Brooklyn Heights & DUMBO

• 3 Firefighters Treated for Minor Injuries in Cobble Hill Fire [BHB]
• Graffiti Artist Strikes Again at Fruit Street Sitting Area [BHB]
• Grace Church parishioner artist depicts Coast Guard at work [BE]
• Watch Our Video Preview of the New Roller Rink at Brooklyn Bridge Pier 2 [BHB]

Park Slope, South Slope, & Windsor Terrace

• Group of young women brutalize 15-year-old girl in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park [DN]
• Five Guys and a Mean-Looking Dude in the Slope [NYT]
• Prospect Park-goers call for a barbecue ban in the massive green space [DN]
• Enjoy the End of the Wold Cup on Stone Park Cafe’s 100″ Screen [OTBKB]
• Lucky 13 Closing 13th Street Saloon, Moving North [SSN]
• Canvas Cafe & Gallery Closed, Japanese Crepes & Fresh Juices To Replace It [PSS]
• ‘Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson’ Kicks Off Free, Outdoor Summer Performance Schedule From Piper Theatre [PSS]
• Norman Oder’s Park Slope Tour Includes ‘Encyclopedic’ Knowledge [BRJ]

Williamsburg & Greenpoint

• Two women busted in attack on Orthodox man, 79 [DN]
• Vintage Furniture Shop to Close on Bedford Ave. After More Than 20 Years [DNA]
• Hit the roof deck at 250N10 in Williamsburg [BBH]
• Help Greenpoint Feral Cat Colonies & Lost Cat in Winthrop Park? [Gpters]
• Thai Ice Cream at ‘OddFellows’ [VV]
• Vice, the News Entity, Grows on HBO and Online [NYT]
• MOVES Is a Rising Fashion House With a ‘Raw, Rowdy Edge’ [B+B]
• Eerie Photos Of Brooklyn’s Gigantic, Abandoned Domino Sugar Factory [BI]
• Brooklyn Eats showcases some of the best bites in Brooklyn [BE]
• What are the three oldest restaurants in Williamsburg? [FW]
• Inside the Brooklyn Athletic Club: Pools, Saunas, and Patios [RNY]

Bay Ridge, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights & Fort Hamilton

• The B37 Bus is Back–Along With Other Service Changes [N12]
  
• New Utrecht students use school walls as their canvas [BE]
• Verrazano Bridge Workers Save Stranded Falcon Chick [BB]
• Bay Ridge Eco-Dock Opens [BRJ]

Bed-Stuy & Bushwick

• Man robs three women of iPod, smartphones on L train in Brooklyn [DN]
• New Bushwick Book Aims to Be ‘Time Capsule’ of Present Day [DNA]
• Bed-Stuy Residents Celebrate 25th Anniversary of Spike Lee Film [NY1, HuffPo]
• Warehouse conversion alert at 426 Willoughby in Bed-Stuy [BBH]
• Family demands justice for Chanel Petro-Nixon, Bed-Stuy teen slain in 2006 [N12]
• Bed-Stuy Townhouse With Outdoor Shower Asks $2.65M [CNY]

Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Manhattan Beach, & Sheepshead Bay

• The Commute: Local Pols Fight For Addition Of Avenue R As A Select Bus Service (SBS) Bus Stop [SB]
• ‘Miami-Style’ Compound Hits the Market [DN]

Borough Park & Sunset Park

• Industry City Vodka Distillers in ‘spirited’ dispute [NYP]
• Almost 80% Of NYC’s Daycare Vouchers Reportedly Given To Haredim, Leaving Others Without Help [FM]

Brighton Beach, Coney Island, & Sea Gate

• Police Seek Suspect in Connection with Coney Island Shooting of Man, Child [NY1]
• Police Arrest Man in Connection with Brighton Beach Stabbing [NY1]
• Cyclones Fall Short [BP] but now have Dillon Gee [BP]

Brownsville, Canarsie, & East New York

• One Dead, Two Injured in Brownsville Shooting [NY1]
• A New Confidence Game For Young Offenders in Brownsville [NYT]

