Daily Links
November 20, 2009
Friday Links
Fire Reveals Illegal Homes Hide in Plain Sight [NY Times]
After a Fire in Brooklyn, the Anguish of a Mother [NY Times]
DOB to Farm Out Its Licensing Exams [NY Times]
Push-In Robbers on Loose in Fort Greene [NYT/Local]
Incense May Have Caused Fatal Crown Heights Fire [NY Post]
Marine Park Man Wants to Silence Church [NY Daily News]
Huge Bust at Hipster Drug Den [Brooklyn Paper]
Bay Ridge's 68th Precinct Is Safest [Brooklyn Eagle]
Man Struck, Killed by G Train in Slope [Brooklyn Eagle]
23 Brooklyn Restaurants Violated Wage Laws [WNYC]
DOT Expedites Repairs For Extra Cash [Gothamist]
Photo by damntheman
November 19, 2009
Thursday Links
Flush in a Recession, a Landlord Is Ready to Shop [NY Times]
Crown Heights Fire Kills Man and 2 Children [NY Times]
City Council Influences Landmarks Decision [NY Times]
MTA: No Fare Hikes, Service Cuts in 2010 [NY Post]
Parking Notification Service Launches in Slope [NY Daily News]
"Ruthie" West Dead at 72 [Brooklyn Paper]
Broadway Triangle Protest Planned for This Morning [Brooklyn Eagle]
Are The Pool Parties Drying Up? [Gothamist]
Photo by arubow4
November 18, 2009
Wednesday Links
Paterson Prepares Wage Bill for Construction Sites [NY Times]
Schools’ Grades Reflect Persistent Disparity [NY Times]
Service Announcements Serve Cycling Rules With Humor [NY Times]
Temporary Cemetery Appears by Brooklyn Bridge [NY Post]
Carroll Gardens locals fret over halted condo project [NY Daily News]
Woman Kidnapped on Tillary Street [Brooklyn Paper]
80 Dekalb Ready for Tenants [Brooklyn Eagle]
Union Street Chef Freaks Out on Customer [Eater]
Court Ruling on Nets' Arena Looms [NorthJersey.com]
Photo by specterart.com
November 17, 2009
Tuesday Links
Council Approves a 5-Minute Grace Period on Parking [NY Times]
In Brooklyn, Her Farmer’s Heart Is Happy [NY Times]
Guilty Barron Slams DA Hynes [NY Post]
City Wants Water Taxi for Coney Island [NY Post]
Bed Stuy High School Gets All A's [NY Post]
Verizon Gets Low Marks for Repairs [NY Daily News]
Toy Museum Coming to Montague Street [NY Daily News]
Investigation Continues Into Brooklyn Bar Shooting [NY1]
Photo by j.bautista
November 16, 2009
Monday Links
A Big Tax Refund for Home Builders in New Law [NY Times]
Bidding Wars for Properties 'Priced Well' [NY Times]
Deadly Bar Fight in Cypress Hills [NY Times]
Drive-By Shooting at Clinton Hill Deli [NY Times]
Aspiring Rabbi From Brooklyn Wins Boxing Title [NY Times]
City Eyes New Thrill Rides for Coney [NY Daily News]
'Brooklyn Jews' T-Shirts a Hot Commodity [NY Daily News]
Boerum Hill Has Caught Downzone Fever [Brooklyn Paper]
1 Dead in Cypress Hill Bar Shooting [Gothamist]
Mitchell Lama Guidelines Renovated [Globe St]
Meet a Miss G Train Contestant [Free Williamsburg]
Photo by William Self
November 13, 2009
Friday Links
Pfizer Bailing on New London Post-Kelo [NY Times]
A Chance to See the City Change [NY Times]
A Street Where Old Is New, Again [NY Times]
ACORN Sues Congress for Cutting Off Funding [NY Post]
City Moving Quickly in Coney [Brooklyn Paper]
Second Thoughts on Sunset Park Rezoning? [Brooklyn Eagle]
Wonder Wheel Plus Garbage [Straits Times]
Photo by xujoan511
November 12, 2009
Thursday Links
Swine Flu Clinics to Accept Broader Clientele [NY Times]
