Afternoon Links: Brooklyn-Scented Bath Bombs Bring the Neighborhood to Your Tub

In the News
Brooklyn Flavors Captures the Scents of Brooklyn in Bath Bombs [BK Mag]
Williamsburg’s Nita Nita Closes Behind “Gentrification In Progress” Caution Tape [Gothamist]
Historic Brownstone to Be Replaced by Six-Story Condo in Fort Greene [NYY]
Speeding Driver Kills 30-Year-Old Woman in Fort Greene [StreetsBlog]
Fort Greene’s Madiba Restaurant Asks for Contribution to Help With Debt [Forbes]
Hundreds of Pounds of Drugs Seized on Brooklyn Waterfront [NYDN]
The Life and Death and Life of Coney Island [Forward]

What can be done to save Bed Stuy’s iconic Slave Theater, a hub of Afro-centric culture and activism in its heyday? Click through to see one reader’s suggestion…

Comment of the Day

wow,what a wild scene, so sad for bedstuy…is there anyway to salvage marquee or outside structure? i have a commercial space on macon an arlington, maybe front facade can be rebuilt at a new location new by ? am i reaching?..sucks losing the culture..the neighborhood, the people. ;(

— Ahmed lago in ​Man Protests Slave Theater Demo by Threatening to Jump From Top of Marquee

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