Brooklyn Life

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• New York Attorney General Sues N.R.A. and Seeks Its Closure [NYT]
• The Biggest Bedroom Is No Longer a ‘Master’ [NYT]
• James Powers, Brooklyn Gallerist Who Nurtured Black Artists, Dies at 80 [NYT]
• Black and Pregnant During COVID: ‘They Never Had Time to See Me’ [NYT]
• Danish Author Selling Brooklyn ‘Treehouse’ Studio for $396K [NYP]
• High Winds Drive Heights Trees to Ground, Blocking Promenade [Eagle]
• Jay-Z Launching School With Brooklyn’s Long Island University[HP]
• Bike Traffic Up on Bridges, But City Can’t Expand Crowded Lanes [The City]
• Gowanus Venue Hosts Outdoor Concerts and Movie Screenings [BP]
• Macha Studio Gets a Brick and Mortar on Franklin Street [Greenpointers]
• A Restaurant Built in Quarantine: Prospect Heights’ Newest Eatery [Patch]
• Bushwick Garden Feeds Its Neighborhood Through Pandemic [BK Reader]
• NYPD Paid Informant to Help Brooklyn Protester Sabotage Police Van [Gothamist]
• Vegan Riffs on Classic Deli Sandwiches Arrive in Dumbo with Vodega [Eater]
• NYC Will Have a Coronavirus Tracing Team Just for Schools [Chalkbeat]
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• Pete Hamill, Quintessential New York Journalist, Dies at 85 [NYT]
• Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn: Open Space and Room to Breathe [NYT]
• Can NYC Reopen Schools? The Whole Country Is Watching [NYT]
• 25 Percent of Ballots in Brooklyn June Primaries Invalid [NYP]
• Asian-Americans Lead March After 89-Year-Old Woman Set on Fire [BP]
• Thousands of Brooklyn Households Still Without Power in Wake of Isaias [BP]
• NYC Will Set Up Checkpoints to Enforce Quarantine for Travelers [Politico]
• NYC ‘Locks In’ Over 30,000 Affordable Housing Units Amid Pandemic [amNY]
• Outdoor-Only Williamsburg Restaurant Opens Friday [Greenpointers]
• 150-Person Sheepshead Bay Party Busted in Pandemic Crackdown [Patch]
• Will Your New House Flood? In New York, the Answer Is Easily Hidden [The City]
• ‘Front Porch’ at Brooklyn Lab Designed to Help Students Return to School [6sqft]
• The Hottest Brooklyn Cocktail Bar Is Actually Prospect Park [Eater]
• NYC Students Who Refuse to Wear Masks in School Will Be Sent Home [Chalkbeat]
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In the News

• 2.5 Million Lose Power and One Is Killed as Isaias Batters NY Area [NYT]
• The Mayor Blames the Virus for Shootings. Here’s What Crime Data Shows [NYT]
• NYC Health Commissioner Resigns After Clashes With Mayor Over Virus [NYT]
• Adam Max, Patron of Brooklyn Cultural Institutions, Dies at 62 [NYT]
• What Happens If There’s a Blackout in New York City? [The City]
• Remembering the New Yorkers Lost to COVID-19 [The City]
• A New Walgreens Takes Shape on Manhattan Avenue [Greenpointers]
• East Williamsburg’s Coolest Furniture Store Is Democratizing Design [Vogue]
• End of Eviction Ban to Unleash 14,000 Warrants in NYC [TRD]
• Council Members Call for Override on Industry City Rejection [TRD]
• Bushwick Cafe Shuts Down, Its New Mexico-Style Food Will Live On [Eater]
• Construction Wraps Up on Two Blue Slip in Greenpoint [NYY]
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In the News

• Welcome to Another Novel Set in Brooklyn. This One Is Different [NYT]
• Finding a Roommate for a Bushwick Share During a Pandemic [NYT]
• Bedford Stuyvesant Residents Push for More Trash Cans [BP]
• Coney Island Leaders Warn Against Building in Contaminated Creek [BP]
• Carroll Park War Memorial Graffitied Again [PMFA]
• What Will the First Day of School Look Like? [NYM]
• Black Business Owners on What the Past Few Months Have Been Like [NYM]
• Most NYC Restaurants, Bars Unable to Pay More Than Half Their Rent [amNY]
• As Murders Rise, New York City Turns to a Police Alternative [Bloomberg]
• Rangoon, a Strictly Burmese Restaurant, Opens in Bushwick [Gothamist]
• Rave Organizer Defends Big Kosciuszko Bridge Party [Gothamist]
• Outdoor Dining Will Return Next Year, Mayor Says [Eater]
• The Dime Nears Completion in South Williamsburg [NYY]
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In the News

• Is the Subway Risky? It May Be Safer Than You Think [NYT]
• One-Third of New York’s Small Businesses May Be Gone Forever [NYT]
• MTA Basket Falls From Elevated Tracks in East New York [NYDN]
• At Prospect Park Stable, Kids Gain Connection With Horses and Nature [Eagle]
• Smith Street Eateries Get Liquor Licenses Pulled for Pandemic Violations [BP]
• New York Aquarium Welcomes New Harbor Seal Pup [BP]
• Burglaries and Residential Break-ins Are up in North Brooklyn [Greenpointers]
• Blow to Industry City Expansion Makes Waves Beyond Brooklyn [The City]
• MTA Unit Formed to Help Families Left Behind by COVID-19 Deaths [The City]
• Park Slope Church Saddened After Thief Breaks Into Collection Box [amNY]
• De Blasio Staff Exodus Continues, as Mayor Stands by Police [Gothamist]
• Here Are Some Resources for Unemployed New Yorkers in Need [Gothamist]
• MTA Installs Free Mask Dispensers Inside Buses [6sqft]
• Summer Bummer: Bike-in Movies Aren’t Happening [Streetsblog]
• Schools Will Stay Closed If Infection Rate Jumps Past 3 Percent [Chalkbeat]
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