Thursday Blogwrap



Looking Back at Timboo’s Bar in the Slope [OMFS]
FIPS Was There…. The Prospect Park Food Truck Rally [FIPS]
The 2012 Babysitter Survey Data is HERE! [Park Slope Parents]
Prospect Park Celebrates Audubon Center’s 10th Year [PH Patch]
Friends Of Brooklyn Heights Library Looking For New Members [BHB]
Electronics Recycling Event – April 22th, 10a-4p [Cobble Hill Association]
Rides Return to Thor’s Stillwell Lots for 1st Time Since 2008 [Amusing the Zillion]
Check Out the Cherry Blossoms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden [Brooklyn Based]

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Wednesday Blogwrap



Report: Livery Group Pushing For Drivers To Carry Registered Guns [NY1]
In Gentrified Brooklyn, Hopes for More School Alternatives [SchoolBook]
Entrepreneur Still Wants to Unload $4M Bay Ridge Funhouse [Curbed]
Faded Wrigley’s Ad on Columbia Street Vanishing [Lost City]
Mayor Taking New Step on Smoking [WSJ]
Big Bucks for Big Dredge [Arch Paper]
Photo by xbettyx

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Tuesday Blogwrap



Free Fatty ‘Cue Tonight in Dumbo! [Brokelyn]
CSA Seeking Members [Prospect Heights Patch]
Yelpers Review the Brooklyner, the Edge [Curbed]
DOT Knows: A Protected Plaza Street is Better [Brooklyn Spoke]
What’s Up With the Carroll Gardens Poll Site Switcheroo? [PMFA]
Exploring the Mardi Gras Theater in East Flatbush, Brooklyn [Forgotten NY]
Initial Lineup for 4th Annual Northside Festival Announced [FREEWilliamsburg]

Photo by xbettyx

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Monday Blogwrap



Smoking Bans Gain Traction Among NYC Condominium, Co-op Boards [TRD]
11 Transportation Officials Who Are Changing the Game [Streetsblog]
Sokol Bros. Furniture Goes the Way of All Old Building: Apartments [Lost City]
A Fight for Chinese Food in Prospect Heights? [Patch]
Brooklyn Heights: It’s For The Birds [BHB]
Photo by ekonon

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Thursday Blogwrap



Where to Weekday Brunch [Brooklyn Based]
Is Buschenschank Proving To Be A Rather Noisy Neighbor? [PMFA]
Is this new Brooklyn Hotel Basically the One from Portlandia? [Brokelyn]
What Retail Entity Will Take Over Two Stores on Bedford Avenue? [Racked]
Carroll Gardens Green Market Collecting Food Scraps Starting April 22nd [PMFA]
Lecture: “Letters from Jackie” About Famed Brooklyn Baseball Pioneer At The Kings Bay Y [Sheepshead Bites]

PS 29 at nighttime, photo by Drew from Tiffany Place

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Wednesday Blogwrap



Okay, Help: What’s Your Ideal Afternoon in Brooklyn for Tourists? [The Awl]
Fairytale in the Williamsburg: Rough Trade is Opening a Shop [L Mag]
Bagels and Health Food Give Way to Chain on Bedford [BK Paper]
Crane Operators and New York Spar Over Licensing Rules [NY Times]
Skylark Bar Construction Underway in Timboo’s Space [HPS]
What Makes a Successful Bike Share Station? [NAC]
More Problems With Dogs In Carroll Park? [PMFA]
Photo of mystery building by Eugene Gannon

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Tuesday Blogwrap



Days On Market – Trending Down? [Brennan Realty]
Twig’s Terrariums – now in book form [Gowanus Your Face Off]
Pitch a Tent Inside This Teepee-Friendly Cobble Hill House [Curbed]
Occupy Sunset Park: Seeking Change in Many Languages [City Limits]
Park Slope Cop Brings About Sidewalk Cycling, Then Tickets It [Streetsblog]
Atlantic Yards and 311: An open letter to Mayor Bloomberg [Atlantic Yards Watch]
Locals Fume Over Marathon Runners’ Plan To Swarm Ocean Parkway, Coney Island Boardwalk [Sheepshead Bites]

Photo by ClownCollage

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Monday Blogwrap



William Menking on the Future of the Design Industry in New York [ArchPaper]
Forest City Ratner’s 2011 City/State Lobbying: 50% Jump [AY Report]
Brooklyn IKEA Not As Much Fun As It Used to Be [McBrooklyn]
Slo-Mo Flip: Appreciating a Park Slope Loft for 20 Years [Curbed]
City Parks Offer Kids On Break Lessons In Survival [NY1]
The Russian People’s Home of Greenpoint [Lost City]
Photo by JSsocal

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Thursday Blogwrap



A Plea From The McCarren Dog Run [New York Shitty]
Brooklyn Utopias Show at the Old Stone House [PMFA]
Poll: Top Outdoor Spots In the Neighborhood [FG/CH Patch]
Crown Heights in the News, Falafel, Murals, and More [ILFA]
A Poem for the Political Park Slope Food Co-op [City Room]
L Train Gets “Priority Seating” For Its 1 Percent [Gothamist]
Bulgarian Bar Mehanata’s Owner Unwelcome in Williamsburg [DNA Info]
Looking into NYC’s New Stormwater Management Infrastructure [Architect's Newspaper]
Photo by Beth Keiser

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Wednesday Blogwrap



Out of Work? Learn How to Make it as a Park Slope Nanny! [FIPS]
Reserve Now for Popular Carroll Park Flea Market on June 2nd [PMFA]
Backers To Deliver Signatures To ‘Save’ G Train [FG Patch]
Five Filmings in Dumbo Brooklyn This Week [DumboNYC]
Carroll Gardens Library Low on Books [CG Patch]
Photo by 12th St David

