Daily Links: Developers Plan to Turn Huge Hall Street Migrant Shelter Into Apartments

In the News

• An Escape From Venezuela, and the Loneliness That Followed [NYT]
• Jefferson Democratic Club’s Home Up for Sale in Canarsie [Eagle]
• Brooklyn Book Festival Announces Lineup of Authors [Eagle]
• City to Open Free Compost Distribution Center in Greenpoint [BP]
• NYC Rolls Out ‘Rat Pack’ To Help Keep Rodents Away [amNY]
• NYC E-Bike Battery Fires Remain High, But Deaths Drop [Gothamist]
• Mayor Blasts ‘Jim Crowism’ in Push for Affordable Housing [Gothamist]
• One in Six NYCHA Playgrounds Closed Despite Mayor’s Promise [The City]
• Clinton Hill Migrant Shelter May Become Housing, Retail Complex [Crain’s]
• Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Is About to Get a Traffic Upgrade [TimeOut]
• 240 Willoughby Street’s Exterior Nears Completion in Fort Greene [NYY]

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