Daily Links: Sheepshead Bay Locals Protest Shelter Replacing Affordable Housing
U.S. threatens to cut off MTA funds over subway safety, what’s going to happen to the Polonaise Terrace, and more Brooklyn news.
Photo of the Day: Bed Stuy. Photo by Susan De Vries
In the News
- Trump’s Hostility to Canada Is Inflicting Pain on NYC Tourism [NYT]
- U.S. Threatens to Cut Off MTA Funds Over Subway Safety [NYT]
- Swipe No More: MTA to Stop Selling MetroCards [NYT]
- Protesters Rip Sheepshead Bay Shelter ‘Bait and Switch’ [NYP]
- Violence Breaks Out Near Prospect Park [NYP]
- Speed Limit in Dumbo Drops to 20 Miles per Hour [BK Reader]
- What’s Going to Happen to the Polonaise Terrace? [Greenpointers]
- Middle-Income New Yorkers Face Eviction in NYC: Report [Gothamist]
- Thieves Target Equinox, High-End Gyms: Police [Gothamist]
- Haitian Community Protests to Defend Protections [Documented]
- 402 Union Avenue Tops Out in Williamsburg [NYY]
The NY Post article about violence near Prospect Park claims that both addresses cited are in PLG; neither of them actually is in the neighborhood.