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Media Rundown: Brooklyn in the news for June 25

June 25, 2014 By Matthew Taub Special to Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn Brief
A look at Bushwick in today's media rundown
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Brooklyn Heights & DUMBO

  • Assemblywoman Millman’s Final Senior Fair at St. Francis College Friday [BHB]
  • Wheaton Terrier Abandoned at Hillside Seeks Fosters or Forever Home [BHB]
  • Dean/Wolf Architects’ Amazing Brooklyn Townhouse Has an Operable Tetris-Like Facade [6SqFt]
  • DUMBO Start-up Etsy Just Completed Its Biggest Acquisition Yet [BI]
  • Met Opera’s Summer Recital Series Coming to Brooklyn Bridge Park Tonight [NYT]

Downtown BK

  • Velazquez clobbers Kurzon in Democratic primary for 7th CD [BE, N12]
  • 388 Bridge Street ‘Quietly’ Launches Sales [CNY] and Quickly Sells Like Hotcakes [Crain’s]
  • Spike Lee honored for ‘Do The Right Thing’ anniversary [BEN12CPXamNY]
  • Nydia Velazquez beats Jeffrey Kurzon in 7th District Democratic primary [N12]
  • Grove Alley Makers Nite taking place Friday, June 27th [YSFBEBE]
  • Lunchtime Juggling Group Pops Up Downtown [DB]

Park Slope, South Slope, & Windsor Terrace

  • De Blasio to Rent Family’s Home While Living in Gracie Mansion [NYP]
  • Six South Slope Pads With Private Outdoor Space Ask $725K+ [CNY]
  • First De Niro, Now Hathaway — A-Listers Filming in Park Slope [FiPS]
  • ‘As You Like It’ is a walk in the park — Prospect Park, that is [BE]
  • Amerigroup Leases on 5th Avenue in the Slope [NYT]

Williamsburg & Greenpoint

  • First Williamsburg Starbucks Opening Mid-Summer [DNA]
  • New development in, Chinese takeout out at 83 Humboldt in Williamsburg [BBH]
  • The Total Greenpoint Immersion, July 19 [BB]
  • Dining Without Borders at ‘Baoburg’ in Williamsburg [NYT]
  • The Brooklyn Star’s Bill Reed Opens Humboldt & Jackson (Williamsburg ‘Tasting Room”) [B+B]
  • Williamsburg teacher goes beyond call of duty to help deaf student after tragic loss [DN]
  • Juice Generation Expands Beyond Manhattan; Williamsburg is First Stop [GG]
  • Hausfrau, a New Comedy Rag, Available in Select Areas of Williamsburg [B+B]
  • Some More Coverage of Northside [Gpters]
  • Make Music New York Serenades Greenpoint with Dozens of Performances [GG]
  • Student Artists Light Up Moore Street Market with El Greco Style Paintings [GG]
  • A Business Lets You Order Your Picnic Supplies to Go [NYT]
  • Photo Essay: Williamsburg Shomrim Bike Registration [YWN]
  • Video: The Onion reports on “hipster molting season” in Williamsburg [FW]

Bay Ridge, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights & Fort Hamilton

  • Missing Brooklyn writer found dead in waters off New Jersey [DN]
  • DOT Installing Safety Features on 4th Avenue in Bay Ridge [BE]
  • Bay Ridge Lawyers Association celebrate new officers at 60th annual dinner dance [BE]

Bed-Stuy & Bushwick

  • Two Women Robbed on L Train in Two Days, Police Say [DNA]
  • 80/20 Mixed-Use Rendering Revealed for Bed-Stuy [NYY]
  • Discarded Test Papers Behind Bed-Stuy School Reveal Student Information [DNA]
  • Edwina Huntley, resident in Bed-Stuy NYCHA building, frustrated over leak from bathroom [N12]
  • Why Community Board 4 Can’t Really Ban Bushwick Bars [BU]
  • 1178 Gates Ave – From urban renewal to investment property in 20 years [WH]
  • “Transformation: Rythm’s Roots” Explores Black History in Herbert Von King Park [NYT]
  • Spike Lee Block Party in Bed-Stuy: Get Ready For the Hottest Day of the Year [BR]

Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Manhattan Beach, & Sheepshead Bay

  • Gunman wanted in shooting at the Marlboro Houses [N12]
  • Editorial: Gravesend Bay Garbage Station Plan Is Not Progressive [BB]
  • Ex-real estate exec cops to stealing $3M from Properites in Gravesend, Elsewhere [NYP]
  • Assembly Candidate Akselrod Calls For Mandatory Defensive Driving Training For High School Students [SB]
  • Dept. Of Finance To Discuss Post-Sandy Property Taxes At Next MBCG Meeting [SB]

