Tuesday Links
Trying to Save a Brownsville Church from Destruction [NY Times] Not Too Late to Save $2 Fare [NY Daily News] Curbside Tree Pickup Starts Monday [NY Daily News] Teen Shot in Bed Stuy Housing Project [NY Daily News] Cuozzo: New Year Will Be a “Stinker” [NY Post] Three-Alarm Fire on 15th Street [Brooklyn Eagle] Record…

Trying to Save a Brownsville Church from Destruction [NY Times]
Not Too Late to Save $2 Fare [NY Daily News]
Curbside Tree Pickup Starts Monday [NY Daily News]
Teen Shot in Bed Stuy Housing Project [NY Daily News]
Cuozzo: New Year Will Be a “Stinker” [NY Post]
Three-Alarm Fire on 15th Street [Brooklyn Eagle]
Record Tourism Revenues in 2008 [NY1]
Photo by silatix
Why don’t they save the church and turn it into low-income housing like they want to? Then everybody’s happy. Carroll Gardens and other areas all over the world are full of churches that have been repurposed as luxury condos, day care centers, schools, supermarkets, and other uses.