Afternoon Links: Park Slope Eyeglass Store Owner Charged in Multimillion-Dollar Fraud

In the News
Could a Greenpoint Gas Leak Be a Ticking Disaster? [Greenpointers]
Longtime Park Slope Eyeglass Merchant and 2 Others Are Charged in $3.4 Million Loan Fraud [NYT]
Brooklynites Are the Most Generous Tippers [NYP]
Residents Urged to Fight Rent Increases in Push to Keep Brooklyn Affordable [DNA]
4 Brooklyn High Schools Rank in NY’s Top 100: Report [Patch]
Famous Playwright Mysteriously Slashed In The Neck In Fort Greene [Gothamist]
ZuriLee vs. Parkside: A Tale of Two New Flatbush Pizzerias [Eater]

Click through to see a reader’s memories of Bed Stuy’s iconic Slave Theater…

Comment of the Day
I have nothing but fond memories of the Slave Theater. Having grown up in Bed Stuy in the 1990s, my father would take me to the Slave Theater for different events. Certainly times that I look back on fondly!

— prospectheightsresident in Bed Stuy’s Iconic Slave Theater Sells to Developer, Already Hit With DOB Complaints

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