Borough Park & Sunset Park

  • Artist Pre-vid Release Show At Industry City Distillery – You’re Invited [GYFO]

Brighton Beach, Coney Island, & Sea Gate

  • Locals Say Toxic Sludge Is Spilling Into Coney Island Creek As City Clears Clogged Sewers [BB]
  • Some more coverage of the Mermaid Parade [GptersBCBCC]
  • Brighton Beach Museum to celebrate Russian immigrants [BC]
  • Drone Flies Over Coney Island’s Luna Park [GYFO]
  • More 0s for Cyclones’ Oswalt [BE]

Brownsville, Canarsie, & East New York

  • Tour ‘The Hole,’ NYC’s Rundown Brooklyn-Queens Border Town [CNY]

Clinton Hill & Fort Greene

  • Vet Hospital Opens in Fort Greene [B]
  • Fort Greene Tour Highlights Michael Jordan, Walt Whitman and Tootsie Rolls [DNA]
  • Dafoe and Baryshnikov are absurd at BAM, in a good way [BP, FT], or maybe not [WSJ]
  • Poehler, Rudd visit BAM to premiere ‘They Came Together’ [BEN12NYM]
  • Do the Right Thing Turns 25, and BAM Hosts the Block Party [VV]
  • City Approves $3 Million Streetscaping Plan for Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District [6SqFt]
  • Red Bull’s Mini Drome Returns 6/27 [BBNYC]
  • Pratt’s Jefferson Musanda & Nzinga Knight To Be Featured On Project Runway Season 13 [FGF]

Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, & Boerum Hill

  • Email LICH Update: SUNY board calls special meeting re Fortis sale, and more [BE]
  • Boerum Hill woman, 68, arrested for snatching purses, cops say [amNYMetroFGFDNA]
  • Permits Filed for Mixed-Use Development at 613 Baltic Street [NYY]
  • Bergen Street luxury building may fetch $50M [NYP]
  • Residential conversion for former Daytop building at 401 State Street in Boerum Hill [BBH]
  • Check Out Neighbor Reed Slater’s Tea Scarves Next Month At Baguettaboudit [FGF]
  • Watty & Meg Receives Community Support for Sidewalk Cafe on Court Street [DNA]
  • Editorial: LICH Leftovers [HuffPo]

Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, & Lefferts Gardens

  • Multiple Stabbings in Crown Heights Leaves One Dead [BRMetro], Two Injured [CHI]; Deceased Victim 18-Years-Old [DNAN12]
  • ESD Shuts Down Atlantic Yards ‘Alternatives’ [AYR] while  MTA Announces There Will Be lots of Drilling [AYR]
  • New Crown Heights Rental Now Rising on St. Marks Avenue [CNYB]
  • Crown Heights Community Board to Get New Head After 34 Years [DNAYWN]
  • CB9 Votes In (Almost) Entirely New Leadership [QAP]
  • Nets Owner to Trim Spending to Get $1 Billion Valuation [NYP]
  • Neighborhood Paradise: Crown Heights is on Fiyah at Glady’s [VV]
  • Andy Ricker Will Move Pok Pok Phat Thai to Brooklyn [ENY]
  • The Story Behind Prospect Heights Kids Clothing Line Zaikamoya [HuffPo]
  • Kendrick Lamar Interviewed In His ‘Cramped Quarters’ at the Barclays Center [NYT]

Ditmas Park, Flatbush, Kensington, & Midwood

  • Ocean Parkway Safety Plans Discussed At Assemblyman Brennan Meeting [KBK]
  • Some Are Upset After Brooklyn College Rejects $10 Million Kock Donation [JWF]
  • What’s in a Name? Food Co-Op Organizing in Central Brooklyn [BR]
  • Rabbi Affixes Mezuzah To New Shul in Flatbush [YWN]
  • Shooting in East Flatbush [SC]

Flatlands, Marine Park, & Mill Basin

  • Foam Fest! [BC]

Gowanus & Red Hook

  • It’s NYC vs. EPA at monthly CAG meeting [RHSR]
  • A New Museum for the Morbid Opens in Gowanus [BB]
  • Red Hook Pilates Raising Funds for $12K in Fitness Equipment [DNA]
  • Popsicle shop pops up in Red Hook, Sandy be damned [BP]
  • Community Meeting on the Fate of Gowanus Tonight [GYFO]
  • In a Gowanus Gallery, Yale Meets Instagram [HA]

