Daily Links: Last Car Drives Through Prospect Park, Chain Stores Grow in Brooklyn

In the News

• The Wall of Love Outside a Sunset Park Jail [NYT]
• Chain Stores Increase Foothold in Brooklyn, Study Finds [Eagle]
• NYC Drinking Water Gets Stamp of Purity, Again [Eagle]
• Celebratory Cyclists Escort Last Driver Through Prospect Park [BK Paper]
• NYPD to Erect Permanent Barriers at Shore Road Promenade [BK Reporter]
• Coney Island Polar Bear Swim in Pictures [BK Vegan]
• MTA to Deck Over Bay Ridge Rail With Mixed-Use Development [AN]
• Here’s How 9 Architects Would Fix New York City’s Biggest Problems [Curbed]
• A Week in Brooklyn on a $150,000 Salary [Refinery29]
• The 10 Most Valuable Brooklyn Condo Filings Accepted in 2017 [TRD]

Top Brownstoner Stories

• Standalone Wood-Frame in the Clinton Hill Historic District With Private Driveway Asks $4.5 Million
• Renderings Revealed for Arch-Filled ODA-Designed Bedford Hotel in Crown Heights
• A Frank Lloyd Wright-Inspired ‘Fireproof’ House, Yours for $659,901

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