Daily Links: City Cautious About Gowanus Rezoning After East New York, Locals Fear Displacement

In the News

• Brooklyn-to-Staten Island Drinking Water Tunnel Is Activated [NYT]
• A Visit to the “Rabbit Lady” of Gowanus [NYT]
• New Looks at Burg’s Domino Sugar Factory’s Future [Curbed]
• This New Bushwick Building Has a Subway Theme (Photos) [Gothamist]
• A Brooklyn Brownstone Goes Gothic [Remodelista]
• Locals Take “Model Block” Approach to Storm Resistance in Red Hook [DNA]
• City in No Rush to Rezone Gowanus, Officials Tell Residents [DNA]

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Comment of the Day

It’s obviously very pretty. But that’s an awful lot of money for the neighborhood. And too be so far away from the subway. I look at rental and purchase prices in Park Slope and start thinking, “Wow, this is like an undiscovered nabe these days.” Ah, the irony of it all.

— NeoGrec in Polished Bed Stuy Brownstone Garden Apartment Wants $2,500 a Month

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