Daily Links
July 2, 2009
Thursday Links
Sharp Price Drops in Manhattan Apartments [NY Times]
Beazer Homes Reaches Deal on Fraud Charges [NY Times]
Brooklyn Couple Buys Weekend House in Catskills [NY Times]
Skateboarders Ruining Windsor Terrace [NY Post]
Brooklyn Supermarkets to Pay $1M in Back Wages [NY Daily News]
Firefighters Free Red Hook Kid's Head from Fence [NY Daily News]
Seven-Hour Happy Hour at Soda Bar [NY Daily News]
Fatality Shows Fifth Avenue Needs to Be Safer [Brooklyn Paper]
Photo by how_long_it_takes.
July 1, 2009
Wednesday Links
State’s Top Court Will Hear Appeal Against Atlantic Yards [NY Times]
Queens Street Corner Will Be Named for Run-DMC [NY Times]
NYC Population Up By 53,000 in 2008 [NY Post]
NYPD Creates Terrorism Handbook for Landlords [NY Post]
AY Faces Roadblock from State Court of Appeals [NY Daily News]
Summer's Rain Bad News for Coney Businesses [NY Daily News]
July 4 Biggest Day for Flag Man [NY Daily News]
Gun Attack on St. Felix Street [Brooklyn Paper]
Photo by Taylor T-Sides.
June 30, 2009
Tuesday Links
In a Reprise, Saturdays With Zones Free of Cars [NY Times]
Meanwhile, Far From the Javits Center… [NY Times]
Brooklyn Bowl Opens This Week in W'burg [NY Times]
Bloomberg Releasing City Data Online for Developers [NY Daily News]
Places to Shop in Downtown Brooklyn [NY Daily News]
More on Greenpoint's Rooftop Gardeners [NY Daily News]
Dennis Holt on Brooklyn Bridge Park Progress [Brooklyn Eagle]
Marty Endorses de Blasio for Advocate [Brooklyn Eagle]
Photo by pstardesign.
June 29, 2009
Monday Links
Too Good to Be True? Then It's Probably a Rental Scam [NY Times]
As Arenas Sprout, a Scramble to Keep Them Filled [NY Times]
Prison Officer Is Fatally Shot on Nostrand Avenue [NY Times]
Couple Moves From Bushwick After Multiple Burglaries [NY Times]
Older Buyers Now Able to Obtain Reverse Mortgages [NY Times]
Riders Pissed About Latest MTA Fare Hies [NY Post]
Challenger Rips Marty over Atlantic Yards [NY Post]
Day Care Center Was a Drug Den [NY Daily News]
Swimmer Critical After Rescue Off Coney Island [NY Daily News]
Cyclist Killed on Fifth Ave in Slope [NY Daily News]
After Slope Crash, Bicyclist Dies [NY Daily News]
Mundy Disses the Burg Again [Brooklyn Vegan]
Photo by cloesner.
June 26, 2009
Friday Links
Police Commish to Put More Minority Officers in Top Posts [NY Times]
R Train Voted the Dirtiest by Straphangers [NY Times]
Federal Dollars for More Police Hires [NY Post]
Man Bites Ear in Greenpoint [NY Post]
Parents Rip Firing of Slope Principal [NY Daily News]
MTA Needs $600M to Keep Going [NY Daily News]
Lady Liberty Stolen from Vox Pop [NY Daily News]
Bushwick Lot Turns Golf Course [NY Daily News]
Public Pools in Brooklyn Now Open [Brooklyn Paper]
Photo by Idle Type.
June 25, 2009
Thursday Links
Brooklyn Councilman's Aides to Admit Fraud [NY Times]
Fed Board Maintains the Status Quo [NY Times]
Brooklyn Man Guilty of Selling Counterfeit Parts to M.T.A. [NY Times]
Controversy over E. Williamsburg Housing Project [Brooklyn Paper]
Brooklyn Hotel Purchased by Charity for $2.2M [CoStar]
Bridge Park Conservancy Elects New Directors [Brooklyn Eagle]
Photo of Red Hook Facade by catasterist.
