Daily Links: City Council Approves Controversial Rezoning for Towers Near Botanic Garden
The duo behind Cobble Hill’s long island bar open a new spot in Fort Greene, and Brooklyn’s first black state senator dies at 94.

Bed Stuy. Photo by Susan De Vries
In the News
- The Secret Behind the Living Wall of Carroll Gardens [NYT]
- William Thompson, Brooklyn’s First Black State Senator, Dead at 94 [NYDN]
- Council Approves Polarizing Garden–Adjacent Towers in C’Heights [BP]
- Duo Behind Cobble Hill’s Long Island Bar Open New Spot in Fort Greene [BP]
- BQE Repair Issue So Hot Highway May Melt Before Issues Are Resolved [Eagle]
- Wegmans At Brooklyn Navy Yard Nears Completion, Hires Employees [Patch]
- Plans Ditched to Save Defunct Brooklyn Food Incubator Pilotworks [Eater]
- Art Storage Company Closes on Bushwick Site for $47 Million [TRD]
- UPS Just Bought a Gargantuan Red Hook Site for $303 Million [TRD]
- Permits Filed for Five-Story Mixed-Use Building in Sunset Park [NYY]
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