Afternoon Links: Say Farewell to Iconic Murals in Downtown Brooklyn

In the News
U.S. Will Track Secret Buyers of Luxury Real Estate [NYT]
DOT Unveils Kensington, Windsor Terrace Safety Measures After Child’s Death [Streetsblog]
Downtown Brooklyn Is Losing Its Love Letter to the Borough [Curbed]
Brooklyn Dr.’s Questionable Practice Shows Flaws in State’s Medical Marijuana Program [Daily Beast]
The Feed: More Than Popcorn at Syndicated Cinema in Bushwick [WSJ]
First Look at the 331-Foot Sheepshead Bay Tower Set to Dwarf Its Neighbors [6sqft]
Sale of Columbia Street Lot May Preserve 28 Affordable Units Elsewhere [DNA]

Who really coined the name Bedford Stuyvesant and why? Read on for one commenter’s take.

Comment of the Day

When I attended the meetings of the old Brooklyn Brownstone Conference on behalf of my neighborhood association in the ’70s and ’80s Ruby Ford, who represented [IIRC] Brownstoners of Bedford Stuyvesant insisted that she represented the NEIGHBORHOODS [plural] of Bedford and Stuyvesant Heights and that the “Bedford Stuyvesant” name had been made up by the Daily News to represent any predominantly African-American central Brooklyn neighborhood where a crime was reported.

— Bob Marvin in From Do or Die to Do or Dine: How Bed Stuy Got Its Name

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