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Daily Links: East Flatbush, Canarsie Get Hundreds of Flood-Fighting Rain Gardens
Schools fill up empty offices in Brooklyn, MTA hosts Brooklyn open house for proposed IBX, and more Brooklyn news.
Feds Nix Construction of Marine Terminal Offshore Wind Farm
Started a year ago, construction on the largest offshore wind farm in the state employs more than 1,000 union workers and is set to wrap in 2026.
Daily Links: Economic Uncertainty Holds Back Brooklyn Investment Sales
Strike ends at Downtown Brooklyn’s Alamo Drafthouse, an inside look at the subway’s archaic signal system, and more Brooklyn news.
Daily Links: Last Domino Build in ‘Burg Will Lack Skybridge, Rendering Shows
Bed Stuy food pantry loses federal migrant aid grants, Flatbush family displaced after fire in problem-ridden building, and more Brooklyn news.
Microbes Are Slowly Cleaning the Gowanus Canal, Researchers Find
Remarkable adaptations to toxins in the polluted waterway have already inspired the development of a protein gel to encapsulate cadmium so it can be safely reused.
FWIW there are two PLG tours scheduled for Sunday June 4th. The one organized by the Lefferts Manor Association is”The Historic Architecture of Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Lefferts Manor and More” led by LMA Board members Bill Butts and Suki Cheung. I’ll try to tag along to kibbitz.
Jane’s Walk Tours Give Insider Look at Brooklyn and BeyondThe NY Post article about violence near Prospect Park claims that both addresses cited are in PLG; neither of them actually is in the neighborhood.
Daily Links: Sheepshead Bay Locals Protest Shelter Replacing Affordable HousingThe first link goes to NYT and reads: " A Russian mobster stalked Iranian dissident". Then name mentioned in this article "Russian mobster" is not russian. It sounds as from one of former USSR republics that are independent countries for some of 30 years as of now. Simple google bring an information that this person, Khalid Medhyev, is the citizen of Azerbaijan, an oil rich country that keeps closer ties with US then Russia. If Brownstoner becomes a dirtpit of global politics I will stop reading it and I am a reader from the very beginning.
Daily Links: Carroll Gardens Restaurateur to Take Over Ferdinando’s FocacceriaFour of the 3/7/25 Brooklyn Life/In the News links are to sites where payment is required to view the articles: 3 links to articles on The Real Deal and 1 link to an article on Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Maybe you should put "pay site" after these links?
Daily Links: New Proposal to Fix BQE Could Save Time, Money, Promenade