Afternoon Links: City Council Wants to Keep Coney Authentic by Landmarking the Boardwalk

In the News
Coney Island Boardwalk Pushed for Landmark Status [NYDN]
Senate Task Force to Hold Hearing in Dyker Heights on Heroin Addiction [Eagle]
East New York Residents Say Little Has Changed Since NYPD’s Stairwell Shooting [Gothamist]
4 Reasons a $2.5 Billion Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar Doesn’t Add Up [Streetsblog]
Bushwick Youth Create Jobs (and Community Roots) Through Local Compost Program [Yes Mag]
550-Seat Restaurant Planned for Banks of Polluted Gowanus Canal [DNA]
How Shore Road Almost Didn’t Become a Park [Hey Ridge]

A current Park Slope resident sent us photos of his family on a now-gone Flatlands farm, circa 1900. Read on for what one commenter had to say about unearthing gems like these.

Comment of the Day

the only way the people living and working in a community get to see old pictures of such a community is when someone who is usually not from the community has the insight to send the pics back to the community.

— thetinkerswagon in Revolutionary Soldiers Carved Names on Beams of This Now-Gone Dutch Farm in Flatlands

So on that note, have old Brooklyn photos and stories to share? Feel free to send them to us at tips@brownstoner.com.

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