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Today’s Links: Cash for Collars, City Employee Parking Provocations & More

Paul Stremple

Feb 21, 2018 — 1 min read

A vendor looks out over a table piled with sparklers, poppers, silly string and more at the Chinese New Year celebration (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)

The Flavors Found Only in Brooklyn From New Food Entrepreneurs [USA Today]
Cheating City Employees Use Downtown As A Personal Parking Lot [StreetsBlog]
Locals Surprise Boerum Hill Rehab Center Patients With Valentines [Brooklyn Paper]
RIP Frank Perkins, The Man Behind An Iconic Fort Greene Cocktail Lounge [Grub Street]
“Collars for Dollars” as NYPD Arrests Fuel Overtime Pay Scheme [NY Daily News]
An Independent Documentary Filmed Around the L Train Closure [Greenpoint Post]
Greenpoint’s Garden Grill to Close In Rent Dispute Donut Shop Owners [Eater]
Best Dumplings Across Brooklyn [AMNY]
Bushwick Bar Opens With A New, Oddly Long Name [New York Post]
$42 Million Trash Catchers Coming to Newtown Creek [Patch]

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