Are We There Yet? Thursday Blogwrap



Six Big Name Acts With Brooklyn Ties That Should Play Barclays Center [L Mag]
One-Fifth of NYC-Area Borrowers are Underwater [TRD]
Map: Unarrested Developments of the Year (So Far) [Curbed]
Jam On DUMBO Bringing Musicians to P.S. 307 [DumboNYC]
What is Up With the Flickr Redesign??? [Flickr]
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Wednesday Blogwrap



Now At Jerzy Popieluszko Square: No Vulgarians Allowed [NYS]
Stop Work Order at NY Kids Club Site (Formerly Southpaw) [HPS]
Franklin Avenue Fire Shutters Two Businesses [Patch]
GoogaMooga Offers Full Refunds [L Mag]
Greek Restaurant ‘Athena’ Calls It Quits On Smith St [PMFA]
Surprise Bidding War for Bay Ridge House [Curbed]
Photo by Scoboco

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Tuesday Blogwrap



(Scavenger) Hunt for a New Home [Brooklyn Brainery]
Man, 33, Is Killed in Brooklyn Hit and Run [City Room]
Zombies Invade Brooklyn (Again) This Sunday [Gothamist]
DOT’s Newest Bike/Ped Safety Campaign: “Heads Up” [Streetsblog]
Big Transit Boost for Barclays Center, But Costs are Unknown [The Local]
Help Clean Up the Neighborhood on Saturday, June 2 [Ditmas Park Corner]
After the Final Curtain: Loew’s Kings Theatre [Untapped New York]

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Monday Blogwrap



Not Everyone Happy About Willoughby Plaza, Downtown Brooklyn [McBrooklyn]
The Great GoogaMooga Aftermath of Subway Hippie Horror [The Awl]
Designer Arrested After Project Causes Brief Bomb Scare [NY1]
Brooklyn Led Way In Murders Last Year, Says NYPD [Patch]
Putting Hakeem Jeffries in Perspective? [The Local]
Photo by ekonon

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Thursday Blogwrap



Outdoor Bars We Love [Brooklyn Based]
Public Art Dedication Saturday May 19 [Word on Columbia Street]
Rat-Squirrel House Sheds Its Scaffolding [Lost City]
Studios Take Back Supremacy in Brooklyn Rental Market [The Real Deal]
The Gatekeepers: Calli Genzale and David Massoni of Talde [Eater]
Be Warned: GoogaMooga and Half Marathon Hit Prospect Park This Weekend [Ditmas Park Corner]
No Weekend, Holiday Parking In Manhattan Beach Until September 15th [Sheepshead Bites]
Photo by croppold

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Wednesday Blogwrap



Temporary ‘Photoville’ Village Coming To BBP Pier 3 This Summer [BHB]
More Building Brooklyn Award Winners [Eagle]
From Philly, With Love: The Divine Lorraine [AVFTTF]
Jay And Lloyd’s: Baby Potato Pancakes [SB]
Future Brooklyn: The Dadvorcé Mancave [The Awl]
Photo by 12th Street David

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Tuesday Blogwrap



Notes from the CB14 Monthly Meeting [Ditmas Park Corner]
Big Barclays Transportation Meeting Next Week [The Local]
Free Walt Whitman Walking Tour This Sunday [Myrtle Minutes]
A FIPS Guide to the Great GoogaMooga Moosic Scene [FIPS]
Mapping How NYC Bike-Share Meshes With Jobs and Transit [Streetsblog]
The House at 44 Noel Becoming a Problem for the Neighbors [Gerritsen Beach]
Asking Prices for Williamsburg New Developments Jump 53 Percent [TRD]

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Monday Blogwrap



Tiny Fort Greene Publisher Celebrates 10 Surprisingly Successful Years [The Local]
Shut Down of B, D, F, M Lines Overnight This Week [Patch]
Tonight: Voice Your Support for a Safer Fourth Avenue [Streetsblog]
Police Seek Tips on a Home Invasion Robbery [City Room]
FHA Critics Warn of Second Housing Bubble [TRD]
Katan Back With New Suit Over Domino [Curbed]
Photo by Scoboco

