Catch up on your reading with a look at the most popular stories from the past week.
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Bed Stuy Affordable Housing, a Townhouse Makeover
Brooklyn Life
Daily Links: 80 Flatbush Developers Planning Passive House Schools, Entirely Electric Towers
In the News
- Brooklyn Tech High School Evacuated After Bomb Threat [NYP]
- OddFellows Ice Cream Coming to Brooklyn Bridge Park [Eagle]
- Boutique CBD Store Opens in Park Slope [BP]
- Environmental Watchdogs Demand Better Water Quality for Gowanus Canal [BP]
- Duck Waddles Onto Brooklyn Subway Tracks Amid Train Delays [BP]
- Passive House Schools, All-Electric Skyscraper Coming to 80 Flatbush [Curbed]
- Do Rezonings Always Have to Lead to Gentrification? [Gothamist]
- Ops Pizza Magicians Unleash Bigger Williamsburg Restaurant Friday [Eater]
- Six-Story Residential Building Planned for Flatbush’s Snyder Avenue [NYY]
Snag Some Great Reads at the Annual Old Stone House Holiday Book Fair
Treat the literature-inclined on your gift-giving list with a vintage find from the eighth annual book fair at Old Stone House this weekend.
Daily Links: Tenants Not Yet Flocking to the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s New WeWork
In the News
- Architect Designs a Building of the Past to Fill a Vacant Lot in Bed Stuy [Eagle]
- To Get Raw Sewage Out of Newtown Creek, EPA Takes the Cheap Route [Eagle]
- Speedster Plows Through DoBro Scaffolding, Kills Woman [BP]
- Park Slope Pasta Shop Expands to Sprawling New Space [BP]
- WeWork Leasing Has Stalled at Navy Yard [Crain’s]
- Sea Gate Adrift After Local Politician’s Corruption Scandal [The City]
- Inside Dumbo’s New Oddly Satisfying ‘ASMR Spa’ [Gothamist]
- Council Could Force City to Study Racial Impact of Rezonings [City Limits]
- Comedy Club Replaces Beloved Videology Bar in Williamsburg [Patch]
Renderings Reveal Look of Long-Awaited Cultural Spaces in Fort Greene’s 300 Ashland Tower
The 50,000 square-foot expanse, now called L10 Arts and Cultural Center, will feature movie theaters, performance spaces, galleries and a public library branch.
Daily Links: Public Hearing on Industry City Rezoning Coming Shortly Before Community Vote
In the News
- Brooklyn’s Muslim Presence Goes Back Centuries. Here’s Proof From 1643 [NYT]
- Manhole Explosion Scorches Car in Crown Heights [NYP]
- In Southern Brooklyn, a Nearly 40-Year Wait for Trash Upgrades [Eagle]
- Inventor Debuts Package-Theft Deterrent Outside Borough Hall [BP]
- New E-Sports Venue Opening in Bushwick Next Year [BP]
- These Walls Talk: History of an 1830s Boerum Hill House [casaCara]
- First Public Hearing on Industry City Rezoning Set Up Next Week [Patch]
- Four-Story Residential Building Planned for Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville [NYY]
Shop for That Perfect Present at These 7 Brooklyn Holiday Markets
It is prime market season in Brooklyn, when makers and entrepreneurs showcase their handmade goods for shoppers eager to snap up gifts.
Daily Links: Even the McDonald’s in Prospect Heights Is Getting Priced Out of Brooklyn
In the News
- Landlord Hits Prospect Heights McDonald’s With Rent Increase [NYP]
- Ending Moratorium, National Grid Still Faces Outcry in Brooklyn [Eagle]
- New Laws Require All New Roofs to Contain Solar Panels or Green Space [BP]
- Can Williamsburg Survive Its Hotel Boom? [Daily Beast]
- Chez Ma Tante Chefs Open Le Crocodile at the Wythe Hotel [NYM]
- Greenpoint Grocery The Garden Closes After 25 Years [Greenpointers]
- Five-Story Residential Building Coming to Sterling Place in Crown Heights [NYY]
Daily Links: Sunset Park Residents Are Exploring Agreement With Industry City Over Rezoning
In the News
- Real Estate Thought It Was Invincible in New York [NYT]
- Artists’ Studios in Brooklyn and Beyond: How About the Living Room? [NYT]
- Changing Brownsville ‘One Rope at a Time’ [NYT]
- Thousands Left Without Power in Dyker Heights and Borough Park [NYP]
- Hacked DOT Sign Trolls Drivers in Downtown Brooklyn [NYP]
- Sunset Park Residents Move Toward Agreement With Industry City [Eagle]
- BQE Neighbors Present City With United Vision for Highway’s Rehab [Eagle]
- Crown Heights Street Is More Lake Than Roadway, Residents Say [BP]
- NYCHA Playgrounds Languish in Disrepair While Funds Go Unspent [The City]
- 1 Dead, 7 Hurt in Flatbush Apartment Building Fire [ABC]
- Tensions Rise Amid Uncertain Timeline for Bushwick Rezoning [City Limits]
How to Leave Brooklyn: A Farewell From Two Photographers
Photographers Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb collaborate on a book paying homage to the borough.
