Brooklyn Today: ‘Defined by resilience, not tragedy.’

August 7, 2019 Brooklyn Eagle

Eat, drink and be merry on Franklin Street in Greenpoint. Eagle file photo by Lore Croghan

Greenpoint. Photo: Lore Croghan/Brooklyn Eagle

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THE LEDE: Good morning! In the wake of a mass shooting that rocked a late-night Brownsville street festival, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced $9 million in funding for the affected community Tuesday, including more than $5 million in capital funding to renovate a community center.

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THE RUNDOWN

~ BREAKING CAR CULTURE ‘ISN’T GOING TO HAPPEN,’ SAY REPS OF AREAS WITH HIGH CAR OWNERSHIP: According to recent census data, New Yorkers collectively own just over 1.4 million cars — but just under a third of all those cars are located in only 10 neighborhoods.

~ SELF-DRIVING CARS MAKE BUMPY DEBUT AT NAVY YARD: New York’s first commercial self-driving vehicles are opening to the public today at the Brooklyn Navy Yard — but there may still be some kinks to work out after a test ride on Tuesday resulted in a minor collision with another car.

~ MAYOR PLEDGES $9M TO BROWNSVILLE COMMUNITY AFTER MASS SHOOTING: “Our hearts ache for Brownsville; but this community will be defined by resilience, not tragedy,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio.

~ ‘A STARE OR A LOOK’ LED TO BROWNSVILLE MASS SHOOTING, TOP NYPD BRASS SAYS: Two unsolved mass shootings in north Brooklyn over just nine days proved to be anomalies in an area that has otherwise seen a drop in crime in the last month — with crime trending downward after a shaky start to 2019, top police officials said Tuesday.

~ A NEW NAVY YARD PROGRAM SHOWS BROOKLYN’S TECH BUBBLE IS AS STRONG AS EVER: The tech bubble in New York — dubbed “Silicon Alley,” an urban play on the Bay Area industry hub nickname — is showing no signs of bursting.

~ UNHAPPY WITH DOE, CITY REP PROPOSES MOVING SPECIAL ED TO HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Following thousands of complaints and even a lawsuit, one City Councilmember wants to take special education out of the hands of the city’s Department of Education and hand it over to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, instead.

~ ‘NO MORE TEARS’: A BROOKLYN VIGIL FOR MASS SHOOTINGS CONFRONTS PAIN CLOSE TO HOME: Hundreds of people gathered at a vigil held Monday night at Grand Army Plaza, where local and congressional leaders spoke out in united voices of anger in pain against the epidemic of gun violence and the reluctance of the Trump administration to confront it.

~ BILL DE BLASIO (THE CANDIDATE) PROVES PICKY WITH HIS TWITTER FEED: Mayor Bill de Blasio followed four new people from his presidential candidate Twitter since last Wednesday: Woody Guthrie, Jimi Hendrix, Fell Kuti and Billy Bragg. He apparently likes music.

BULLETIN BOARD

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MORE BROOKLYN NEWS

~ Take a look inside Brooklyn’s many colorful tailor shops. (NYT)

~ Brooklyn had the most rat complaints in 2018 out of all of the five boroughs. (Patch)

~ The MTA continues to speed up its subway trains. (Curbed)

~ “De Blasio got mortgage from bank founded by brother of landlords in controversial $173M deal with the city” (Daily News)

STAFF PICKS

~ READ: “We hired the author of ‘Black Hawk Down’ and an illustrator from ‘Archer’ to adapt the Mueller report so you’ll actually read it” (INSIDER)

~ EAT: Here are the five best lobster rolls in New York City, including four in Brooklyn. (Thrillist)

~ LAUGH: These are Kim Jong-un’s three most powerful weapons. (The Week)

~ MEDIA: After 121 years, a local paper in Minnesota closes its doors. Here’s a look inside the publication’s last day. (NYT)

WHAT’S HAPPENING

6:30PM – 8:30PM — These Films Cannot Be Trusted, Part One: “The President’s Analyst” at Brooklyn Historical Society. Details.

7:00PM — Outdoor Cinema: “Trading Places” at Parklife. Details.

7:30PM — Richard Russo: “Chances Are” with Eddie Joyce at Books Are Magic. Details.

THE WRAP

🔎 ASK A HISTORIAN

Lauren from Brooklyn Heights asks: What writers lived in Brooklyn Heights?

⌛ ON THIS DAY

In 1916, the Eagle reported, “Microscopic examination of various sorts of insects that may be found in the city at this season will be made by a corps of thirty or forty naturalists to determine, if possible, if infantile paralysis is being spread by insect carriers.”

📔 IMPRINT

Naomi Watts poses in blue on the August cover of Porter Edit.

👑 ROYAL WATCH

“Who is Queen Elizabeth’s great-granddaughter, Lena Tindall” (Town & Country)

🥊 SPORTS

Kownacki shines in Barclays spotlight fight

BIRTHDAYS

Happy birthday to Billy Joe Thomas, Sidney Crosby, Charlize Theron, David Duchovny, Michael Shannon, John Glover, Alberto Salazar, Garrison Keillor, Harold Parrineau and DeLane Matthews!