Media Rundown: Brooklyn in the news for June 23

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Brooklyn Heights & DUMBO

Dept. of Labor Rejects ReBar Staff’s Attempt to Recover Lost Wages [DNA]
VIDEO: The Fence at Brooklyn Bridge Park [BE]
Cam’ron and Dame Dash Are Re-Opening DUMBO Mediterranean Restaurant ‘Dish’ [CPX]
Dancing in spring the olde way, on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade [BE]
Affordable Housing Forum at St. Ann’s Church Tuesday Evening [BHB]
New Exhibit of Brooklyn Street Photos at Historical Society [BP]

Downtown BK

Police search for Danielle Selig, last seen on corner of Livingston Street, Gallatin Place [N12]
Community leaders get advice at ‘One Brooklyn Resource Fair [BE]

Park Slope, South Slope, & Windsor Terrace

Ben Folds will play to crowd dressed all in white at Prospect Park fund-raiser [BP]
Long-running storytelling night relocates to Union Hall [BP]
Eagle Provisions Company Building Listed for $9M in Slope South [NYO]
Windsor Terrace Townhouse Asks for $1.95M [CNY]
Laugh away your fears with Dylan Marron at Union Hall [Metro]
TEEN Play in Prospect Park [Metro]
Swords Return to Public Statues in Places Like Grand Army Plaza as City Crime Drops [DNA]

Williamsburg & Greenpoint

$1,000 reward in possible bias attack in So. Williamsburg [N12]
Bike lane eyed for industrial Metropolitan Avenue [BP]
Eating Along the G Line: Nassau Ave. stop is home to doughnuts, coffee and Polish meats [DN]
A Tepee Flourishes, Temporarily, in Williamsburg [NYT]
Williamsburg Runners Prepare For Pizza-Eating Footrace [NYM]
Vice Has Many Media Giants Salivating, but Its Terms Will Be Rich [NYT]
“King Kirby,” at the Brick in Brooklyn, part of the Comic Book Theater Festival [NYT]
Couples Use Newtown Creek As Dog Beach [Gpters]
One Writer’s Adventure at the Northside Festival [BD]
Six Takeaways From Northside’s ‘Disrupting Transportation’ [T.ly]
Inside Landhaus’s Permanent Location at the Woods [BKM]
‘The Big Chill’ Tonight at Brooklyn Brewery [YSF, EB, FP]

Bay Ridge, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights & Fort Hamilton

Bed-Stuy & Bushwick

22 charged with drug trafficking following undercover investigation at Roosevelt Houses [BE]
Trash-can drought imposed at J, M, Z stations [BP]
Bed-Vyne Brew Celebrates First Year With Block Party [DNA]
Campaign Aims to Call Time on Bushwick Bars [DNA]
Video of Bushwick Wall Collapse [Animal]
New seven-story, 104-unit development slotted for 744 Bedford Avenue in Bed-Stuy [BBH]
Bed-Stuy’s Fulton Art Fair celebrates the artists of the African diaspora [BE]
At Bushwick Gallery, Kate Durban Talks About Disturbing Reality TV [VICE]
Apostrophe’s Kickstarter Video Features Lego Ravers [B+B]
Donut Deli, an Australian Cafe and a 7-Eleven Open in Bed-Stuy [DNA]

Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Manhattan Beach, & Sheepshead Bay

Borough Park & Sunset Park

Searching for Home in Sunset Park, Brooklyn [NYT]
Sunset Park is Rising [TRD]
DOE Places Brooklyn Mom’s 3 Sons in Schools in 3 Different Neighborhoods [DNA]

Brighton Beach, Coney Island, & Sea Gate

De Blasios don costumes for annual Mermaid Parade in Coney Island [DN, DNA, BV, Gmist, VV, amNY]
Cyclones Squeak Out One Win [BP], Then Another [BP], and Another [BP]

Brownsville, Canarsie, & East New York

26-year-old Donnell Smith shot, killed at 281 Powell St. in Brownsville [N12]
East New York Slumlord Thrown in the Slammer After Failing to Make Basic Repairs [DN]

Clinton Hill & Fort Greene

Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, & Boerum Hill

Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, & Lefferts Gardens

Police: 3 people wanted for attempted robberies at Citibank on Utica Avenue, M&T Bank on University Avenue [N12]
Jewish and Black Teen Taken Into Custody Following Incident [CHI]
Rookie Police Officers to Get Guided Tour of Neighborhood From Residents [DNA]
Hit n’ Run Driver Arrested After Returning to Crash Scene [CHI]
A Neighborhood for the People: Our Guide to Crown Heights [BB]
Thousands of Lubavitchers Turn Out on Eastern Parkway for ‘an Hour With the Rebbe’ on Video [CHI]
At Atlantic Yards, Questions Over Vanderbilt Platform [AYR] and Permanent Railyard [AYR]

Ditmas Park, Flatbush, Kensington, & Midwood

Dead man found in East Flatbush apartment may have been killed by male lover: police sources [DN]
House tour showcases Clarendon Meadows [N12]
P.S. 109 students place anti-violence murals on Glenwood underpass [N12]
Shot Teenager Graduates In Another Step Towards Recovery [CC]
66th Precinct Plainclothes Teams Catch Kensington Perps [KBK]

Flatlands, Marine Park, & Mill Basin

Gowanus & Red Hook

Family Claims Red Hook Man Dies of Asthma Attack After 911 Ambulance Delay [NYP]
Kentile Floor Sign Lights Up for Final Display [NY1]
What I learned About the DOB While Investigating the ‘Kentile’ Sign [WN]
Builders drop big bucks on Gowanus-Canal-side block [BP]
Michael Shannon’s Red Hook, Brooklyn, Loft Rental [NYT]
La Newyorkina Re-Opens in Red Hook [ENY]

Borough-Wide

‘Fastrack’ Comes to 2-3-4-5 Trains This Week [amNY]
Bloody start to summer as a dozen people shot over 12 hours [NYP]
Safest and riskiest areas of New York’s subway system [DN]
Weisbrod launches reorganization with new city planning chief Purnima Kapur [Crain’s]
Brooklyn Backs Off in New York Rent Face-Off [REW]
After Hurricane Sandy, 20 Months in Limbo [NYT]
Phony twitter accounts posing as official NYPD precinct handles [NYP]
Ready, set, eat! It’s Caribbean Restaurant Week in New York [DN, N12]
Make Music New York Festival [NYT]
9 Great Coworking Spaces in Brooklyn [BKM]
At School, Turning Good Food Into Perfectly Good Compost [NYT]
New York City’s Top Public Schools Need Diversity [NYT, BKM, BN]
Will Jewish Pre-Schools Comply With Secular Universal Pre-K? [C&S]
93 Days of Summer: How to Spend Each Day of the Season in Brooklyn [Brokelyn]

Courts

Brooklyn’s new District Attorney leads the way with 8 inmate exonerations so far this year [DN]
Judge Upholds Policy Barring Unvaccinated Students During Illnesses [NYT]
Legislature Approves 25 New Family Court Judgeships [LJ]
DUMBO Building rejected group for developmentally disabled: suit [NYP]
Brooklyn “F” Train Straphanger Loses Appeal in Suit Over Hot Subway [LJ]
Facing Pressure From Tenant Groups, Board Is Set to Vote on a Rent Freeze [NYT, N12]