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Central Brooklyn

Today’s Links: Subway Ceiling Tumbles Down at Borough Hall Stop, Concerned Citizens Suspect Fowl Play Over Seven Missing Swans & More

A very good boy on a skateboard in Coney Island last weekend (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Earlier this week, Crown Height’s tenants rallied to protest the sale of their building [https://patch.com/new-york/prospectheights/slumlords-tenants-fear-pending-sale-means-gentrification] from the current slumlord owner to a major investment company amid fear of gentrification.

Central Brooklyn

Today’s Links: Toxic Algae Blooms in Prospect Park Lake, Fort Greene Neighbors Get Smoked Out & More

Prospect Park’s Long Meadow on a clear Sunday afternoon (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) Despite the sunny weekend perfect for park visits, it looks the like the toxic algae bloom is back in Prospect Park Lake [https://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/41/25/dtg-prospect-park-lake-algae-bloom-2018-06-22-bk.html] for the fifth year running—don’

Central Brooklyn

Today’s Links: Mega Developments Continue Apace, Green Space, “Local” Fish Revealed to be New York Transplants & More

New Williamsburg towers over Old Williamsburg on Metropolitan Avenue (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)There’s major development news all over Brooklyn this week as a variety of large-scale projects make their debut to the usual mixed reaction of delight and dismay from Brooklyn residents. First, check out the in-depth history of

Central Brooklyn

Today’s Links: Things Heat Up on the Streets, Local Businesses Boycott the Army Base & More

Brooklynites enjoy the last light at Transmitter Park last week (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Last summer’s transit story was the “Summer Of Hell” with trains in Manhattan, but it might be the unsafe streets of Brooklyn that dominate the headlines in the hot months this year. A reckless driver left

Central Brooklyn

Today’s Links: A Million Dollar Spelling Error Gets Corrected, An Infamous Chef Arrested For Poisoning A Tree & More

Kids dance in the sunset at the new Domino Park in Williamsburg, which opens this weekend (Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)North Brooklyn’s Domino Park on the waterfront [https://ny.curbed.com/2018/6/6/17431462/williamsburg-brooklyn-domino-park-james-corner-field-operations-photos] opens this weekend, making good on ambitious designs for the public esplanade. [/domino-park/] While

Central Brooklyn

Today’s Links: Beautiful People at the Brooklyn Museum, Hate-Speech Outside House of Yes & More

The sky alight over a North Brooklyn Street (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Construction is back underway [/lawsuit-temporarily-halts-broadway-triangle-construction/] at Broadway Triangle, and the city has put out a request for proposals from developers to build affordable housing [https://therealdeal.com/2018/06/04/city-seeks-developers-for-affordable-housing-projects-at-broadway-triangle/] at one of the development sites. Affordable housing

Central Brooklyn

Today’s Links: Bursting Bubbles With Brooklyn Library, Fancy Food Halls in Hip ‘Hoods & More

Teal gels and crane-borne lights cast an eerie glow over the clocktower bank for some manner of filming this week (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)For anyone that’s ever accused New Yorkers of living in a bubble, well, you might be right: a giant bubble conference room [https://www.bkreader.com/

Central Brooklyn

Today’s Links: Vikings on the Streets of Bay Ridge, Train Troubles for Years to Come & More

Pleasantly arranged pipes on a Brooklyn building (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)With the reveal of the MTA’s massive plan [https://www.amny.com/transit/subway-service-plan-1.18682931] to update the subway system, residents better brace for a whole lot of overnight and weekend closures: here’s how your commute might be

Central Brooklyn

Today’s Links: Customer Service Goes Out The Window At Crown Heights Barbershop, Brooklyn Bridge Park Eyes Its Last Undeveloped Parcel & More

A rainy night in Williamsburg, outside Progress High School (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)A Brooklyn-to-Manhattan commuter has indulged an interesting hobby and art project on her daily subway rides: photographing straphangers’ hands. [https://www.6sqft.com/the-urban-lens-hannah-la-follette-ryan-on-her-viral-instagram-account-subway-hands/] But while some make art on their way to work, other commuters are at

Central Brooklyn

Today’s Links: Moonshine Makers Blame Bureaucratic Bungling, South Brooklyn Senator Comes Around On Speed Cameras & More

It was all good just a week ago—rainy weather makes us miss the sunshine in Greenpoint’s McGolrick Park (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Politics in Brooklyn are hot as ever—from progressives in South Brooklyn calling for the GOP to disinvite anti-Semite and Islamophobe Sebastian Gorka [/gorka-opinion/] from speaking in

Central Brooklyn

Today’s Links: A Drug Kingpin Causing Traffic Woes, Small-Business Successes from Bouquets to Beer & More

Bikers cruise down Kent Avenue, past the old Domino Sugar Factory, in the 5 Boro Bike Tour this weekend (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)While the 5 Boro Bike Tour took Brooklyn by storm this weekend, one visitor to the borough has been snarling traffic regularly—every time “El Chapo” comes to

Central Brooklyn

Today’s Links: Fishing Line Foul-Up Kills Owl, No Redemption For Flatbush Church & More

Junk truck with flowers, on the block in Clinton Hill (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) * Flatbush Church Doesn’t Make The Cut For Landmarking, Will Become 9 Stories of Housing [https://citylimits.org/2018/04/30/city-rejects-bid-to-landmark-century-old-flatbush-church-slated-for-demolition/] [City Limits] * Greenpoint Waterfront Retains Industrial Charm Amid Glossy Development in Williamsburg and LIC [https: