~ FOR CENTRAL BROOKLYN’S MOST VULNERABLE, AN EFFORT TO REAP THE BENEFITS OF GENTRIFICATION: A Brooklyn nonprofit is steering the benefits of gentrification to those most often displaced, connecting black and Latinx residents with training and job opportunities on local construction sites.

~ HOW ONE URBAN FARM IS BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS TO HEALTHY FOOD: Project Eats creates and maintains networks of urban farms in low-income neighborhoods around New York City without much access to fresh food. The guiding principle on these farms: small plots; high yield.

~ EAST FLATBUSH RESIDENTS WANT MORE ACTION ON SEMI-CLEANED DUMP SITE: Community members who recently pushed the Department of Sanitation to clean an East Flatbush dump site are now asking city and state officials to help finish the job.

~ KENSINGTON MERCHANTS SAY A NEW BUS LANE COULD THREATEN BUSINESS: Small business owners in Kensington have a bad feeling about the city’s plan to create curbside bus-only lanes on both sides of Church Avenue.

~ CITY LAGS ON SIDEWALK REPAIRS, REPORT FINDS: Those who reported a sidewalk damaged by trees waited an average of 101 days for the Parks Department to inspect the damage. In Brooklyn, the average wait time was 190 days.

~ TAKE A STROLL THROUGH WEEKSVILLE (THE NEIGHBORHOOD): Weeksville Heritage Center is a cultural jewel, a living reminder that an independent free black community thrived in pre-Civil War Brooklyn. Its landmarked houses are powerful witnesses to history.

~ THE GUARDIANS OF THE GOWANUS: When Owen Foote founded theGowanus Dredgers Canoe Club in 1999, the club’s inventory consisted of two canoes padlocked to a chain-link fence where Second Street dead ends at the canal. Twenty years later, the Dredgers have dozens of members, a calendar packed with events and a fleet of canoes.

~ HORSE MANURE FROM PROSPECT PARK TRANSFORMED INTO GOLD FOR GARDENERS: John Quadrozzi Jr., owner of the historic Prospect Park Stable, donates manure from 25 horses to Red Hook community gardens.

~ ‘CLOSE THE CAMPS!’ PROTESTERS TARGET FEDERAL LAWMAKERS FOR FAILURE TO PROTECT MIGRANTS: Alarmed by the Trump administration’s treatment of undocumented immigrants at the nation’s southern border, protesters on Tuesday held rallies targeting Brooklyn’s elected representatives in federal office — including outside the Bay Ridge office of U.S. Rep. Max Rose and the Park Slope home of Sen. Chuck Schumer.

~ CITIZENSHIP QUESTION’S FAILURE DELIVERS RELIEF TO BROOKLYN’S IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES: Brooklyn’s immigrant communities hailed a decision Tuesday to withdraw a proposed controversial citizenship question on next year’s census form, calling it a major victory in the fight against the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant efforts.

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The North Brooklyn Chamber and the Mike + Marta Team at COMPASS will present Because The Night (Part 2) on Tuesday, July 9th at National Sawdust. The evening, which begins at 6:00 p.m., will once again feature a lively and informative discussion regarding the current state of nightlife in North Brooklyn. SPONSORED

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MORE BROOKLYN NEWS

~ A developer buys two rent-stabilized buildings for $35 million in Prospect Park South. (The Real Deal)

~ Here’s a review of Maison Yaki, Prospect Heights’ French-Japanese fusion restaurant where you can play pétaqnue in the backyard. (Eater)

~ A baroque and burlesque show inspired by “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” comes to Bushwick. (Forbes)

STAFF PICKS

~ READ: One writer opens up about what it was like having Jared Kushneras a boss. (Medium)

~ PROFILE: Actor “Kyle Chandler talks ‘Catch-22,’ ‘Friday Night Lights’ and his most memorable road trips” (Men’s Journal)

~ EAT: Here are the 12 hottests lunch spots in New York City right now, including one restaurant in Williamsburg.

~ LAUGH: The ice-cream truck gets some competition. (The New Yorker) 

WHAT’S HAPPENING 

6:30PM — “100 Times: A Memoir of Sexism” at NYPL. Details.

6:30PM — Salsa with Dodge YMCA at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Details.

8:00PM – 10:00PM — Drunken Jenga at The Charleston. Details.

THE WRAP