Facebook Alibi Saves Farragut Teenager [NY Times]
Liquid Marijuana Seized in Brooklyn [NY Times]
A 40-Cent Wings Special and Gunfire [NY Times]
The Miss G Train Beauty Pageant [NY Post]
City buys 7 acres in Coney Island for $95M [NY Post]
City Inks $95.6M Deal on Coney Island for New Amusements [NYDN]
Stalled Construction Sites Add to More Blight in Brooklyn [NYDN]
Roundtable Attendees Believe 2010 Will Be Better [Brooklyn Eagle]
Photo by James Wolberg
November 11, 2009
Wednesday Links
State To Charge Drivers $25 for New Plates [NY Times]
Borough President Marty Markowitz Woos Big Companies [NY Daily News]
Walk-a-thon Raised $15K for Kingsborough College [NY Daily News]
The General Lee Spotted on Union Street [Brooklyn Eagle]
‘Green’ Apartments Break Ground in Cypress Hills [Brooklyn Eagle]
Brooklyn Bread Cafe Broken Into [Brooklyn Paper]
Terra Cotta Tiles To Be Replaced at 111 Hicks [BHB]
Memorial Service for W'burg Drummer Tomorrow [City Paper]
Ye Olde Bushwick Gang Footage [Gothamist]
Photo by steuben
November 10, 2009
Tuesday Links
DOB Kicks Off Elevator Safety Week [NY Times]
Metropolitan Home Magazine to Close [NY Times]
Charge Against PS 20 Principal Downgraded [NY Times]
4 Homeowners Sue Over Mortgage Program [NY Daily News]
Gingko Tree Offends in Bay Ridge [NY Daily News]
City to Profit from Greenpoint's Methane Gas [NY Daily News]
Car Break-Ins in Fort Greene & Clinton Hill [Brooklyn Paper]
Squadron Details Plans For B’klyn Bridge Park [Brooklyn Eagle]
Photo by Michael Fine
November 9, 2009
Monday Links
Windfall Is Seen as Bank Bonuses Are Paid in Stock [NY Times]
Two Fish Poachers Arrested in Brooklyn [NY Times]
New York’s Cabbies Like Credit Cards [NY Times]
Foreclosure Woes for Tenants, Owners [NY Post]
Newlywed Man Commits Suicide in Borough Park [NY Post]
Man on the Street Suggestions for Bloomberg [NY Daily News]
Man Dies in Fire at ENY Halfway House [NY Daily News]
Alternate Side Parking Rules Return [NY1]
Photo by JamesWolberg
November 6, 2009
Friday Links
Bloomberg Asks for Patience on M.T.A. Plan [NY Times]
Reyna Breaks With a Formidable Patron [NY Times]
It's Plaza Sweet on Schermerhorn Street [NY Post]
Artists Transform Fort Greene Laundromat [NY Daily News]
Arby's Opening Soon in Fulton Mall [NY Daily News]
Sustainable Living Structure for Flatbush Building? [Brooklyn Paper]
Guerilla Marketing Campaign for 23rd Street Project [Brooklyn Eagle]
"Pokey" Award for Slowest Bus Presented [Gothamist]
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November 5, 2009
Thursday Links
Bus and Subway President Quits in M.T.A. Shake-Up [NY Times]
Some Wall Street Bonuses To Hit Pre-Downturn Highs [NY Times]
Getting a Grip on Your Property's Value [NY Times]
There's No Moving Al Vann Out Yet [NY Daily News]
No Love for Bloomberg from Brooklynites [NY Daily News]
Elves Invade Dumbo [Brooklyn Eagle]
Brooklynites Rush to Rescue Pigeon [Gothamist]
Photo by flatbushnelson
November 4, 2009
Wednesday Links
Congress Poised to Keep Homebuyers’ Tax Credit [NY Times]
BMW Driver Shot in Williamsburg [NY Post]
Resident Mocks PLG 'Rathole' With Phony Ad [NY Daily News]
$55 Million from Feds for Atlantic Yards [NY Daily News]
Corrections Officer Fatally Strikes Pedestrian In Brooklyn [NY1]
Tenants of Brooklyn Apartments Protest Conditions, Harassment [Brooklyn Eagle]
