Daily Links: Dredging of the Gowanus Canal Finally Begins After Many Delays

In the News

• Airbnb, Scott Stringer Spar Over Data Showing Rising NYC Rents [NYDN]
• Coney Island Residents Demand Ferry Service [Eagle]
• Reconstruction Begins for Dangerous Stretch of Atlantic Avenue [Eagle]
• Dredging of Toxic Black Mayonnaise at Gowanus Canal in Full Swing [PMFA]
• Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Colorful Kite Festival [Gothamist]
• Extell’s First Brooklyn Condo Is on the Rise [Curbed]
• Cynthia Nixon Unveils Housing Policy Aimed at Protecting Renters [Curbed]
• Inside the Hustle and Bustle of Small Business in Brooklyn [The Bridge]
• Vice Slowly Takes Over Williamsburg With Acquisition of New Building [Digiday]

Top Brownstoner Stories

• Top 10 Brooklyn Real Estate Listings: An East New York Row House and a Park Slope Manse
• Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for $1,089 One-Bedrooms in Williamsburg’s Broadway Triangle
• Rare Films Showing Life in Brooklyn Screen at Greenpoint’s Light Industry on May 8

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