Afternoon Links: El Chapo to Be Tried in Brooklyn If Mexico Will Extradite, Officials Say

In the News
El Chapo Could Be Tried in Brooklyn Court for Drug Trafficking [NYT]
Police: 25-Year-Old Hasidic Man Stabbed While Walking in Crown Heights [CBS]
$438 Million in FEMA Funds May Build Power Plants at Red Hook Houses [DNA]
Brooklyn’s Vanishing Street Art [Brownstone Detectives]
The Key for Park Slope to Keep Its Big Grocery Store: Less Parking [Streetsblog]
Brooklyn Will Get Its Own Breaking Bad Coffee Shop This Year [Grub Street]
Brooklyn Power Couple Go to War With Democratic Machine in State Senate Race [NYO]

The house profiled in this week’s Insider column is a stunner — even for those who aren’t crazy about lots of wood details. Read on for one reader’s thoughts.

Comment of the Day

This house kept all the great wood and skirted becoming one of my loathed “wood palaces” by loading the place up with all that is light and bright — the colors, the whimsical wallpaper, the furnishings, the fixtures… It doesn’t hurt that the house is semi-detached and gets wonderful light from many windows.

— QuartersB in The Insider: Spare Modern Décor Enhances This Park Slope Limestone Beauty

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