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Tuesday Blogwrap



85 Jay Street Parking Lot Activity [Dumbo NYC]
Breaking: Building Collapse 40 Frank Ct [Gerritsen Beach]
Bergen St. Dog Owners File Razor-Wire Complaint [CG Patch]
St. Marks Avenue: Bridge v. Truck, Bridge Wins [I Love Franklin Ave]
Welcome Cherry Blossoms, a Little Early This Year [BoCoCa Land]
As Dumbo teems with tech, Downtown Brooklyn Eyes Leftovers [TRD]
ATTENTION: TWO Lien Sale Outreach Sessions In Brooklyn [Team Tish]
Camping at Floyd Bennett Field Costs More This Year (but there’s a sink!) [Brokelyn]
Map of the Month: “Country Thirty Miles Round the City of New York” [Brooklyn Historical Society]
Photo by ekonon

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Monday Blogwrap



Towns Will Start ‘Aggresively’ Campaigning Later This Month [B-S Patch]
Scores Gather With One Message: ‘Stop the Violence’ [FG Patch]
Rules of Engagement for a Park Slope Stoop Sale [FIPS]
Van Brunt Stillhouse Opens Distillery In Red Hook [Eagle]
Dear Mailman, I Live Here!!!!! [PMFA]
Photo by flatbushnelson

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Thursday Blogwrap



Domino Falls Down [Architect's Newspaper]
The Verdict is in: Classon is the Border! [Patch]
OMG! Swimming in the Gowanus Canal?! [Gowanus Your Face Off]
Join Us For Our ‘Boundaries of Change’ Walking Tour [Bushwick BK]
Summit Street Garden Meeting this Sunday [Word on Columbia Street]
Something Disgusting Hanging from Teddy’s Gate on Court Street [PMFA]
Inside Two First-Time Buyers’ Renovation of a Brooklyn Condo [Curbed]
Photo by Shawn Hoke

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Wednesday Blogwrap



FAC’s Michelle de la Uz Appointed by de Blasio to Planning Commission [AY Report]
Signage is Up at Momofuku Milk Bar Carroll Gardens [Eater]
Velázquez Faces Threat from Two Directions [McBrooklyn]
Fort Greene: Land of the Big Taxi Tippers? [Patch]
Neighborhood Baby Boom a Boost for Businesses [The Local]
Photo by hunter.gatherer

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Tuesday Blogwrap



The Happy End Diner [Lost City]
A Bay Ridge Local Reacts to Brooklyn 11223 [The L]
Pratt Employee Arrested in Check Scheme [The Local]
How To Get a Big Crowd at Your Brooklyn Event [Brokelyn]
$10M in Funding Promised for The Bradford [Bed Stuy Patch]
Brooklyn History: The South Brooklyn Waterfront [Brooklyn Based]
Passengers Going to Prospect Heights Are Best Tippers, TLC Report Says [Patch]
Photo by Barry Yanowitz

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Monday Blogwrap



De Blasio Wants Slope Co-op to Forget About Boycotting Israel [McBrooklyn]
Mizgalski Funeral Home Leaves Greenpoint [Lost City]
Did the Pavilion Oversell Tix for ‘The Hunger Games’? [FIPS]
The History of Brooklyn Through Music [L Mag]
Gardening in Carroll Gardens [CG Patch]
Photo by Scoboco

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Thursday Blogwrap



Game Developer Buys Capote House [The L]
The Aputumpu Music Festival is Tonight [FreeWilliamsburg]
Slope Video Store Will Close Next Thursday [Here's Park Slope]
Cobble Hill Tree Fund Annual Plant Sale [Cobble Hill Association]
Photos: Keith Haring’s Early Years Now At The Brooklyn Museum [Gothamist]
From The North Brooklyn Community Group: Born to Giglio! [New York Shitty]
Some Complainer Still Can’t Stand Carroll Gardens Coffee Roaster [Gothamist]
Photo by JamesWolberg

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Tuesday Blogwrap



Spring Has Totally Sprung [Brooklyn Based]
Help Keep Portside NY Open [The Word on Columbia Street]
Is the Economy Rebounding in Fort Greene-Clinton Hill? [Patch]
Sold! Third Of Eight Watchtower Properties In Heights Grabs $3M [BHB]
BHA Gets BBP Back in Brooklyn Heights Congressional District [BHB]
Public Information Meeting on the Gowanus Canal Superfund Site is Thursday [PMFA]
Photo by Hobo Matt

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Thursday Blogwrap



The Brooklyniest Drink Ever? [Brooklyn Based]
Is Philadelphia the New Brooklyn? [Brokelyn]
Brooklyn Bridge Park: Spring Fling & 5K Race 3/31 [BHB]
Two Filmings in Dumbo: Guilty and Person of Interest [Dumbo NYC]
5 Picks on Where to Watch the Tournament on the Cheap [Brokelyn]
From The Community Board 1 Combined & Public Hearing: Newtown Creek CAG [New York Shitty]
Photo by DJ STEVEN-S PHOTOGRAPHY

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Wednesday Blogwrap



A Solution to Deadly Atlantic Avenue Speeding: LIDAR Enforcement [Streetsblog]
Requiem for The Old Williamsburg Brooklyn via Instant Message [Curbed]
Tish James Announces Intention to Run for Public Advocate [Patch]
“Hitherto Impossible”: The Man Behind the Flatbush Panorama [Crazy Stable]
Pera Cafe Lounge Coming To Emmons Avenue [SB]
Finally, A Bike Shop That Serves Beer [The Local]
Photo by A Crom

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