Morning Links: City to Conduct Long-Awaited Study on North Brooklyn Traffic and Transit

In the News
Proposed Utica Avenue Church-Adjacent Bus Stop Is a Sin, Parishioners Say [BK Daily]
Group Files Federal Complaint Over Sale of Brooklyn Heights Library [Eagle]
The Seven Worries of Mitchell-Lama Tenants in Brooklyn and Beyond [City Limits]
Coney Island’s High Striker Queen First Victim of Eminent Domain [AMZ]
Second Phase of Prospect Plaza Affordable Housing Inches Toward Finish in Ocean Hill [NYY]
Brooklyn Had City’s Most New Development Condo Filings in Last 14 Months, Report Shows [TRD]
City Begins Long-Awaited North Brooklyn Transit Study [DNA]

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Would you pay $299.99 for a piece of straw if it would make you stand out in Bushwick, and therefore make you the epitome of cool? This (fake) company, in the ad below is banking on it. Upright Citizens Brigade performer Sydney Hollis, who made the film, says it’s a jab at marketers who have nothing to do with Brooklyn, yet try to align with it.

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