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# Bezos and the BQX, E-Sports Come to Atlantic & More of Today’s Links
- URL: https://bklyner.com/bezos-and-the-bqx-e-sports-come-to-atlantic-more-of-todays-links/
- Published: 2018-12-04T22:30:27.000Z
- Updated: 2018-12-04T22:15:00.000Z
- Author: Paul Stremple
- Tags: Central Brooklyn, Eastern Brooklyn, News, Nonsponsored, North Western Brooklyn, northern brooklyn, Southern Brooklyn, Western Brooklyn, brooklyn news, down-low, today's links, #wp

![bqx rendering](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bqx-rendering.jpg)

Rendering of BQX. (Credit: Handout)

Yesterday, riders across the subway system were slowed down in their commutes—but one station agent had a scare themselves, [when a giant rat chased them from their booth.](https://6abc.com/pets-animals/massive-rat-chases-ny-subway-agent-out-of-station-booth/4822454/?ref=bklyner.com)

There has been a rise in hate crimes across Brooklyn recently—a Jewish man was punched in the head on a Williamsburg street corner this week—and now another has been added to the list: [swastikas were discovered on Tuesday after being spray-painted around Greenpoint.](https://greenpointpost.com/graffiti-swastikas-found-along-mcguinness-boulevard?ref=bklyner.com)

The BQX Streetcar project has been a major source of debate throughout Brookyln, especially when it comes to funding the billion-dollar project, though the Queens Borough President has an idea:[ make Amazon pay for it.](https://qns.com/story/2018/12/03/katz-calls-amazon-front-cost-bqx-streetcar-mass-transit-expansions-queens/?ref=bklyner.com)

Farther down the potential BQX route, there might be a shortage of riders: a new study [shows a glut in the supply of rentals in Williamsburg,](https://streeteasy.com/blog/williamsburg-rental-demand/?ref=bklyner.com) a likely indicator of anxiety about the coming L train shutdown.

Last week pointed to how Dyker Heights leaders are preparing for the winter crowds. If you want a refresher on the holiday spectacle: [check out some photos here.](https://www.brownstoner.com/brooklyn-life/dyker-heights-christmas-lights-brooklyn-holiday/?ref=bklyner.com) Better get there early if you’re gonna check ’em out, too—[CB 10 says it’s lights out at midnight!](https://brooklynreporter.com/2018/12/board-10-tells-residents-turn-holiday-lights-off-at-midnight/?ref=bklyner.com)

Brooklyn’s e-sports enthusiasts geared up to greet their hometown heroes at a pop-up shop on Atlantic, [facing off for fun against the Overwatch team from the New York Excelsior.](https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2018/12/03/esports-fans-compete-against-their-favorite-team-in-brooklyn/?ref=bklyner.com)

An [SUV flipped over in Bay Ridge over the weekend](https://brooklynreporter.com/2018/12/suv-flips-after-hitting-speed-bump-in-bay-ridge-police-say/?ref=bklyner.com), sending two occupants to the hospital with minor injuries. Another recent wreck had Bay Ridge councilmember Justin Brannan on Twitter encouraging drivers to slow down:

> Stop ? speeding ? in ? daddy’s? car ? this ? is ? real ? life ? not ? a ? video ? game [pic.twitter.com/jyh8eNNDgs](https://t.co/jyh8eNNDgs?ref=bklyner.com)
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> — Justin Brannan (@JustinBrannan) [December 2, 2018](https://twitter.com/JustinBrannan/status/1069308336376565760?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com)

Down in Sheepshead Bay, [a collision between a truck and a freight van damaged the Brennan & Car restaurant](http://brooklyn.news12.com/story/39583183/truck-smashes-into-side-of-brennan-carr-sandwich-shop?fbclid=IwAR37mSUtOveWJrvY5LxgEWWuvxfpcN54h9yvYKxHjyqKhhxHx80%5FHl09f84&ref=bklyner.com), but the shop managed to open just a few hours later!

A new study shows that [Flatbush streets are among the most flooded in the city](https://www.bkreader.com/2018/12/04/study-flatbush-is-among-the-citys-most-flood-prone-areas/?ref=bklyner.com)—though after last weekend, [Midwood residents might have something to say about that…](/midwood-flooded-over-the-weekend/)

Check out an in-depth history of mansions, streetside staircases and [the history behind Bay Ridge’s eponymous ridge.](https://www.heyridge.com/2018/12/the-step-streets-and-glorious-mansions-on-bay-ridges-eponymous-ridge/?ref=bklyner.com)

Finally, Black Friday might be over,[ but the deals being offered on Brooklyn housing in a recent “flash sale”](https://thebridgebk.com/buyers-market-condos-brooklyn-sale/?ref=bklyner.com) show the results of a major development boom: it’s a buyer’s market these days.