Daily Links: Police Prep for J'Ouvert Celebration, Developers Proceed With Big 'Burg Office Plans
Cyclists bike to promote car-less waterfront greenway, Afropunk Festival focuses on culture and change, roof catches fire at LICH’s landmarked Polhemus building in Cobble Hill.
Park Slope. Photo by Mary Hautman
In the News
- Brooklyn’s Bicycling Culture Doesn’t Ease Risks for Riders [NYT]
- Brooklyn’s Afropunk Festival Is About Culture and Change [NYDN]
- Giant Office Development on Kent Avenue in ‘Burg to Break Ground [WSJ]
- Cyclists Ride to Promote Car-Free Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway [WSJ]
- Fire Erupts Atop LICH’s ‘Jewel-Like’ Polhemus Building in Cobble Hill [Eagle]
- Rendering Revealed for Apartments on Myrtle in Wallabout [Myrtle Avenue]
- ‘Do Not Shoot Anyone,’ Police Warn Brooklyn Residents Ahead of J’Ouvert [DNA]
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Comment of the Day
A very exciting project. I hate to think that these apartments will come on line just in time for the L train shut down. Maybe Two Trees can somehow pressure the MTA to come up with better alternatives or at least limit the time frame of the disruption.
– JoeBushwick in First Tower in Domino Sugar Factory Mega-Project Takes Shape on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg
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