Monday Links
A Working-Class Neighborhood Seeks Its Place in History [NY Times] A Brooklyn Bike Race Worthy of James Dean [NY Times] The Classic Bodega Takes a Star Turn [NY Times] On Violent Ground, a Touch of Beauty [NY Times] Water Bills Gouging New Yorkers [NY Post] Rise in Number of Property Tax Appeals [NY Post] Rent…
A Working-Class Neighborhood Seeks Its Place in History [NY Times]
A Brooklyn Bike Race Worthy of James Dean [NY Times]
The Classic Bodega Takes a Star Turn [NY Times]
On Violent Ground, a Touch of Beauty [NY Times]
Water Bills Gouging New Yorkers [NY Post]
Rise in Number of Property Tax Appeals [NY Post]
Rent Law Reform Bogged Down in Albany [NY Daily News]
Photo by JolieNY
RE: the first item, about Ridgewood [the link for which doesn’t work]; when I moved to Brooklyn in 1970, Ridgewood was split between Queens and Brooklyn. By the mid-70s it had magically all shifted to Queens. Nevertheless, Ridge wood was represented in the old Brooklyn Brownstone Conference [by Paul Kerzner, who’s featured in this article–glad to see that I’m not the only old timer still around.