Brooklyn Life

In the News

• The Nation Lost a Titan. Brooklyn Lost a Native Daughter [NYT]
• How N.Y.C.’s Mayor Ignored Warnings and Mishandled Reopening Schools [NYT]
• A Covid Surcharge on Restaurant Checks? Some Owners Are Wary [NYT]
• Cuomo Planning Statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Brooklyn [NYP]
• Massive Mural Decrying Cuomo, de Blasio Painted on Williamsburg Street [NYP]
• Cabbies Halt Brooklyn Bridge Traffic in Bid for Debt Relief [NYP]
• Adams Calls for Renaming of Municipal Building at RBG Remembrance [BP]
• Workers Struggling for Union Contract Join Industry City Skeptics [The City]
• In Midwood, Residents Pay Tribute to Venerated Justice Ginsburg [Gothamist]
• A Call for Action to Ease Sunset Park’s Housing Crunch [City Limits]
• Landlords Lost About $9 Billion in Rent Last Quarter: Report [TRD]
• Isaac Hager’s Downtown Brooklyn Hotel Heads to Foreclosure [TRD]
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• N.Y.C. Will Again Delay Start of in-Person Classes for Most Students [NYT]
• De Blasio Extends Street Closures for Outdoor Dining to Weekdays [NYP]
• DOE to Investigate Hacking of Dyker Heights Online Class [NYP]
• Protesters Demand Mayor Intercept Brooklyn Pipeline Expansion [BP]
• Brooklyn Census Response Rate Lags as Deadline Nears [BP]
• Beloved Bed Stuy Store Owner Killed in Ambulance-Firetruck Wreck [amNY]
• MTA’s Fare Evasion Math Was Off Track, Review Finds [The City]
• The Garage and KMH Take Space at Industry City [CO]
• Restaurants Will Soon Be Allowed to Add Surcharge to Diners’ Bills [Eater]
• De Blasio: Raising Property Taxes ‘Off the Table’ [TRD]
• Greystone Eyes $40 Million-Plus for Park Slope Luxury Apartments [TRD]
• Permits Filed for 14-Story Mixed-Use Building in East New York [NYY]
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In the News

• Brooklyn Museum to Sell 12 Works as Pandemic Changes the Rules [NYT]
• De Blasio Promises Restored Trash Services as Outrage Mounts Over Cuts [NYP]
• Bay Ridge Pols Look to Save Century 21’s ‘Landmark’ 86th Street Location [BP]
• Coney Island Park Owners Say State Ignored Reopening Proposal [BP]
• People in Brooklyn Are Gathering Outside Libraries for Free Internet [The City]
• Evil Twin Brewery Is Opening a Second NYC Location in Dumbo [Eater]
• Fort Greene Artist Collective Alleges Landlord Harassment [Hyperallergic]
• NY High Court Nixes Challenge to NYC’s Property Tax System [Law360]
• Answers Demanded Over Reported NYPD-FBI Link in Brownsville [BK Reader]
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• A Civil War Political Movement Reawakens in Brooklyn [NYT]
• Council Eyes Ban on Landlords Conducting Criminal Background Checks [NYP]
• Ditmas Park School Shuts Down After Staffers Test Positive for COVID-19 [BP]
• Study: NYC Shutdown Reduced Spread of Coronavirus by 70 Percent [WP]
• Gloria’s Caribbean Still Best After Decade Plus in Crown Heights [Gothamist]
• Special Ed Teachers Desperate for Pandemic Details [Gothamist]
• Spraying for West Nile Virus Planned for South-Eastern Brooklyn [Bklyner]
• Williamsburg Bar Sues Cuomo, Saying Coronavirus Not a Vampire [TRD]
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In the News

• How the Pandemic Has Changed Apartment Building Amenities [NYT]
• A Midwood Building’s Courtyard Becomes a Wedding Venue [NYT]
• Brooklyn’s Caribbean Community Kept Carnival Vividly Alive [NYT]
• Fleeing the Suburbs for the City? This Couple Was Ready for Brooklyn [NYT]
• Teachers Stage ‘Work Out’ in Ditmas Park [Gothamist]
• Industry City Friends and Foes Gear Up for City Council Battle [Patch]
• NYC’s Hunger Crisis Is ‘Getting Even Worse,’ Advocates Say [City Limits]
• Brooklyn Pol Proposes Another Car-Free Busway [Streetsblog]
• Brooklyn Restaurants Cooking Up Plans for Indoor Dining [BK Reader]
• Daughter, Community-First Coffee Shop, Opens in Crown Heights [Eater]
• A Three-Story Mixed-Use Building Is Coming to Bed Stuy’s Marcy Avenue [NYY]
• Permits Filed for Three-Story Residential Building in East New York [NYY]
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In the News

• Meet the Force Powering Brooklyn Hospital Center [NYT]
• Brooklyn Heights Roof Deck Makes for a Nice One-Room Schoolhouse [NYT]
• In New Development, Buyers Favor the Boroughs [NYT]
• De Blasio Downplayed Dire Extent of NYCHA Lead Poisoning Issue [NYP]
• Five-Alarm Fire Rips Through Three Homes in Dyker Heights [NYP]
• Greenwood Heights Teachers Blast Safety Measures at MS 88 [BP]
• Former Housing Works Staff Say They Were Laid Off for Union Organizing [BP]
• NYPD Disrupts Vigil for Brooklyn Cyclist Fatally Struck by Driver [Gothamist]
• Century 21’s End Is Bemoaned on the Brooklyn Block Where It Began [The City]
• Brooklyn Kitchen, Community Center Addressing Racial Disparity to Open [Eater]
• Bright Bushwick Apartment, Courtesy of eBay, Craigslist, DIY Ideas [Remodelista]
• A New 220,000-Square-Foot Commercial Building Proposed in Dumbo [TRD]
• Five-Story Residential Building Planned for Bushwick’s Weirfield Street [NYY]
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