Monday Blogwrap



A Bushwick Feeding Frenzy [Brooklyn Based]
A Hidden Garden in the Middle of Brooklyn [Design Sponge]
Walk Photos: Brooklyn Heights and Brooklyn Bridge Park [BHB]
Five Must See Films at the Northside Festival [Bushwick Daily]
How Brooklyn Fox’s Lexi Isadora Conquered Williamsburg Retail [Racked]
Some NYC Parks Get High Design; Why Others Can’t Afford It [Curbed]
N, Q and R Subway Lines Shut Down for Overnight Maintenance This Week [DNA Info]

Photo by bobmarvin11225

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Friday Blogwrap



Yarn Bombs on East 17th Street [Ditmas Park Corner]
Highlights From Northside Music Festival [The L]
Poplar Street “Open Garden” Tomorrow [BHB]
Books Under the Bridge Is Back This Summer! [Brokelyn]
Neighborhood Stoop Sales This Weekend [South Slope News]
The Grim Politics Facing the Bloomberg Climate Change Plan [Atlantic Cities]
Beyond Statistics: BK Has City’s Highest Rate of Domestic Violence [BK Based]
Photo by scoboco

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Thursday Blogwrap



Canopies [The Wooden House Project]
BUSHWICK CRIBZ: A Look into the Loft Life [Bushwick Daily]
Skateboarder Killed by MTA Bus in Brooklyn [Gothamist]
Hip Chains Are Flocking to Coney Island [NY Daily News]
Williamsburg Community Board Denies Boozy Barbershop [Gothamist]
Is the Lightstone-Sponsored Gowanus Canoe Race a Ploy? [Curbed]
The New Smith/9th Street Station, and a Red Hook Walk [Forgotten NY]
Weiner’s Record in House: Intensity, Publicity and Limited Results [NY Times]
Photo by mcmillianfurlow

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Wednesday Blogwrap



New Bike Racks on Cortelyou [Ditmas Park Corner]
10 Summer Sprinkler Spots for Neighborhood Kids [South Slope News]
Here’s a Sneak Preview of the Roberta’s Cookbook [Grub Street]
First Look at 202 8th Street’s New Amenity Spaces [TRD]
Watch Three Minutes of Annoying Park Slope Parents Jokes [Curbed]
McCarren Tennis Courts to Add Heated Bubble for Winter Playing [DNA Info]
Your Summer Guide to Outdoor Films Under the Stars [Brooklyn Based]
Argentinian Artist Brings Color to Pacific Street Construction Sites [DNA Info]

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Tuesday Blogwrap



Notes From the CB14 Monthly Meeting [Ditmas Park Corner]
Rowing on the Radioactive Riviera [Brooklyn Based]
Greenpointers Guide to Northside Festival 2013! [Greenpointers]
Your Ultimate Guide to Volunteering in Brooklyn [South Slope News]
McCarren Park Paths Get Repaved, “Hipster Lake” Gets Drained [Gothamist]
A Small-Scale Food Revolution at Brooklyn’s Pfizer Plant [Village Voice]
Warehouse to Theater Conversion Wins Landmarks Endorsement [City Land]
Photo by Several seconds

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Monday Blogwrap



When Do the Pools Open in Brooklyn? [Patch]
Step Inside Green-Wood Cemetery’s Catacombs [Gothamist]
Interior Shots of 618 Washington Avenue [BuzzBuzz Home]
Safety Meeting on Myrtle Avenue TONIGHT [Myrtle Minutes]
Checking out Brooklyn’s Best Bar Brunches [Brooklyn Based]
Beyonce Spotted Swinging Blue Ivy at JJ Byrne Playground on Sunday [PSS]
Guy Fieri and Mario Batali Ate Pizza at Roberta’s Yesterday [Grub Street]
Check out These P.S. 686 Charity Auction Items [Biddingforgood.com]
Photo by florence wang

