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Today’s Links: Photos of Brooklyn’s “Rust Belt,” Mental Health Murals & More

The Pulaski Bridge going up in the late Brooklyn evening (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)

East Flatbush Residents Push Back Against “Overdevelopment” [City Limits]
A Toll Booth In Prospect Park Is A Relic Of Past Transit [Brownstoner]
Clinton Hill Community Theater Performs for Social Justice [BK Reader]
Crown Heights School Will Get Mental Health Mural Courtesy Of City [Metro US]
“Burrito-Sized” Rats Eat Up At Brooklyn Heights Chipotle [GrubStreet]
Brooklyn “Democrat” Simcha Felder Will Stay With Republicans [NY Times]
Bushwick Cafe Serves Up Weed Coffee Infused with CBD [Bushwick Daily]
Life Imitates Art? Jemima Kirke of “Girls” Fame Holds Stoop Sale [AMNY]
Colombia Drug Kingpin Extradited to Brooklyn on Trafficking Charges [NY Daily News]
Photos of Brooklyn’s “Rust Belt” Includes Dyker Heights, Gerritson Beach and More [NY Times]

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