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Thursday Blogwrap



Bloggers Needed [FREEWilliamsburg]
Six Ways to Get to Red Hook [Brooklyn Based]
Mother’s Day Weekend Food Specials [Fork in the Road]
Chatting With a Resident of South Oxford Street [The Local]
Lucali in Carroll Gardens, Wednesday at 8 p.m. [Eater]
Architects Triumph With New Botanic Garden Visitor Center [Curbed NY]
Did You Know There’s a Brooklyn Sheet Music Collection? [Brooklynology]
‘Love Your Library Day’ Book Sale At Carroll Gardens Branch [Pardon Me for Asking]
Park Slope Residents Resist Condo Development that Would Block Sunlight [TRD]
Kids, Parents, Mathieu Eugene, and CAMBA March to Save After-School Programs [Ditmas Park Corner]
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Wednesday Blogwrap



What are the Consequences of a Change in Parking at AY? [AY Watch]
New York’s Tech Industry Tops U.S. in Growth, Study Finds [NY Times]
BREAKING: Report Finds Stop-and-Frisk Focused on Black Youth [WSJ]
At Garden’s Visitor Center, a Welcome Transparency [NY Times]
Momofuku Milk Bar: Baking Buns Born To Run [CG Patch]
Franklin Ave. Has A New Bike Shop [Nostrand Park]
It’s Official: Bushwick Basel [L Mag]
Photo by tscola

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Tuesday Blogwrap



Brooklyn Documentaries [BHS Blog]
Meet Brooklyn’s Backyard Chickens [Gothamist]
Kick Off Fleet Week, Bay Ridge Style! [Bay Ridge Odyssey]
Beautiful Pics of Repurposed Movie Theaters [Flavorwire]
Brooklyn History: When Banks Were Better Built [Brooklyn Based]
Is Reduced Parking at Barclays a Good or Bad Thing? [PH Patch]
Bensonhurst Born Writer And Illustrator Maurice Sendak Dies [Bensonhurst Bean]
Photo by johanskold

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Monday Blogwrap



Changes for Bossert Hotel to be considered by Community Board 2, BSA [Eagle]
Are These Sports Bar Owners Going to Clean Up Rockwell Place? [The Local]
Court Win for Gowanus Artists a Gamechanger? [BK Paper]
Proposed Rockaways Pipeline Angers Locals [TRD]
The Word On The Street, Part II: Peace [NYS]
Photo by Coney Island History Project

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Thursday Blogwrap



“Friends of Carroll Park” Spring Events [PMFA]
Barbara Streisand May Play at the Barclays Center [AY Report]
Last Chance: Peonies at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden [PH Patch]
1st Thursdays Dumbo Gallery Walk (May 3, 2012) [Dumbo NYC]
From resort nights to white flight: A History of Canarsie [The Weekly Nabe]
Three Things You Should Know About Red Hook, Right Now [Brooklyn Based]
Taste Test: Comparing Brooklyn Water to ‘Brooklynized’ Water [Grub Street]

Photo by Marlene Stoffers

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Wednesday Blogwrap



The Word On The Street, Part II: Special Nabokov Edition [NYS]
John Liu Moves to Block ‘The Cathie Black of Taxis’ [NYO]
Bush Terminal is Out of Credit Woods [Crain's]
Back to the Park Slope Ice-Cream Beat [Grub St]
Beloved Mouse Puppet is Missing [The Local]
Photo by jackie weisberg

