Media Rundown: Brooklyn in the news for June 13

Another cloudy Brooklyn day. Photo by Matthew Taub

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Brooklyn Heights & DUMBO

De Blasio re-nominates Regina Myer as president of Brooklyn Bridge Park Corp [BE]
Chocolate Works Opens on Montague; Karl is There With Cam [BHB]
Inside Dumbo’s Abandoned Empire Stores Before Its Makeover [Curbed]
Starwood seeking buyer for Hotel in Brooklyn Bridge Park [NYP]
Big Outdoor Screens in DUMBO to Watch the World Cup [NYT]
Walking Tours This Saturday [BHB]

Park Slope, South Slope, & Windsor Terrace

Williamsburg & Greenpoint

Upstart bazaar nipping at Brooklyn Flea’s heels [BP]
New Rendering Out for Former Menachem Stark Project [Curbed]
Top Northside Shows From Bushwick Daily [BD]
Greenpointers and Shorewave Records Free Northside Showcase Saturday 6/14 Preview Part One [GP]
Lee Associates Lands Williamsburg Pod Hotel Assignment [REW]
More Than $2K of Gucci, Prada Stolen from Car in Williamsburg, Police Say [DNA]
Futuristic Hotel at 55 Wythe in Williamsburg Now Under Construction [6SqFt]
Wythe Avenue corridor to get yet another hotel [Crain’s]
Brazilians Celebrate World Cup Opening at Miss Favela [News12]
DayBreaker, The Alcohol-Free, Morning Dance Party [NYT]

Bay Ridge, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights & Fort Hamilton:

Bed-Stuy & Bushwick

‘Bread Love’ Searching For New Space After Fire [Brownstoner]
Bees From Roberta’s Rooftop Hives Allegedly “Escaping & Terrorizing” Neighbors [Gothamist]
Punk’s Not Dead at a New Bushwick Flea Market Housed in Shipping Containers [VV]
Please Don’t Call the Bushwick-Ridgewoord Border ‘Quooklyn’ [Brokelyn]
Rockaway Bus From Bar ‘Pearls’ For $6 [BD]
Don’t Blackout! This Weekend’s Openings Will Require Electricity [BD]
Enjoy This Bushwicky Fake News Site [B+B]

Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Manhattan Beach, & Sheepshead Bay

Borough Park & Sunset Park

Brighton Beach, Coney Island, & Sea Gate

After a few delays, Coney Island’s Thunderbolt expected to open Friday [BE, NY1], or Saturday [AMNY]
Purge Breakout Experience Coming to Thor’s Coney Island For Weekend [ATZ]
Coney Island Nursing Home Damaged During Sandy Celebrates Grand Reopening [NY1]

Brownsville, Carnarsie, & East New York

Clinton Hill & Fort Greene

Clinton Hill Protest Over Laquan Nelson Shooting’s Delayed Police Response [BE, News12]
CB 2 Narrowly Approves Greenmarket Expansion on Washington Park [Nabe]
Where the heck is Wallabout? Learn on these free walking tours [Brokelyn]
#TBT: Pratt in 1907 [Nabe]

Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, & Boerum Hill

New Parlor Serves Hot Ice Cream Sandwiches and Sundaes in Carroll Gardens [DNA]
Carroll Gardens parents fuming over planned school day shift at PS 58 [NYDN]

Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, & Lefferts Gardens

Tenants Push For Rent Freeze [News12]
Cost of Crown Heights Studios and One-Bedrooms Up by Double Digits: Report [DNA]
Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council Might Sue Over Lagged Barclays Timetable [AYR]

Ditmas Park, Flatbush, Kensington, & Midwood

Flatlands, Marine Park, & Mill Basin

K-9 Hurt After Biting Live Wire in Floyd Bennett Field [NYP] but Partner Responds Quickly [NYT]

Gowanus & Red Hook

A Whole Lot Of Noise, Shaking, Toxic Smells, And Traffic Jams At Lightstone Group’s Mega Construction Site In Gowanus [PMFA]
Protest to Save the Kentile Floor Sign From Demolition [GYFO]
Can Anyone Save Brooklyn’s Kentile Floors Sign? Should They? [CL]
Kentile Sign Looks Doomed [Gothamist] But Will Be Saved [NYT]

Borough-Wide

NYC Bike-Ped Projects, Many in BK, Get $21 Million in Federal Funds From State DOT [StB]
Scam Alert: MTA Warns Of Fraudulent Websites Claiming To Help Find Items Lost On Mass Transit [ShB]
Anti-Overdose Drug Becoming Everyday Part of Police Work [NYT]
Legislature Extends Rule on Mandatory Settlement Conferences on Foreclosure Cases [NYLJ]
Rental Market Reports for BK [DumboNYC]
Bill would require public schools to install door alarms [News12], but they’re costly [NYP]
Cops Should Beef Up Housing Patrols: Poll [NYP]
NYC Subway System to Celebrate 110 Years [BE]
Make Music New York: Concerts in Brooklyn [Metro]
Haitian Art and Dance in Brooklyn [NYT]

Courts

Re-Bar Owner Pleads Guilty to Grand Larceny, Tax Fraud [BE], headed to prison [BP], up to 10 years [NYDN]
Rebar owner agrees to million restitution for lovebirds [BP, WSJ] who jeer him outside Court [NYT]
After Bitter Election Loss, Charles Hynes Shredded His Office Documents : Sources [NYO]
Mother of 6-year-old stabbed to death in Brooklyn outraged anyone would defend killer [NYPD]
NYPD cop & brother plead guilty to gun smuggling in Brooklyn Federal Court [NYP]
Brooklyn Attorney weighs in on proposed anti-revenge porn law [Metro]

Sports

What rebuilding year? Xaverian overcomes seven elimination games to city title [BE]
Cyclones Ready to Roll Into Staten Friday Night [BE]
With few summer options, Nets GM may plot another blockbuster [NYP]

Miscellaneous

Let’s Talk About Weirdly Awesome Indie Band Names [GP]
Despite Administration Launch, Legislators & Advocates Vow to Move Forward on Open FOIL [GG]
Are ‘Starchitects’ Ruining Skylines? [WNYC]
NYC Ranks Second in Gay-Friendly Cities [AMNY]
A Field Guide to Tracking Bill Murray in the Wild [NYM]