Clinton Hill & Fort Greene

• Massive Fort Greene Bee Swarm Doused With Sugar Water and Run Over [DNA]
• Versatile Reggae Band Third World On Its Way to the Navy Yard [DN]
• Brown Memorial Baptist Church in Clinton Hill raises funds to repair historic stained-glass window [N12]
• A Second Look at Splitt’s Bar Brunch [BB]
• Cuomo to Face Challenge from the Left: Fort Greene’s Zephyr Teachout [OTP]
• From Gilded Movie House to University Gym: Uncovering the Past of the Brooklyn Paramount Theatre [UC]
• Crime Blotter: Drunk Guy Steals Cab, $1,275 Of Beer Taken & More [FGF]

Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, & Boerum Hill

• Minority leaders to Cuomo: ‘Do the right thing’ for LICH [BE]
• Caroll Gardens Hit Dover is Now Serving Brunch [ENY]
• Ever-Deepening Pothole on Carroll Street [PMFA]
• Boerum Hill Start-Up Roletroll Finds Job Listings [T.ly]

Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, & Lefferts Gardens

• Crown Heights Community Garden Boarded Up as Members Protest [DNA]
• Elizabeth A. Sackler elected first woman board chair of Brooklyn Museum [BE]
• Slow Zone Goes Into Effect Early on Eastern Parkway [BR]
• Some of the Housing in the Atlantic Yards is Hardly ‘Affordable’ [AYR]
• What ‘Affordable’ Means at Atlantic Yards [CapNY]
• Barclays Center boosts security for Avicii concert following hospitalizations in Boston [N12]
• Jason Kidd Is Expected to Leave as Nets Head Coach [NYT]
• 5 Candidates to Replace Kidd as Head Coach [NYP]
• Candidates Forum in Lefferts Gardens July 12th [QAP]

Ditmas Park, Flatbush, Kensington, & Midwood

• Flatbush Avenue Street Fair Draws Thousands [DPC]

Flatlands, Marine Park, & Mill Basin

• Man, 32, Is Killed in Hit and Run in Gerritsen Beach [NYT]

Gowanus & Red Hook

• At Least One Man Critical Following Shooting in Gowanus [NY1, NYP]
• Basking, Not Baking, in Red Hook [NYT]
• Kentile Floors Sign Inspires T-Shirts, Nails, and Body Art [WSJ]

Borough-Wide

• Red Cross Staying Silent On How It Spent Sandy Money [SB]
• City Has 800 ‘Zombie’ Properties [NYP], Others Vacant Places Investors Store Cash [NYM]
• City’s Lien Policy is Superior to Foreclosures [NYO]
• Con Ed seeks customer aid to avoid $1B substation [Crain’s]
• Free Summer Meals for Children in Central Brooklyn [BR]
• Thirteen of the Best Tattoo Shops in Brooklyn and Manhattan [RNY]

Courts

• Scaffolding in place around Courthouse, even though work hasn’t started in 5 years [NYP]
• Grandfather arrested after losing toddler on F Train [N12]
• Hynes Faces Threat to Legacy [BE], Deputy Sent ‘Shredding’ Order [NYP]
• Real estate millionaire spending wealth to become a judge [NYP]
• Is Brooklyn’s New DA Telling the Truth About an Assault of a Black Gay Man? [FM]
• U.S. Marshals guard judge who presided over Brooklyn drug kingpin’s racketeering trial [DN]

Miscellaneous

• Portrait: Mayor de Blasio’s Inner Circle [NYM]
• New York Council Bill Aims to Ease a Parking Burden [NYT]
• Menchaca spearheaded drive for municipal ID cards [BE]
• ‘Made in Brooklyn’ Brands See Major Boom [NYP]
• Brooklyn man rows to Caribbean from Africa to promote voluntary HIV testing [N12]
• Rent Cuts for Housing Homeless Hit a Snag [NYT]
• Mystery Looms Around Funding of Borough President’s Trip to China [NYP]
• How Spike Lee Predicted Global Warming and Gentrification [BKM]
• Density Should Never Be Underestimated [C&S]
• Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Jacob’s Folly” A Novel by Rebecca Miller [BB]

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