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Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Navigating Brooklyn Heights in the 1930s
Brooklyn Life
Daily Links: Multiple Injuries in Massive Midwood Fire That Destroys Three Homes
In the News
- Guatemalan Stews With Mayan Roots at IX in PLG [NYT]
- Brooklyn Is Home to Biggest Clusters of Baby Boomers in U.S. [NYP]
- A First Look at the New Dumbo Library [Eagle]
- Crisis Averted, Weeksville Seeks Long-Term Stability [Eagle]
- Community Board 2 Overwhelmingly Rejects Borough Jails Plan [BP]
- FDNY Confirms Nine Civilians Injured in Four-Alarm Midwood Blaze [BP]
- Debris Falls at Atlantic-Barclays Center Subway, Scaring Commuters [amNY]
- Lincoln Market Is Coming to Bed Stuy [CO]
- Insomnia Cookies Opening First Brooklyn Outpost in Park Slope [CO]
- Businesses Feel Left Behind in Gowanus Rezoning [Bklyner]
- New Circus Venue Sparks Debate on ‘Burg’s ‘Nightlife Sector’ [Patch]
Take a Creative Leap Into the Summer With a Family Festival at Brooklyn Museum
Children can get their artistic juices flowing with the "Bring the Cool" family festival this weekend at the Brooklyn Museum.
Locals Tour the Historic Homes of Prospect Lefferts Garden (Photos)
Old house enthusiasts got a tantalizing peek into the historic houses in Prospect Lefferts Garden this month.
New Bar and Restaurant From Team Behind Clementine Bakery Set to Open in Clinton Hill
Called Izzy Rose, it’s set to open soon at 214 Greene Avenue, one block away from sister establishment Clementine’s.
Daily Links: Greenpoint Residents Say They Are Becoming Ill From the Smell of Gas Fumes
In the News
- The Pizza Ovens of Brooklyn [NYT]
- Angry Residents Bash Community Board 1 for Buying $26K SUV [NYP]
- Defiant ‘Burg Yeshiva Closed by City Health Officials [NYDN]
- Head of BQE Panel Describes ‘Daunting Task’ Ahead [Eagle]
- Greenpointers Say Gas Fumes Are Making Them Sick [Eagle]
- Children Rally for Green New Deal at Senator’s Park Slope Home [BP]
- Williamsburg Hit Maison Premiere Files for Bankruptcy Protection [Eater]
- BKSK Architects Return to LPC With Updated Proposals in Dumbo [NYY]
Daily Links: Clinton Hill Celebrates Notorious B.I.G. With Renaming of Block Where He Grew Up
In the News
- The Roots’ Guitarist on Finding Sanctuary in Park Slope [NYT]
- Crime Spike in Clinton Hill Leaves Business Owners Shaken [Eagle]
- Dyker Heights Activists Demand Improved Traffic Safety [BP]
- Two Ears in the ’Bush Is Worth One in Manhattan [Q Parkside]
- Clinton Hill Block Is Officially Named After the Notorious B.I.G. [Curbed]
- Bed Stuy Bistro With $1,900 Wine Temporarily Shut by City [Patch]
- India Street Sparred From Flooding, Fixes on the Way [Greenpointers]
- More Diversity Efforts Announced for Brooklyn School Districts [Bklyner]
- Towering Williamsburg Hotel on Metropolitan Now Called Hotel Indigo [NYY]
Walk in the Footsteps of Walt Whitman With the Brooklyn Historical Society
If you haven't yet celebrated the 200th birthday of Walt Whitman you can take a saunter through the Brooklyn he called home with a special walking tour this summer.
Finding Your Way Around 1930s Brooklyn Heights
Faced with helping party guests navigate from Manhattan to a Brooklyn Heights abode, what was a 1930s hostess to do?
Daily Links: Plans for Senior Housing at Former Union Gas Showroom in Clinton Hill Fall Apart
In the News
- Emma’s Torch Adds a Backyard Garden [NYT]
- Red Hook NYCHA Residents Want Reimbursement for Lack of Gas [Eagle]
- Busy DoBro Subway Entrance Shuts Down for Renovations [Eagle]
- Giant Graffiti Exhibition Comes to Williamsburg [BP]
- CB6 Chair Says He Did Not Approve District Manager’s Bogus Raise [BP]
- Revamp of State-Owned Clinton Hill Building Collapses [The City]
- What’s Up Dock?: Brooklyn Gets First Leisure Boating in Decades [CO]
- L&B Spumoni Gardens Is Plotting a Dumbo Location [Eater]
- Residents Rally in Flatbush Ahead of Rent Law Deadline [Bklyner]
- Renderings Revealed for 814 Bedford Avenue in Bed Stuy [NYY]
