Daily Links: Festival Commemorating Crown Heights Riots Sparks Controversy

In the News

• An Unexpected Route to Williamsburg [NYT]
• Landlords Said to Destroy Own Buildings Working on Plea Deal [NYDN]
• Betsy Head Park in Brownsville Is Slated for a $30 Million Makeover [Eagle]
• “Mosaic House” Brightens a Boerum Hill Block [WSJ]
• A 19th-Century Flatbush Church Plays Witness to a Changing Borough [Curbed]
• Palace Cafe, Greenpoint’s Beloved 83-Year-Old Dive Bar, to Close [Gothamist]
• De Blasio: Crown Heights “Has Achieved a Miracle” 25 Years After Riots [DNA]

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• Daily Links: DOT Calms Streets in Vinegar Hill, Restoration Company Takes Digs in Sunset Park
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• Listing of the Day: Renovated Two-Family Bed Stuy Brownstone Asks $1.3 Million

Comment of the Day

It used to be considered naughty to include cellars in the ppsf of a house, but with so many condos now making the “rec room” a big part of the living space, it’s kind of inevitable that this is happening.

– albertw in Stuy Heights Brownstone Triplex Condo Asks $1.579 Million

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