June 24, 2009
Wednesday Links
City Seeks New Powers in Fight Against Homelessness [NY Times]
Despite Pleas for a Freeze, Stabilized Rents to Go Up [NY Times]
Rent Hikes OK'd As Board Squabbles [NY Post]
Strike Threatened at City's Biggest Power Plant [NY Daily News]
Another Burglary at 55 Washington Street [Brooklyn Paper]
Post-Game Analysis of ESDC Meeting [AY Report]
Partial Building Collapse In Bed Stuy [WPIX]
Photo of Green-Wood Cemetery by bklynflea.
June 23, 2009
Tuesday Links
Manhattan Real Estate: ‘An Eventual Bargain’ [WSJ]
Goldman Sachs on Pace for Record Bonuses [Reuters]
Judge Blocks Penalty for Nonhybrid Cab Owners [NY Times]
Subway Rider Accidents Way Up [NY Daily News]
Rent Guidelines Board Votes Tonight [NY Daily News]
State on BQE Fix: Failure IS an Option [Brooklyn Paper]
Photo of Tobacco Warehouse by Atomische.
June 22, 2009
Monday Links
Rain, Rain Go Away: New Yorkers Reach Saturation Point [NY Times]
Triboro, NY? A Postmark May Trample Civic Pride [NY Times]
AG Cracks Down on Foreclosure Rescue Schemes [NY Times]
Deal or No Deal? Bargain Hunting Examined. [NY Times]
A Rabbi With Earthly Connections [NY Times]
Stimulus Cash Will Target Graffiti [NY Post]
Construction Giant Bovis Investigated for Fraud [NY Daily News]
Mating Mockingbirds Disturbing the Peace [NY Daily News]
Coney Mermaids Weather the Rain [NY Daily News]
Gowanus Expy Ramp Widening Mulled [Brooklyn Eagle]
W'burg Wants Reduced Street Cleaning [Brooklyn Paper]
Photo of Mermaid Parade by Lindsay Beyerstein
June 19, 2009
Friday Links
City's Unemployment Rate Reaches 9 Percent [NY Times]
Preview of Cab-Sharing of Future [NY Times]
24 New York Sites Proposed as Historic Places [NY Post]
MetroCard Dispensers Ripe for Counterfeit Bills [NY Daily News]
Check Out Gravesend on the Cheap [NY Daily News]
City needs to solve bike lane problem [Brooklyn Paper]
Perkins Turns Up Heat on MTA [AY Report]
Photo of Green-Wood Cemetery by lostinbrooklyn.
June 18, 2009
Thursday Links
Assembly Gives Nod to Mayor on Schools [NY Times]
Payments for Injuries to Workers Here Illegally [NY Times]
Great House, Terrible Location [NY Times]
NYPD Desk Cops Hitting the Street [NY Post]
Two Hasidic Girls Molested in Brooklyn [NY Post]
Tenants and Owners Make Their Case [NY Daily News]
Ringling Bros Opens in Coney Tonight [NY Daily News]
Mini-Crime Spree Hits 55 Washington [Brooklyn Eagle]
All of ESDC Rubber-Stampers from Upstate [AY Report]
Van Brunt Finally Gets Trash Cans [Brooklyn Paper]
Design Web Blogs Click with Consumers [SFGate]
Photo of Brooklyn Pride by changsterdam.
June 17, 2009
Wednesday Links
Espada’s Switch Imperils Pro-Tenant Rent Law Changes [NY Times]
For Some Cyclists, Storage Is Biggest Challenge [NYT/City Room]
City Cancels PS 20 Gifted Program [NYT/Local]
Nostrand Avenue Getting Express Bus Lane [NY Post]
Two Hasidic Girls Molested in Brooklyn [NY Post]
Bill Could Let MTA Shift Stimulus Funds [NY Daily News]
Brooklyn Public Library Escapes Budget Axe [NY Daily News]
City Asks for BQE Design Proposals [Brooklyn Eagle]
Van Brunt Finally Gets Trash Cans [Brooklyn Paper]
Design Web Blogs Click with Consumers [SFGate]
Photo of Brooklyn Pride by atomische.
