls-Eye in Gowanus [DNAInfo]
This Historic Trolley Car Will Transport You Back to the Old Days of Red Hook [Brownstoner]
Gowanus artist cuts massive sculpture to transport to public art exhibit [News12]

Borough-Wide

D / N / R / F Line Subway Service Advisories: 6/9 – 6/13/2014 [Bensonhurst Bean]
NYPD shares detailed crime statistics for NYCHA buildings [News12]
Group Urges State Lawmakers to Lower City Speed Limit [NY1]
Nearly 30,000 NYC property owners near foreclosure: report [Real Deal]
Samantha Power Bashes Isolationism in NYC School Visits [Bloomberg]
Success Academy Schools Network Plans Dramatic New Expansion [Capital]
Subway dancers are entertaining until a passenger is injured [Daily News]
Outer-borough ‘Green’ Taxi Permits in High Demand [amNewYork]
More Green Taxis to Hit the Streets in August [Ny Mag]
‘Stay-at-Home Dad’ an Increasingly Comfortable, Accepted Role [News12]

Courts

Brooklyn man pleads guilty to strangling girlfriend during an argument over infidelity [Daily News]
Man takes the stand to defend himself on charges of beating two cops with a padlock [Post]
Inquiry required when sex offender represents himself [Brooklyn Eagle]
More Arrested For Marijuana Under De Blasio Than Bloomberg & Giuliani [Gothamist]
Where Brooklyn ranks in conviction review initiatives [Brooklyn Eagle]

City Hall & Albany

Lawmakers Propose Bill Expanding Admissions Criteria to City’s Elite High Schools [NY1]
Scant Support for Elite New York High Schools’ Current Admissions Options [New York Times]
Teachers’ Union Backs School Admissions Changes [Post]
New York State Senate passes series of bills to curb heroin use [News12]
Cuomo says he will sign medical marijuana legislation [Crain’s]
Malliotakis changes position on legalizing medical marijuana [Brooklyn Eagle]
At City Hall, Competing Visions of Open FOIL [GG]

Miscellaneous

Time Warner in $2.2 Billion Deal For Ownership Stake in VICE [SkyNews]
How Car Sharing Gradually Weans Users Off Driving [Streetsblog]
Mind Rider, designed by two Brooklynites, is embedded with sensors that read brain activity and show it on a small light [NYT]
Amtrak wants to upgrade its Northeast Corridor wifi [Technical.ly]
Sound Advice: The Strokes and Spoon Come Back to NYC [NY1] and Brooklyn Band Lucius also played [NYT]
Paid family leave gets push near end of legislative session [Crain’s]
Three Ways to Save Money and Make Cold Brew Coffee at Home [Brokelyn]
One ‘Innovative’ Iced Coffee Comes From BK [NYT]
Steve Buscemi’s Quasi-Talk Show Is Delightful [Slate]
Brooklyn Woman Outsmarting Cancer With Evolving Therapies [NYT]
Ask A Native New Yorker: Should I Send My Kid To A Fancy Private School? [Gothamist]
Remembering the late Brooklyn-Born Author Maurice Sendak on His B-Day [Danbury Voice]
Brooklyn Born Subway Sandwich Founder Back in Hospital [Post]