Afternoon Links: 500 Homing Pigeons Killed in Bushwick Fire, Remembering Actress Patty Duke
Bushwick fire killed 500 trained pigeons, the fancy names for Bay Ridge’s 1st and 2nd avenues, and more Brooklyn news.
Bushwick. Photo by Hombre Tangencial via Flickr
In the News
In Carroll Gardens, More Space for the Money [NYT]
Massive Bushwick Blaze Killed 500 Trained Pet Pigeons [NYP]
Police Release New Video of Brooklyn Robbery Suspect [CBS]
Why Does Bay Ridge Have Fancy Names for 1st and 2nd Avenues? [Hey Ridge]
Actress Patty Duke Remembered as the Girl From Brooklyn Heights [DNA]
Bushwick Residents, Pols Ask State to Close Rent Law “Loopholes” [DNA]
Comment of the Day
I was red-lined in the Slope in the early/mid 80s. Had also been red-lined in the far west Village beyond Hudson St. in the late 70s/early 80s. I was able to get mortgage insurance but anything else was really difficult.
— Arkady in From Redlining to Predatory Lending: A Secret Economic History of Brooklyn
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