June 16, 2009
Tuesday Links
Mayor Bloomberg and Council Agree on Budget [NY Times]
City Council Endorses Sales Tax Increase [NYT/City Room]
Marauding Teens Back At It in Fort Greene [NYT/Local]
Post Recycles Bushwick Tent Story [NY Post]
LIRR and Metro-North Getting Wifi! [NY Post]
Mayor Seeks Effort to Insure Pedicabs [NY Daily News]
Some Parents Voice Support for PS 20 Principal [Brooklyn Paper]
Falling Debris at 111 Livingston Street [Brooklyn Eagle]
Ratner Sets Up Two Trailers at 6th and Dean AY Report]
Appraisers Blamed for Preventing Housing Recovery [The Matrix]
Photo of Bed Stuy corner by bluejake.
June 15, 2009
Monday Links
State Senate Coup Exposes Albany’s Lack of Order [NY Times]
Couple Buys in Ft. Greene Church Conversion [NY Times]
Beware of Neighbor’s Home Foreclosure [NY Times]
Stalled Plan to License Pedicabs Advances [NY Times]
Tour of Fulton Stores for Rent [NYT/Local]
TDG Merges with Manhattan Brokerage [Crain's]
AY Thread in CB8 Election [AY Report]
Vox Pop: Capitalist Model? [Ditmas Park Blog]
Brooklyn LGBT Pride 2009 [Fading Ad Blog]
Photo of Brooklyn Pride by megunski.
June 12, 2009
Friday Links
Pedicab Safety Rules Were Never Put Into Effect [NY Times]
NYC and Other Cities to Share Data on Tall Tower Cranes [NY Times]
In Brooklyn, a Basel for Beginners [NY Times]
Swine Flu Kills Borough Park Child [NY Post]
Sitt Promises to Keep Astrotower in Coney [NY Post]
Eugene Mathieu Racks Up $24K in Fines [NY Post]
RoboTrains Gain Steam, More Time on Rails [NY Daily News]
Bloomberg: City Can Help You Keep Your Home [NY Daily News]
Bye, Brooklyn; Hello, Journal Square [NY Daily News]
Photo by Krzysztof Poluchowicz
June 11, 2009
Thursday Links
Fresh Produce Carts for Low Income Nabes [NY Times]
Pedicab Accident Off Williamsburg Bridge [NY Times]
Plan by Silver Would Extend Mayor’s Control of Schools [NY Times]
Bushwick Woman Imprisoned by Boyfriend for 3 Weeks [NY Post]
1 in 4 Subway Pay Phones Don't Work [NY Daily News]
Brooklyner Is Now the Borough's Tallest Building [NY Daily News]
Costly Delays for Lola Staar in Coney [Brooklyn Paper]
Photo by Shibai
June 10, 2009
Wednesday Links
Rave Review for the High Line [NY Times]
Fire Razes Historic Queens Church [NY Post]
2008 a Banner Year for Construction Industry [NY Post]
Williamsburg Gets a Music Festival [NY Daily News]
Protest Over Brooklyn Holocaust Memorial Changes [Jewish Week]
FCR Execs: Everything's Finr with Yards [AY Report]
Photo by Gozilah52
June 9, 2009
Tuesday Links
Boy, 11, Is Shot in Head at Brooklyn Ball Field [NY Times]
Brooklyn Guy Makes Pizza Pies Fly [NY Times]
Cops Shoot Pitbull at Brooklyn Housing Project [NY Daily News]
Seth Pinsky on Coney Redevelopment Plan [NY Daily News]
Governors Island Ferry Service Returned on Saturday [NY Daily News]
KC Aechitecture Firm Snares Brooklyn Arena Project [KC Star]
Photo by milkmit
June 8, 2009
Monday Links
Paterson’s Economic Development Chief Announces Resignation [NY Times]
Hints of Hope Even as Jobless Rate Jumps to 9.4% [NY Times]
Two Actors Talk About Living in a Carroll Gardens Duplex [NY Times]
Sewage Worries Close 2 Brooklyn Beaches [NY Times]
Marty Says Gehry Design Was 'Too Ultramodern' [NY Post]
Health Food Restaurant Takes Space Next to TJ's [Brooklyn Eagle]
Daniel Goldstein Goes to Cleveland [Brooklyn Paper]
NYC Hotel Rates Fall Furthest in Nation [Crain's]
Screenshots of Gehry's Designs for AY [AY Report]
Armando’s to Reopen in Late July [BHB]
