Today’s Links: Traditional Japanese Tattooing, The Man Who Wants to Be Mayor & More
Borough President Eric Adams has made no secret of wanting to run for Mayor. It’s a few years out yet, but check out this great profile reported while riding a bike!
Who are the movers and shakers in Brooklyn these days? City & State’s list of 10 Up-and-Coming Brooklynites has a few suggestions… What do you think?
And speaking of shaking things up: the upzoning of a Bushwick building has sparked fears about a rezoning of the entire neighborhood—which also led to protestors breaking up a Community Board 4 meeting earlier this summer.
Remember the video of the crazy road-rage fight in Greenpoint last week? Looks like police caught up to the culprit!
A SoHo production company will decamp to Brooklyn, installing its employees in 30,000 square feet of office space in Sunset Park’s Industry City.
Neighborhood policing has arrived in the 68th Precinct and it looks like residents are pretty thrilled at the new approach. Local City Councilmember Justin Brannan was an early champion of the expansion.
For a little bit of history, learn about how Brooklyn’s Native American ironworkers contributed to the building of New York—and how they still are!
And Bensonhurst residents aren’t exactly thrilled about the new Olive Garden headed for Cesar’s Bay—some see the casual chain restaurant as an insult to the neighborhood’s Italian roots.
Finally, check out the “house of artisanal pain,” a Bushwick tattoo shop specializing in a century-old traditional tattooing technique.