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Friday Blogwrap



May 2013 Brooklyn Rental Report [Dumbo NYC]
A Visit to Coney Island Institution Totonno’s [Eater]
The G Train Is Actually Running This Weekend [Kensington BK]
A Classic Renovation for a Park Slope Kitchen [Apartment Therapy]
Demolition Starts at The Townhouses of Cobble Hill [BuzzBuzzHome]
Myrtle Avenue Community Meeting to Address Neighborhood Safety [Patch]
Photo by hunter.gatherer

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Thursday Blogwrap



Hicks Street Gets New Neckdowns [CHA]
What’s Really Wrong With Citi Bike [Gothamist]
Where Are the Grownups in Brooklyn Heights? [Brooklyn Spoke]
14th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues, 1941 [Wooden House Project]
Sycamore’s Basement, Backyard Closed Indefinitely [Ditmas Park Corner]
Will the Church Avenue Station Be Renovated After All? [Ditmas Park Corner]
Photo by xbettyx

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Wednesday Blogwrap



Northside Festival Is Right Around the Corner [Bushwick Daily]
NYC Only Has the Second Best Parks in the U.S. [Gothamist]
CB6 Accepting Applications for Committee Membership [PS Stoop]
Two Trees’ 20 Jay Street Welcomes Technicolor Startup [Commercial Observer]
J.Crew Confirmed for Cobble Hill, Mickey Drexler Talks Brooklyn [Racked]
First Look at OddFellows, Sam Mason’s Williamsburg Ice Cream Shop [Grub Street]
Photo by beanhead4529

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Tuesday Blogwrap



New Building at 508 Seneca Tops Out [Wyckoff Heights]
Volunteer at a BPL Branch for Love a Library Day [DPC]
Signs of New Cobble Hill Crosswalk at Congress/Bergen Street [CHA]
Save Gowanus Meeting Tonight Regarding Lightstone Development [PMFA]
Red Hook Is BACK! Neighborhood Hosts First Post-Sandy Celebration [Gothamist]
Photo by ekonon

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Monday Blogwrap



What’s up at 413 17th Street? [IMBY]
Long Island Restaurant Signs Removed [Lost City]
Cast Your Vote for Red Hook to Get Sandy Help [PMFA]
Report Albemarle Traffic Problems Online [Kensington BK]
State Senate to Host LICH Hearing Tuesday [Patch]
Triple Shooting in Prospect Lefferts Gardens Rattles Neighborhood [Gothamist]
FEMA to Pay for Repairs to Coney Island Boardwalk Lighting [Sheepshead Bites]
Photo by mr.patrick

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Friday Blogwrap



Weekend Performances in Crown Heights [ILFA]
Park Slope Stoop Sales: June 1-2 [PS Stoop]
Walgreens Construction Starting Soon [Kensington BK]
The Cortelyou Road Taco Truck Is Back! [Ditmas Park Corner]
An Architectural Tour of 24 Century-Old Brooklyn Buildings [Curbed]
Passive-Aggressive Parallel Parking at Citi Bike Station [BHB]
Le Pain Quotidien Applying for Sidewalk Cafe License [PS Stoop]
Finding Answers to the Impossible at the BK Historical Society [BHS Blog]
Photo of Tom Otterness’ Urban Myth by aews175

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Thursday Blogwrap



580 Carroll Street / TEN Arquitectos [Arch Daily]
Hungry City: Maison Premiere in Williamsburg [NY Times]
Dean Street and 4th Avenue, 1929 [The Wooden House Project]
Red Hook Fest Begins Festivities Tonight! [The Word on Columbia Street]
Brooklyn Mac Expands to Dumbo With Mixed Results [Gothamist]
More Summer Movies: Coney Island’s Flicks on the Beach [Brokelyn]
Notes From May’s 70th Precinct Community Council Meeting [DPC]
Photo by quiggyt4

