Monday Links
Cantilevered Buildings of New York, Including 64 Bayard in Brooklyn [NY Times] Women at the Pulpit of Brooklyn Churches [NY Times] As Park Slope Shop Owner, Woman Sees Troubling Sides of Herself [NY Times] Slain Slumlord’s Unpaid Debt Helped Sink Obama’s Bank [NY Post] Mayor de Blasio Vows to Find Brooklyn Landlord Menachem Stark’s Killer…
Cantilevered Buildings of New York, Including 64 Bayard in Brooklyn [NY Times]
Women at the Pulpit of Brooklyn Churches [NY Times]
As Park Slope Shop Owner, Woman Sees Troubling Sides of Herself [NY Times]
Slain Slumlord’s Unpaid Debt Helped Sink Obama’s Bank [NY Post]
Mayor de Blasio Vows to Find Brooklyn Landlord Menachem Stark’s Killer [NY Daily News]
Former Business Partner of Slain Landlord Goes Into Hiding With 24-hour Security [NY Daily News]
Dogs Being Zapped by Stray Voltage From Con Ed Manholes and Wires in Brooklyn [NY Daily News]
SUV Crashes Through Wall of Popeyes in East Flatbush, Injures Four [NY Daily News]
Denny’s Slamming Into East New York With Side of Controversy [NY Daily News]
Linking Landmarks to de Blasio’s Agenda [WSJ]
De Blasio Zeroes in on Planning Commissioner [Crain’s]
Leasing of Industrial Space Heats up in Brooklyn, Queens [Crain’s]
Lobby of Crown Heights Building Transforms Into Psychedelic Freedom Spaceship [Gothamist]
Slain Williamsburg Landlord Allegedly Owed Creditor $2 Million [Gothamist]
A Peek at Smorgasburg’s New Crown Heights Beer Hall [Eater]
Small Bushwick Library Caught in Big Oil Lie [Brooklyn Paper]
Greenpointers on the Street After They Say Landlord Killed the Heat [Brooklyn Paper]
BHA Seeks Feedback on Brooklyn Heights Library Proposals [BHB]
Crowd-Funded Pizzeria Set to Fire up Sweet and Savory Pies in Clinton Hill [DNAinfo]
Councilman Hopes to Bring Gifted and Talented Program Back to Bed-Stuy [DNAinfo]
City Touts Park Slope as “Perfect Destination” for Tourists [DNAinfo]
Brooklyn’s New B44 Express Bus Causes Traffic Nightmare, Residents Say [DNAinfo]
Not surprised about the traffic problems on Nostrand. It was a mess before, and taking away a lane will make it even more of a mess. But traffic agents will never do anything about double parking and rush-hour no parking because they’ll get into confrontations. Better to ticket empty parked cars.
In Manhattan once, I parked in a corner “No Parking Any Time” spot (not hydrant, etc.). I ran an errand on that same block. When I came out of the store 5 minutes later, my car was actually halfway up on a tow truck. They should ABSOLUTELY do this on the streets that have no parking during rush hour. That would stop the behavior real quick.
Another problem, however, is that most of those double-parked and illegally-parked cars actually have someone just sitting in them. There are apparently thousands of people with nothing better to do during the day than sit in illegally-parked cars and read the paper or play on their phones.