Brooklyn Life

In the News

• Why Black Homeowners in Brooklyn Are Being Targeted for Fraud [NYT]
• Storied Hotel Bossert Misses Reopening Date, Again [Eagle]
• Council Bans Street Vendors Plaguing ‘Dyker Lights’ Homes [BP]
• New Williamsburg Dispensary Wants to Make Weed Respectable [BP]
• Muslim Family Attacked at Bay Ridge TJ Maxx [Patch]
• Subway Signal System at Bergen Street Slated for Replacement [The City]
• Brooklyn Public Library Will Open a New, Temporary Branch in Dumbo [Curbed]
• Prologis Drops $13.3 Million for East Williamsburg Warehouse [CO]
• Avery Hall, Tavros, Charney Buy Gowanus Sites for $55 Million [TRD]
• Five-Story Residential Building Planned for North 8th Street in ‘Burg [NYY]
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• 20-Year-Old Charged in Shooting at Brownsville Reunion [NYT]
• Muslim Families Kept Off NYC Ferry Over Unspecified ‘Security Issue’ [NYDN]
• Gowanus NYCHA Residents Want School Rezoning Plan Halted [BP]
• Three Coney Islanders Cuffed in Affordable Housing Scheme [BP]
• MTA Is Turning Jay Street-Metro Tech Into an Accessibility ‘Lab’ [Curbed]
• Fried Spam Tacos in Bed Stuy Are a Snappy Filipino-Tex-Mex Mash-Up [Eater]
• Inside NBA Star JJ Redick’s One-of-a-Kind Dumbo Duplex [AD]
• Z Architecture Reveals Updated Design for Bushwick Avenue Building [NYY]
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In the News

• Only Black-Led Food Co-Op in Brooklyn Sets Sights on a Storefront [Eagle]
• City Could Lose Nearly 100 Community Gardens Over Contract Dispute [Eagle]
• MTA May Resurrect Passenger Trains Between Bay Ridge and Queens [Eagle]
• Downtown Brooklyn Columbus Statue Defaced [BP]
• Fort Greene’s Arts & Letters School Might Move to Bed Stuy [Chalkbeat]
• Everything You Need to Know About the Brooklyn Wegmans [NYM]
• Nibble on Tiny Golden Hedgehogs at Park Slope Chocolate Shop [Patch]
• Does NYC’s Affordable Housing Program Go Far Enough? [Curbed]
• Gas Leak Forces Bushwick Sichuan Bistro General Deb’s to Close [Eater]
• Camping Under the Airplanes at Brooklyn’s Camp Gateway [WNYC]
• New Renderings of 406 Lefferts Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens [NYY]
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• Greenpoint’s Kickstarter Calls Itself Progressive. But About That Union [NYT]
• Navy Yard’s Dock 72 Celebrates Opening Despite WeWork’s Troubles [NYP]
• How City’s Rezoning Plan Could Affect Bushwick’s Parks [Eagle]
• Transit Advocates ID Likely Candidates for Brooklyn ‘Busway’ [BP]
• Pols Hold Vigil for Crown Heights Mass Shooting [BP]
• Council Cuts Heights of Borough-Based Jails by Average of 90 Feet [Eagle]
• Green-Wood to Get $500K for New Welcome Center [Patch]
• Bed Stuy Homes Among City’s Coldest in Winter, Study Finds [Patch]
• Developer Seeks Amendments to Redevelop 90 Sands Street in Dumbo [NYY]
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In the News

• Author Vashti Harrison Lets the Light Into Her Bed Stuy Studio [NYT]
• An Artist’s Personal Museum in Flatbush [NYT]
• Smorgasburg Moves to New Williamsburg Indoor Space Next Month [BP]
• 60-Year-Old Pedestrian Fatally Struck by Car in Kensington [BP]
• State Orders National Grid to Connect Customers With Gas Service [Bklyner]
• Williamsburg’s Output Club Might Become Rooftop Wedding Venue [Patch]
• Data Shows Kosciuszko Bridge Traffic Not Any Better [NY1]
• Architects Discuss Plans for Famed Watchtower Building [TRD]
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In the News

• Crown Heights Poker Player Opened Fire and Was Killed by Bouncer [NYT]
• Who’s Afraid of a Transit Desert? [NYT]
• NYC Missing Out on Half Billion Dollars on Brooklyn Waterfront Deal [NYP]
• Lawyer Dies in Freak Accident Inside Brooklyn Museum [NYDN]
• Living on Top of One Another in Flatbush [Q Parkside]
• Brooklyn Home Sales Stabilize Despite Slight Dip [Crain’s]
• CB Supports Redevelopment of Historic Gowanus Can Factory [Bklyner]
• Four-Story Building Coming to Palmetto Street in Bushwick [NYY]
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