Tuesday Links: City to Keep Bedford Atlantic Armory as Emergency Shelter
Gunplay Rises in Brooklyn and Beyond, Reviving Issue for de Blasio [NY Times] Fatal Construction Accidents Are Rising in New York [NY Times] Woman Fired for Rejecting Brooklyn Real Estate Big Shot’s Come-ons: Suit [NY Post] Town Hall on Pierhouse Lawsuit Set for Tuesday [Eagle] Prospect Heights Group Wants Input Into New Atlantic Yards School…
Gunplay Rises in Brooklyn and Beyond, Reviving Issue for de Blasio [NY Times]
Fatal Construction Accidents Are Rising in New York [NY Times]
Woman Fired for Rejecting Brooklyn Real Estate Big Shot’s Come-ons: Suit [NY Post]
Town Hall on Pierhouse Lawsuit Set for Tuesday [Eagle]
Prospect Heights Group Wants Input Into New Atlantic Yards School [Eagle]
City Tanks Bedford Atlantic Armory Revival [Crain’s]
Brooklyn: The City With the Largest Percentage of Women-Led Startups [Fortune]
Flatbush Avenue Crane for Barclays Green Roof Appears to Be Gone [AYR]
10-Unit Residential Building Planned at 4 North Henry Street in Williamsburg [NYY]
Jesse’s Deli Closure Not My Fault, Landlord Tells Community [DNA]
Ice Cream and Doughnut Shop Opening on Bergen Street in Crown Heights [DNA]
Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6.
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If crime is up all these transplants may decide to go elsewhere. Maybe rents will come down a and I can finally afford to move. While I don’t want crime at the levels in the 90’s, we need something to stop this influx of people into Brooklyn. It is overwhelming to have this many non community based people living here. Going back to stop stop and frisk is not the answer. If the NYPD can let go of their scolding from De Blasio and do their jobs correctly crime will stay at a low.
Hella you are a moron. Only takes one crime against you to change your life forever or maybe even end it.
Bring “stop and frisk” back. As is evident from the rise in murder rates in the past 2 year, stop and frisk saved lives; and as Mr. Giuliani correctly noted, the tactic saved mainly African Americans lives.
Residents of Bed-Stuy might be interested in this shooting: http://gothamist.com/2015/06/01/bed_stuy_shooting.php
I was only a few blocks away and it’s terrifying to see someone shooting an automatic (?) gun from the hip in broad daylight on a normally busy street. I’ve lived in many countries, but never have I seen anything this idiotic.
It’s also prime Bed-Stuy territory covered by Brownstoner almost daily – perhaps there should be an article about it?
Just watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0OoHOlrk0M I assume you live in Park Slope – imagine this happening at 3:44 pm on Sunday on 5th avenue. I’m ok being searched every day, as long as it will prevent at least one incident like the one in the video.
Agree. Adjust the approach but not just stop it completely.