Photo by benbrlsq
November 3, 2009
Tuesday Links
Voices From the Boroughs: Bay Ridge [NY Times]
Photo: Bloomberg Bakes at Cakeman Raven [NY Times]
Tish James' Republican Opponent for Council [NY Times]
Beat-trial defense blames Orthodox rivals [NY Post]
Housing honcho beats corruption rap [NY Post]
Crown Heights Woman Monitors Leaves [NY Daily News]
Fixers Collective Meets Weekly in Gowanus [NY Daily News]
Photo by emilyshu
November 2, 2009
Monday Links
Thompson's Start with Brooklyn Political Machine [NY Times]
Mortgages: Fraud Watch for Homeowners [NY Times]
Al Vann Facing Challenge for Council Seat [NY Times]
A Seaside Enclave, Without the Kitsch [NY Times]
Block-a-Thon in Park Slope [NY Times]
They Heeded the Call of an Old Haunt’s Slices [NY Times]
Bloomberg Gets Endorsed at Tom's Diner [NY Post]
Killer Mom Allowed to Go to Son's Funeral [NY Post]
Crime Up 22% in Williamsburg This Year [NY Post]
Your Guide to Bedford-Stuyvesant [NY Daily News]
Explosion in Greenpoint Was for Movie Shoot [NY Daily News]
Rapper Shot and Killed in Bed Stuy [Rap Weekly]
They All Came From Brooklyn [Gothamist]
Photo by chicapoquita
October 30, 2009
Friday Links
Manhattan Bridge Subway Lines to Be Disrupted [NY Times]
Staying With Newfound Friends, for a Fee [NY Times]
State Subpoenas Hotelier in Suit Against Contractor [NY Post]
Canarsie Teen Attacked, Nearly Raped [NY Post]
Pedestrian Plazas Take Back Schermerhorn Street [Brooklyn Paper]
Ground Broken for New Italian American Center [Brooklyn Eagle]
L Train Real-Time Subway Screens Reach Bedford [Gothamist]
October 29, 2009
Thursday Links
Brooklyn Man Charged in Massive Identity Theft [NY Times]
State Crowns Two Brooklyn Trees as Champions [NY Times]
Renovation Trifecta in Prospect Heights [NY Times]
Brooke Astor Award goes to Brooklyn nonprofit [NY Post]
Bergen Street Condo Sells for $846,000 [NY Post]
East River Tolls May Not Be Dead [NY Daily News]
150 Rally to Make Vacant Condos Affordable [Brooklyn Eagle]
Group Wants City to Buy Up Failed Condos [Gotham Gazette]
Photo by mynameisellen
October 28, 2009
Wednesday Links
Fort Greene's Week in Crime [NY Times]
Gambino Geezer Guilty of Racketeering [NY Post]
Classical Music Push at PS 321 [NY Daily News]
NYC College Tech Constructs Safety Facility [NY Daily News]
F Train Weekend Shuttles Done for Now [Brooklyn Paper]
Ground Broken on Kensington Green Library [Brooklyn Eagle]
Group Wants City to Buy Up Failed Condos [Gotham Gazette]
Photo by CrystalConscious
October 27, 2009
Tuesday Links
Police Cite 7,500 Drivers for Cellphone Use [NY Times]
A New Clubhouse for Dems on Putnam [NY Times]
Sex Scandal & Lawsuit at Poly Prep [NY Daily News]
First Acorn, Now Working Families Under Attack [NY Post]
413 7th Ave Sells for $1.48 Million [Brooklyn Eagle]
Teen Shot in Front of Brownsville School [NY1]
Photo by Janna Chan
October 26, 2009
Monday Links
Some Underwater Homeowners Turn to 'Strategic Defaults' [NY Times]
Bloomberg Sets Record for His Own Spending on Elections [NY Times]
Fire Trucks Collide on Rain-Slicked Street, Injuring 12 [NY Times]
Some Neighborhoods See Rise in Shootings [NY Daily News]
Cyclone Operator Inducted into Hall of Fame [NY Daily News]
MacDonough Block Party Takes Place Again [NY Daily News]
