Today’s Links: Once More For Walt Whitman’s House, Senatorial Twitter Trolling In Southern Brooklyn & More
Walt Whitman famously lived in Clinton Hill, but the aluminum siding on his former home has prevented the building from being landmarked in the past. Undaunted, preservationists are giving it another go—a common theme after the Landmarks Preservation Commission chair resigned earlier this year.
Prospect Park may well be the crown jewel of Brooklyn, and summer is the time to enjoy it! Are you getting the most out of the park? This handy guide will make sure you do…
Speaking of taking advantage of all the city has to offer: your library card will now get you into museums and cultural institutions all across New York!
Jared Kushner is back in the news in Brooklyn, as tenants allege they were harassed out of their living spaces in Williamsburg to make room for fancy condos. Complaints included construction noise, rats and more…
And speaking of rats: did you see this post about a baby rat that snuck its way into a Brooklyn apartment through a sink drain? It was alternately considered terrifying and cute by those posting online—hopefully, those in the latter category haven’t heard about recent extermination efforts after Brooklyn nabes topped the list in rodent-related complaints!
Twitter users smelled a rat as well, trying to determine whether State Senator Marty Golden was using troll Twitter accounts to attack his critics online. Earlier this year, a staffer from Golden’s office was fired after an anti-Semitic retweet comparing a school shooting survivor to Hitler.
In school news, an op-ed in the Times criticizes the State Senate for failing to uphold the speed camera program and keep our schools safe. The authors? Just two former DOT commissioners, is all…
In the private school sector, a study shows the headmasters of the cities fanciest academies raking in huge salaries: to the tune of a million dollars, or roughly five times what the best public school headmasters make.
Finally, an article about Summerhill, the controversial Crown Heights restaurant that was a symbol of tone-deaf gentrification and racism, says the “boozy sandwich shop” has rehabilitated its image—what do you think?