Afternoon Links: Lawyer Charged With Stealing From Slave Theater Owner's Estate

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Lawyer Charged With Stealing Money From Slave Theater Sale [NYT]
Boy, 4, Badly Hurt in Park Slope Elevator Shaft Plunge [NYDN]
New Prospect Heights Restaurant Has Beautiful Backyard Garden [Gothamist]
City Council Kills Plan for Red Hook Nursing Home [Crain’s]
Co-working Provider the Yard Leases Entire Gowanus Building [TRD]
Crown Heights Garden Closed by Realty Group After Court Decision [DNA]
‘Burg Office Complex Gets OK From City Planning, Heads to Council [DNA]

Comment of the Day

A great start but would love to see this expand — it’s teeny tiny currently. When will the hospital itself be restored? It would be a tragedy to lose it to neglect, like Admiral’s Row.

— NeoGrec in Brooklyn Has a New Park and It’s in the Brooklyn Navy Yard

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