Brooklyn Today March 8: Brooklyn Today: Battle brewing over Industry City rezoning
The Lede
A storm is brewing between the owners of Industry City and Councilman Carlos Menchaca. The Sunset Park complex wants to move forward with a massive redevelopment, but Menchaca is saying not so fast. The pol has objected to several plans that would have drastically altered his district, including the BQX streetcar project, AECOM’s Red Hook high-rises, and an overhaul of the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal.
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The Rundown
BATTLE DEVELOPING OVER PLAN TO EXPAND INDUSTRY CITY
Carlos Menchaca is threatening to quash Industry City’s plans to expand a retail and entertainment destination if its backers don’t slow down.
NY LAWMAKERS TRY AGAIN TO DECRIMINALIZE COMMON WORK KNIVES
A report shows that New Yorkers of color are overwhelmingly targeted (88 percent) for gravity knife possession, and Bed-Stuy had one of the highest arrest rates.
INSTAGRAM POST STOKES SCHOOL SHOOTING FEARS AT BAY ACADEMY
The post said, “Can’t wait for tomorrow shooting. Bay Academy kids watch out.”
NEW CARROLL GARDENS TAPROOM SERVES NEW YORK-BREWED CRAFT BEER
Don’t expect to find Coors or Bud Light on tap at Svendale Tasting Room.
CAR CRASHES INTO BATH BEACH DELI, PATRON SLAPS DRIVER
The car crashed through the door and windows of the store, mangling racks of merchandise and narrowly missing two employees and a patron.
FIRST LGBTQ+ GROUP TO MARCH IN A BROOKLYN ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE
“My grandfather founded this parade … and I know that he would be proud to know that it is now welcoming to all.”
More Brooklyn News
A dominatrix in Bed-Stuy is being forced out of her community by her neighbors. (Daily News)
Cadman Plaza’s WWII Memorial is defaced with chalk promoting a controversial Youtube account. (NBC New York)
A Ditmas Park landlord creates a 10 etiquette commandments list and threatens to fine and evict residents. (Gothamist)
The country’s largest distribution center — the size of 22 football fields — is coming to the mouth of the Gowanus Canal. (Brooklyn Paper)
Staff Picks
READ:
“Men Are Scum:’ Inside Facebook’s War on Hate Speech” (Vanity Fair)
EAT:
Here are the five best places to get pancakes in New York City, including two spots in Brooklyn. (Eater)
DISCUSS:
Democrats are wary of targeting President Trump’s kids. “It gets real personal, real fast. And it risks backfiring,” U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) said. (Politico)
LIVE:
London has overtaken New York as the city with the most millionaires and billionaires combined, but the Big Apple still boasts the most millionaires.(New York Post)
⌛ ON THIS DAY:
In 1927, the Eagle reported, “Two thousand persons perished in yesterday’s earthquake in [Japan] … Officials at the observatory at Osaka say that, as far as Western Japan is concerned, the quake was the severest since 1854.”
🔎 ASK A HISTORIAN:
“I heard that many of the Williamsburg streets are named after signers of the Declaration of Independence. I can’t find Keap among the original signers. Am I missing something?”
📔 IMPRINT:
Actress Salma Hayek graces the April cover of Town and Country.
👑 ROYAL WATCH:
Welcome to the gram, Queen Elizabeth. The british monarch published her first-ever Instagram post on Thursday. (CNN)
🏀 SPORTS:
Sixth man extraordinaire sparks Brooklyn to second straight win.