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

Construction is back underway at Broadway Triangle, and the city has put out a request for proposals from developers to build affordable housing at one of the development sites. Affordable housing has been at the heart of the debate over the contentious mega-development—these units will be available to low and low-income wage earners, but there’s no final number as yet.

There is some nearby affordable housing already on the lottery, but nothing beats the sweet deal some families got on half-price homes in Bed-Stuy…

With costs soaring everywhere, some homeowners have embraced AirBnB to supplement their incomes, though it may have adverse effects on the housing market. A contentious report from the Comptroller accused AirBnB of inflating the rental market, but the company was quick to refute the claims.

Over on the arts and culture end of the spectrum, celebrities and fashion industry luminaries walked the red carpet at the Brooklyn Museum for this year’s CFDA Awards.

Down in Bay Ridge, rockers gathered for Gretsch Day, celebrating 135 years of the iconic guitar company that got its start in Brooklyn.

And in Red Hook, a production of “A View from the Bridge” is on at the Waterfront Museum, bringing the dockside Red Hook tale of second-generation immigrants home to its roots.

Out on the streets, the newly revamped Fowler Square is open to the public and people are loving it! But elsewhere, things aren’t looking so rosy…

Transportation troubles abound! An unwanted passenger on the L train, perhaps a cousin of pizza rat, caused straphangers to clutch the railings and jump up on their seats during a recent commute.

In Williamsburg, a visiting rabbi was allegedly given an illegal lights-and-sirens escort by a private motorcade, and while the NYPD is aware, they certainly didn’t approve it…

And bicyclists are complaining that big, concrete-based safety placards in Prospect Park are dangerous, causing more trouble than they’re worth—especially when cyclists keep hitting them!

Finally, filed under “justice served,” the racist real estate agent caught ranting and using racial slurs outside House of Yes was fired from his job—but the extremely magnanimous bouncer that was the object of his derision wants to open a dialogue and “hug it out.” In such trying times, such generosity of spirit seems almost miraculous, no?