Bomb Scare in the Burg [Gothamist]
Photo by sharonNYC
October 23, 2009
Friday Links
Will Subway Riders Start Calling It the Tube? [NY Times]
Freddie Mac’s Secrecy Pacts Face Court Test [NY Times]
Benefit for the Brooklyn Greenway [NY Post]
Nets Eye Return to Newark Prudential Center [NY Daily News]
The Fulton Mall Lacks Bling [Brooklyn Paper]
Hasids Fight for Naming Rights [NY Daily News]
Navy Yard, Brewery Get State Funds [Brooklyn Eagle]
DOH Confirms Mumps Outbreak In Brooklyn [NY1]
Photo by bluejake
October 22, 2009
Thursday Links
M.T.A. Weighs Lower Fares During Off-Peak Hours [NY Times]
After Ten Years, Bed Stuy Block Party Back On [NY Daily News]
Rock 'n' Roll Photo Show at Brooklyn Museum [NY Daily News]
Junior’s Responds To Mouse Photos [Brooklyn Eagle]
Vigil Held For Victim Of Brooklyn Bias Attack [NY1]
Suspect Sought in Tuesday's Rape in Greenpoint [WPIX]
In Brooklyn, an Artist Presents His Chickens [NBC NY]
Envisioning a New Sidewalk Shed [Gotham Gazette]
Photo by 2kjb
October 21, 2009
Wednesday Links
6 Posed as Abuse Victims to Get Rent Subsidies [NY Times]
College Point Mansion Is Now a Landmark [NY TImes]
Electric Bikes Gain Favor on City Streets [NY Times]
New Report Blasts MTA Mega-Projects [NY Post]
Bound Body Discovered at Fire in Brooklyn Home [NY Post]
AY Foes Hope to Run Out the Clock [NY Daily News]
Junior's Mousecake Photo Leaves Bad Taste [NY Daily News]
Police Nab G Train Masturbator [Brooklyn Paper]
Watchtower Acquires Additional Property Near Wallkill [Brooklyn Eagle]
Photo by jillysp from the Brownstoner Flickr Pool
October 20, 2009
Tuesday Links
Lanes for Buses Only, and New M.T.A. Chief Means It [NY Times]
City Awarded $105 Million in Exxon Mobil Lawsuit [NY TImes]
British Regulator Proposes Tighter Rules for Mortgages [NY Times]
Author ponders death — at Green-Wood Cemetery [NY Post]
Andrew Lloyd Webber Disses Coney Island [NY Daily News]
Bed Stuy Foot Soldiers Survive Recession [NY Daily News]
Man Shot at Home on Vanderbilt Avenue [NY1]
Photo by flatbushnelson
October 19, 2009
Monday Links
Police Offer Reward in Beating of Immigrant [NY Times]
Face-to-Face Socializing Starts With a Mobile Post [NY Times]
Arts, Briefly: BAM to Host First Opera Festival [NY Times]
Brooklyn Man Gunned Down After Quarrel [NY Daily News]
Dad Is 1 of 3 Slain in Bronx, Brooklyn [NY Daily News]
For Akiva Goldsman, a Beautiful Turnaround [LA Times]
GOP Challenger Debates Markowitz [Brooklyn Eagle]
Author Ponders Death—at Green-Wood Cemetery [Brooklyn Paper]
Photo by Barry Yanowitz, Brownstoner Flickr pool
Latest Restaurant Additions
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Le Barricou
added November 20, 2009 12:00 PM in Williamsburg -
Der Schwarze Kölner
added November 19, 2009 12:00 PM in Fort Greene -
Oak Wine Bar & Café
added November 18, 2009 12:00 PM in Williamsburg -
Mr. Wonton
added November 17, 2009 12:00 PM in Park Slope -
Casa Rosa
added November 16, 2009 12:00 PM in Carroll Gardens -
Cousin John's Café & Bakery
added November 13, 2009 12:00 PM in Park Slope -
Elote
added November 12, 2009 12:00 PM in Williamsburg -
Miracle Grill
added November 11, 2009 12:00 PM in Park Slope -
Phoebe's Cafe
added November 10, 2009 12:00 PM in Williamsburg -
Ruthie's
added November 9, 2009 12:00 PM in Clinton Hill, Downtown Brooklyn