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March 18th, 2026
Daily Links: Advocates Push to Pedestrianize Carroll Street Bridge
- Nearly Impossible to Enforce Pooper Scooper Law, Sanitation Dept Says [The City]
- Inside A Farmer’s Homestead in Urban Brooklyn [WBUR]
- Gowanus Waterfront Gains Brewery, Wine Shop at 420 Carroll [BP]
- NYC to Lower Speed Limit to 15 MPH in Hundreds of School Zones [Gothamist]
- Five Luxury Cars Boosted from Gowanus Garage in Overnight Heist [Gothamist]
- BK Residents: Keep Historic Wood Bridge for Cyclists and Pedestrians! [Streetsblog]
- Red Hook Cafe is Stylish Ode to Georgian Food and Design [Vogue]
- The Woman Behind a Booming Vegan Brooklyn Business [amNY]
- Lawsuit Puts Part of ‘Open Streets’ Program in Jeopardy [amNY]
- Brooklyn Warehouse Transformed Into Automotive Social Hub [Dezeen]
- Is Williamsburg the Latest Hub for AI? [Greenpointers]
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Bob, I always love walking by those houses!
Daily Links: Water Outages, Leaks Plague Luxury Greenpoint DevelopmentThese Tudor Revival row houses are really unusual. There are similar houses across Flatbush Avenue on Chester Court which comprise their own Historic District. Otherwise there’s nothing else quite like them on Brooklyn although there are later joying southern Brooklyn with some Tudor touches.
PLG Tudor With Charming Exterior, Wood Burning Fireplace Asks $2.1 MillionSusan—Nice photo of Maple Street in PLG! Those mansions were built for the Todd family of ship/building fame.
Daily Links: Water Outages, Leaks Plague Luxury Greenpoint DevelopmentAlso, Chas. M. Higgins & Co was formed by Charles and his brother in law John Gianella in 1885. Charles Michael Higgins invented the Higgins American India ink in 1880.
Building of the Day: 240-244 8th Street