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In the News Brooklyn Is Leading the U.S. in Apartment Construction [Forbes] F21 Red Just Opened Its Second NYC Store in Brooklyn [Racked] Bay Ridge Board Rejects Affordable Housing Rezoning Plan [BK Eagle] The Lost-Cause Preservationist: Inside Brooklyn’s Other Museum [BK Mag] New Apartment Building Nears Landmarks Approval at 906 Prospect Place in Crown Heights…

by Laura Leebove

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Entrance to the Barclays Center MTA station. Photo by Mary Hautman

In the News
Brooklyn Is Leading the U.S. in Apartment Construction [Forbes]
F21 Red Just Opened Its Second NYC Store in Brooklyn [Racked]
Bay Ridge Board Rejects Affordable Housing Rezoning Plan [BK Eagle]
The Lost-Cause Preservationist: Inside Brooklyn’s Other Museum [BK Mag]
New Apartment Building Nears Landmarks Approval at 906 Prospect Place in Crown Heights [NYY]
200-Bed Nursing Home Plan for Red Hook to Undergo Public Review [DNA]
Gentrifiers Most Angry About Gentrification, Director of Bushwick Doc Says [DNA]

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Love it or hate it, Christmas music is officially inescapable for the rest of the year. But it’s not all cheesy. Take, for example, Brooklyn’s beloved Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, whose soulful take on “White Christmas” can be heard below.