Arts & Culture

In Other News – Harbor Seals, Q Train Obsessions, Anti-Semitism, Murals and Junk

Liena Zagare

Apr 23, 2018 — 1 min read

2,500 people via McWatters

Harbor Seal Spotted Sunbathing In Gowanus This Past Week-End (PMFA)
Population of the Q Train (McWatters)
Oceanside Grill at the renovated Aquarium (NYDN) off the Coney Island Boardwalk will not be using disposable plastic cutlery or straws (AMNewYork).

Cuomo pitches bill to ban plastic grocery bags – after blocking city’s bag fee, governor will try to one-up de Blasio (Crains)

In a Precinct CO shuffle, 60 gets the former CO of 68 DI Hayward and 68 gets Captain Robert Conwell. (BR)
Meanwhile some in Borough Park are upset about Joseph M. Cassano being assigned to Engine 247 on 60th Street. Mr Cassano has been known to express his anti-semitic views on Twitter. (NYP)
Stuyvesant serves needy minorities (NYDN)
Gorgeous Greenpoint mural brings life to otherwise dour corner (BDE)
Street Art Takes Over the Walls of Underhill Ave in Prospect Heights (BKR)
A Brooklyn art gallery is fighting mass incarceration (Curbed)
Barclays Center bonds are just about junk according to S&P (Crains)
Kushner Cos subpoenaed by feds after AP report (Crains)

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