
Media Rundown: Brooklyn in the news for June 30

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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