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Tuesday Blogwrap



6 Awesomely Cheap Places to Rent [Brokelyn]
Court Street Festival this Sunday, May 6th [PMFA]
Brooklyn Nets Season Tickets Now On Sale [The Local]
Obama Campaign Reception & Fundraiser in Dumbo [Dumbo NYC]
DOT: New York City’s Complete Streets Are Built to Last [Streetsblog]
Proposed BBP Fieldhouse Hires Greg Brooks As Exec Director [Brooklyn Heights Blog]
Behold: The Glorious Gunk Of Sheepshead Bay’s Waterfront! [Sheepshead Bites]
Partners in Preservation – Coney 2012 (The 1919 B&B Carousell) [Untapped New York]

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Monday Blogwrap



Jay-Z Made This: Brooklyn Nets Officially Unveil Brooklyn Nets Logo [Gothamist]
This Week: Help Make Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue a Safer Street [Streetsblog]
Maimonides Becomes Official Hospital of Brooklyn Nets [Eagle]
Op-Ed: Homeowners Must Be Wary of Lien Sales [City Limits]
Will New York City Really Ban Happy Hour? [Eater]
Atlantic Yards Workers Left Out of ‘Living Wage’ Bill [Patch]
Of “Pink Pond” And “Lavender Lake” [PMFA]
Photo by Milyorkee

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Thursday Blogwrap



Reviewed: Casa Ventura [FIPS]
Subway Service Alerts: Weekend and Next Week [BHB]
Barbès, a Neighborhood Institution, Turns 10 [Brooklyn Based]
Annual Community Plant Sale to Benefit Cobble Hill Tree Fund [PMFA]
Op-Ed: Will Casino Gambling Revitalize Coney Island? [Sheepshead Bites]
DOE Spares Bushwick School Ahead Of Tonight’s PEP Vote [NY1]
Infidelity Popular In Park Slope These Days, Says Website For Cheaters [Gothamist]
East River Ferry Pilot Program So Popular It Just Might Become Permanent [Gothamist]
Daily Intel: “Bloomberg Promises 2,000 Jobs at the Barclays Center, Sort of” [AY Report]
Photo by Hobo Matt

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Wednesday Blogwrap



Conversion of Former Precinct in the Heights Can Finally Move Forward [Eagle]
BREAKING: Pedestrian Struck, In Critical Condition, in Midwood [Sheepshead Bites]
CAG Votes To Adopt Resolution Asking Total Elimination of CSOs [CG Patch]
At Shuttered Aqualis Grill, Everything Must Go [The Local]
Mark Your Calendars: Discover Williamsburg! [NYS]
First Vodka Distillery in NYC in Op in Over 100 Years [LiftLuxe]
Photo by flatbushnelson

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Tuesday Blogwrap



Join the Green Team at BBP! [Realty Collective]
The Early Word on Andy Ricker’s Pok Pok NY [Eater]
What’s a Perfect Brooklyn Afternoon for Tourists? [FIPS]
New Bike Racks on Coney Island Avenue [Ditmas Park Corner]
Calling 311: Mangled Street Sign Remains For Months [BHB]
Here’s Every Type of Craft Class You Might Want to Take in Brooklyn [Brokelyn]
DOT To Reconsider Oriental Blvd’s Blinking Yellow Light [Sheepshead Bites]
Two Two-Family Townhouses Face Off for Slope Buyers [Curbed]
Nearly One Million Old NYC Photos Released Online, Thanks To Municipal Archives [Gothamist]
On the cables of the Brooklyn bridge, 1914, by Babylon Lizards XTC

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Monday Blogwrap



Local Band’s Van and Gear Stolen in Ditmas Park [Ditmas Park Corner]
‘Prayer March’ Over Brooklyn Bridge: Churches Want Right to Rent Space In Public Schools [McBrooklyn]
National Grid Wraps Up Work in Gravesend, Thanks Community [Sheepshead Bites]
‘Steal This Art’ Painting Stolen from Williamsburg Gallery [BK Paper]
Meet Samir, The New Owner Of “Court Street Pet Food” [PMFA]
Photo by wasder

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