Borough-Wide

  • 85% of Renters ‘Burdened’ [CNY]
  • Rent Guidelines Board Approves ‘Shockingly Low’ 1% Increase [Animal]
  • Landlords “Disappointed” They Didn’t Get More Rent Increases [Gmist]
  • De Blasio: Rent Increase Not a Surprise [CapNY], but he is Dissapointed Too [NYO]
  • What landlords, tenants’ advocates are saying about historic rent hike [TRD]
  • What Does a 1% Rent Increase Do? (Other Than Irritate Virtually Everyone) [NYO]
  • Want Your Security Deposit Back? Make Sure You Know Your Landlord [TB]
  • Snapshot of Brooklyn Renovation Projects [B]
  • Mayor de Blasio announces streamlining of special education reimbursements [N12YWNNYT]
  • Report: MTA, Police Consider Subway Car Cameras [YWN]
  • NYPD Will Allow More Precinct Commander to Tweet [TS]
  • NYPL to lend high speed internet devices to patrons [amNY]
  • Caribbean Restaurant Week Offering Prix Fixe Deals Across City [DNA]
  • Nearly half of the city’s food manufacturing workers have been injured on the job [DN]
  • With LIRR Strike Looming, MTA Prepares Contingency Plans [NY1]
  • Off the Menu: Pacifico’s (Crown Heights); Pasar Malam (Wburg); Pok Pok (Waterfront) [NYT]
  • Spoons for the Picky: Shopping for Housewares in Brooklyn [NYT]

Courts

  • DA probing Hynes for alleged improper use of forfeiture money [NYP]
  • Congressman Jeffries Introduces Bill to Provide Legal Representation For Undocumented Minors [BR]
  • Plastic surgeon sentenced for fatal liposuction [NYPDN]
  • Man wrongly accused of stabbing bus driver files $14M suit [NYPDN]
  • Trial Date Set in Jabbar Collins $150 Million Wrongful Conviction Case [LJ], Judge Urges/Predicts Settlement [DN]
  • Enforcer in Orthodox Jewish Divorce Extortion Operation Pleads Guilty [VVCHI]
  • Brooklyn man sentenced to 20 years in prison for Brownsville shooting [BE]
  • Brooklyn DAs Ignore “Rule of Two” in Death of Pedestrian Maude Savage [SB]
  • NYPD Lt., facing administrative rap, defends himself by failing to recall key elements to the case [TS]

Miscellaneous

  • Checker Cabs Come to Brooklyn [WSJ]
  • Deputy Mayor Returning to Brooklyn [Crain’s]
  • Mayor de Blasio & Speaker Silver Announce New Steps To Help Families Of Students With Disabilities [YWN]
  • Tracking Brooklyn’s Rapid-Fire Gentrification With Google Street View [G]
  • Gentile drafts bill to crack down on developers gutting buildings [BE]
  • New Documentary “Growing Cities” Plants a Platform for Urban Architecture [UC]
  • Why Does Anyone Still Live in Brooklyn? [B]
  • McCall reappointed as chairman of SUNY [BE]
  • Deputy mayor goin’ back to Brooklyn [Crain’s]
  • Why a New Film About a Brooklynite Surviving Her Twenties is Really Just Stating the Obvious [BB]
  • ‘Ramen Fries’ Are a Thing, and Coming to the Hip Brooklyn Scene Soon [FB]
  • Richest Neighborhoods Aren’t Best Delivery Tippers, GrubHub Data Show [DNA]
  • The 14 Worst Tourist Traps In New York City — And Where To Go Instead [BI]
  • Brooklyn cyclists prepare for cross-country ‘Bike 4 Friendship’ trip [N12]
  • Just How LGBT-Friendly Is Bill de Blasio? [VV]
  • Chirlane McCray Wonders Why Her 1979 “I Am A Lesbian” Essay Didn’t Get More Attention [VV]
  • Promises made: ‘Urban Reviewer’ map tracks NYC’s past urban renewal plans [T.ly]
  • This Is New York City, According to the ‘This Is New York City’ Ad for Brooklyn to Host the 2016 DNC [NYMNYT]
  • Odd Couple, Chic Borough: ‘Taxi Brooklyn’ [NYT]

Obituaries

  • Eli Wallach, Versatile Actor of Stage and Movies with a Brooklyn Legacy, Dies at 98 [NYTBNNYP]
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