Photo by lostinbrooklyn
June 5, 2009
Friday Links
A Final Farewell for a Slain Police Officer [NY Times]
Sheets Flap and Towels Hang Out [NY Times]
Fannie's Unsecured Loans Not Very Effective [NY Times]
Payroll Manager Busted for Stealing from Brooklyn Musuem [NY Post]
The South Slope's Building Boom [NY Post]
New York Drivers Are Nation's Worst [NY Post]
Brooklyn Charter School Still Looking for Space [NY Daily News]
20 Post Office Branches To Be Closed [NY Daily News]
Burgers: City ‘Kent’ Get It Right [Brooklyn Paper]
Green-Wood Seeks To Bring Angel Back [Brooklyn Eagle]
Photo by JamesWolberg
June 4, 2009
Thursday Links
Turmoil at End of Path From Bed-Stuy to Harvard [NY Times]
Report Offers New Details on Shooting of Officer [NY Times]
City Contractor Is Charged With Wage Theft [NY Times]
In Greenwich, Big Discounts on Big Homes [NY Times]
Homeless Move Into Crown Heights Development [NY Daily News]
Park Slope Record Store Gets New Home [NY Daily News]
Study Shows Arena Could Cost City Big-Time [NY Daily News]
Albany Throws Bloomy a Rabbit Punch in Coney [Brooklyn Paper]
Photo by fresh_paint
June 3, 2009
Wednesday Links
Hundreds Mourn Slain Officer in Brooklyn [NY Times]
Promised Help Is Elusive for Some Homeowners [NY Times]
Pending U.S. Home Sales Jumped in April [NY Times]
FBI: New York Safest of All Big Cities [NY Post]
Brooklyn Man Loses Leg to Livery Cab [NY Daily News]
City Hotels Slashing Prices [NY Daily News]
Bicycle Accident In Boerum Hill [Brooklyn Eagle]
Bed Stuy Girl Booted from Harvard over Shooting [AP]
Photo by mersault999
June 2, 2009
Tuesday Links
Fight in Albany Over Construction Wages [NY Times]
The Week in Fort Greene Crime [NYT/Local]
Dyker Heights Middle School Scores Big [NY Post]
DOT Maps Bike Rack Locations [NY Post]
Taxes on Livery Cabs Go Into Effect [NY Daily News]
Windsor Terrace Deli Thugs Finally Caught [Brooklyn Paper]
Quiet Passing of a Park Slope Landmark [Brooklyn Eagle]
Photo by forklift
June 1, 2009
Monday Links
Editorial: Brooklyn Can Handle Superfund Label [NY Times]
Sheets Flap and Towels Hang Out [NY Times]
Fannie's Unsecured Loans Not Very Effective [NY Times]
Squatter Explosion Across Five Boroughs [NY Post]
City Expands Funding for Charter School Construction [NY Post]
Good Tourist Season Expected for NYC [NY Post]
Crime Falling in Bay Ridge & Dyker Hts [NY Post]
State Sen. Parker Indicted on Assault Charges [NY Daily News]
Rocco's Launches Pizza-Eating Contest [NY Daily News]
Photo by forklift
May 29, 2009
Friday Links
Brooklyn Man Claiming Police Assault in Subway Station Sues [NY Times]
Bay Ridge Takes on Coney With Eating Contest [Daily News]
New Kent Ave Plan Has Room for Parking, Bikes [Eagle]
Questions for the AY Oversight Hearing [AY Report]
Swine Flu Shuts 6 More Schools [Post]
5 Falcon Chicks Hatch on Verrazano [AMNY]
Photo by coultermac
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Carroll Gardens Classic Diner
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Tripoli
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Brooklyn Bread Cafe
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Naidre's
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Amorina
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Caracas Arepa Bar: Brooklyn
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Dawg Shack
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City Sub
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