Today’s Links: Goats on the Loose in Bushwick, Swords Forged in Red Hook Fires & More

Caught between a street sweeper and a bike lane in Bushwick, some drivers have found literal middle ground in the ongoing struggle to find alternate side parking—they’re leaving their cars in the middle of the street!

Gentrification remakes neighborhoods in its anodyne image—and in the “Commercial Corridor Challenge,” some East New York bodegas are getting a makeover to keep up with the times.

Some goats got loose briefly in Bushwick, but these ones weren’t headed for a yoga studio… The escapees were rounded up and delivered to the meat market soon after.

The contentious development at 1601 Dekalb Avenue will now be 100% affordable units, and in doing so, got approval from City Hall.

Life was imitating art, or the other way around, in Greenpoint this week, when shots were fired near the set of a rap video featuring 50 Cent and Teka$hi 6ix9ine.

An online store selling Brooklyn-branded bikes across the US finally has a home in its namesake borough, with bikes adorning the walls of Brooklyn Bike Co. in Greenpoint.

Down in Red Hook, a blacksmith is teaching Brooklyn youth how to forge knives and swords. He doesn’t have an explicit “no killing” policy, but he promises he checks out potential students’ Facebooks first…

Another week, another L Train town hall… But while the MTA was in Canarsie, North Brooklyn businesses were talking about how they’ll cope with the L train shutdown.

City Councilmember Mark Treyger wants the city to provide free counseling for domestic violence survivors, though some are wondering where the money will come from.

Gentle souls at “Soles for Peace” in Brownsville are painting sneakers to send a message against gun violence.