Afternoon Links: Bay Ridge Residents March in Support of Area Arab Population

In the News
Hundreds in Bay Ridge March to Support Arab Neighbors [Hey Ridge]
Mast Brothers Controversy Sunk Some Shops’ Holiday-Season Sales [Grub Street]
Rabbis Want to Turn Shuttered Sheepshead Bay Synagogue Into Halfway House [Forward]
Listen to Martin Luther King, Jr. Deliver a Speech in 1960s Brooklyn [Gothamist]
The Story of One Park Slope Laundry [NYT]
Visible Solar Panels in Historic District Divides Cobble Hill Board [BK Paper]
Photographing Brooklyn’s Adorable Feral Cats [CityLab]

The residents of 75 Henry Street turned down a $130 million offer to build a 40-story condo tower next door. Click through to read what one reader thought about their decision.

Comment of the Day

Great news that shareholders voted against this deal. And pretty impressive that they chose in favor of the neighborhood rather than their own purses. I’ll bet some of the original Mitchell-Lama residents were hanging tough on this issue!

NeoGrec in Co-op Shuts Down Proposed Development Deal for Luxury Tower on Pineapple Walk

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