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Wednesday Blogwrap



The G Train Workout Plan [FREEWilliamsburg]
A Community Board 12 Recap [Kensington BK]
BBC TV on Brooklyn’s Soaring Market [Matrix]
Parkside Avenue Station, Lefferts Gardens [Forgotten New York]
A Train Service Returns to Rockaway Beach [Patch]
Citi Bike Membership Surges Past 20,000 [Streetsblog]
Flea Food Under the Archway Returns for Second Season [Dumbo NYC]
17th Street Remains Closed for Repairs Until Further Notice [South Slope News]
Photo by jmlwinder

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Tuesday Blogwrap



Biking Safety in Brooklyn [Greenpointers]
Bensonhurst’s 86th Street Festival Returns 0n June 9 [Bensonhurst Bean]
From Vacant Lot to Verdant Garden on Maple Street? [The Q at Parkside]
Imagining a More Protected Coney Island of the Future [Curbed]
A Rare, Pristine Subway Station: See It While You Can [City Room]
Most Brooklyn Nets Fans Aren’t From Brooklyn? [The Brooklyn Game]
More Headaches for Neighbors of Construction Site at 467 Union Street [PMFA]

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Thursday Blogwrap



Real Estate Round Up [Wyckoff Heights]
Architectural Oddities in Ditmas Park [DPC]
Save the Dates – Cobble Hill Concert Series [Cobble Hill Association]
Graham Avenue and Jackson Street, 1935 [Wooden House Project]
The Henry Street Townhouses Are Beginning to Smell [66 Square Feet]
New Brighton Beach Bathrooms Almost Complete [Sheepshead Bites]
So You Want to BBQ at Prospect Park: Rules & Guidelines [PSS]
What’s up With the Smith Street Building That Once Housed Robin Des Bois? [PMFA]

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Wednesday Blogwrap



A Prospect Heights House Tour [Apartment Therapy]
Inside a $5 Million Dollar Brooklyn Home [BK Magazine]
FYI: Brooklyn Public Library Closed All Weekend [Patch]
130 Years of Brooklyn Bridge Photos, Decade by Decade [Curbed]
Forgotten Greenpoint: WNYC Transmitter on the East River [Greenpointers]
Anthony Weiner Launches Mayoral Campaign With Vid Shot in Park Slope [PSS]
Photo by wesleyrosenblum

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Tuesday Blogwrap



A Status Update on City Beaches [Brooklyn Based]
Official Citi Bike Mobile App Now Available [Streetsblog]
The Case of the Crumbling Wallabout House [The Wooden House Project]
Lunchapalooza at Brooklyn Public Library Starts Tomorrow [FIPS]
Nominate a Local Library So It Can Win $10,000 [Kensington BK]
Nathan’s Famous Retools as Opening Draws Near [Sheepshead Bites]

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Monday Blogwrap



4th Ave Traffic Calming Moves Forward [Streetsblog]
Fairway Donates $30K to ReStore Red Hook Nonprofit [Patch]
James Franco Painted a Mural in Williamsburg [FREEWilliamsburg]
GoogaMooga Rainout Hangover: Wasted Food, Livid Vendors [Gothamist]
“Presumed Inevitability of Gentrification” in Greenpoint [Greenpointers]
Five Days of Eating at Brooklyn’s Newest Food Truck Lot [Brooklyn Based]
17th Street Becomes a River After Morning Water Main Break [South Slope News]
Photo by lostinbrooklyn

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Friday Blogwrap



Let the Stoop Sales Begin [Park Slope Stoop]
Ditmas History: A Photographic Legacy [DPC]
RIP to the Best Used Bookstore in Brooklyn [The L]
5 Extraordinary Art Openings This Weekend [Bushwick Daily]
Road Closures for Brooklyn Half Marathon on Saturday [Kensington BK]
Sunday Tree-Bench Raising at The Green Triangle [Kensington BK]
Go Listen to This Coney Island-Themed Playlist Marty Markowitz Made on Spotify [Runnin' Scared]

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