Brooklyn Life

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• Two Cypress Hills Teenagers Among 8 Killed on Deadly Day in NYC [NYT]
• Sultry Nights and Magnolia Trees: New York City Is Now Subtropical [NYT]
• NYC Bars Hit with Dozens of Violations for Breaking COVID-19 Rules [NYP]
• Gowanus Canal Now a Fun Venue for the Summer of COVID-19 [NYP]
• Brooklyn Federal Judges Naturalize People After Delayed Ceremonies [Eagle]
• New Williamsburg Memorial Honors Black Lives Lost to Racial Injustice [BP]
• We’re Publishing Thousands of New York Police Discipline Records [ProPublica]
• Bay Ridge and Williamsburg Stations Set to Become ADA Accessible [Bklyner]
• Bushwick’s Archie’s Pizza Closes Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations [BKReader]
• Petition Alleging Racism at ‘Burg’s P.S. 132 Divides Parents [Greenpointers]
• A Foreclosure Crisis Could Still Happen [Curbed]
• Black and White Building Nears Completion at Marcy Stop in Williamsburg [NYY]
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• Children Rejoice as NYC Public Pools Finally Open [NYT]
• These Businesses Lasted Decades. The Virus Closed Them for Good [NYT]
• Teen Fatally Shot in Head, After Man was Gunned Down in Crown Heights [NYP]
• City Dwellers Are Getting Chickens During Lockdown [NYP]
• New York Lawmakers Make Juneteenth a State Holiday [NYDN]
• Brooklyn Nonprofit Connects with Indigenous Artisans for Face Masks [Eagle]
• Park Slope Fiddler Offers Musical Telegrams [BP]
• Peaceful March Across Brooklyn Bridge Turns into Evening Mayhem [amNY]
• Large Produce-Hauling Truck Flips in Williamsburg [amNY]
• NYCHA Backslides as Promised Playground Repairs Languish [The City]
• Despite Social Distancing, Bed Stuy Social Photo Club Lives On [BK Reader]
• A Visit to Wyatt Cenac’s Listening Room in a Brooklyn High-Rise [Curbed]
• The Family Tugboat Moored at Brooklyn Bridge Park [NYM]
• Williamsburg Hotel Rooms Converted into Offices for Remote Workers [Dezeen]
• Calls Grow Louder to Use NYC Streets for Outdoor Learning [Chalkbeat]
• 159 Broadway’s Foundation Nears Completion in Williamsburg [NYY]
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• Blame Spreads for Nursing Home Deaths Even as NY Contains Virus [NYT]
• A Prospect Heights Restaurant’s Answer to Cabin Fever: Summer Camp [NYT]
• New Sanitation Initiative Aims to Clean Up Coney Island Trash [BP]
• MTA’s $3.9 Billion CARES Act Coffers to Be Officially Exhausted by Friday [amNY]
• Plastic Handcuff Use During Protests Strikes a Nerve [The City]
• Parents Warn of Dangerously Deceptive Duckweed at Prospect Park [The City]
• Adelina’s in Greenpoint Will Permanently Close in August [Greenpointers]
• Council Member Lander’s Correspondence on Gowanus Rezoning FOILED [PMFA]
• Rocky Rollout for New York’s Emergency Rent Assistance Program [Gothamist]
• Williamsburg Apartment Marries Travel Finds With a Minimalist Aesthetic [AD]
• These Programs Will Feel Effects of NYC’s Education Budget Cut [Chalkbeat]
• 11 Hoyt Street Reaches Final Stages Of Construction in Downtown Brooklyn [NYY]
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In the News

• ‘Blue Lives Matter’ and ‘Defund the Police’ Clash in the Streets [NYT]
• Beleaguered NYPD Cops Take Guns off Brooklyn Streets [NYDN]
• Three People Rescued in Crown Heights Blaze [AmNY]
• City to Launch Week of Action to Boost Census Response Rate [AmNY]
• Black and Blue Lives Matter Supporters Clash Ahead of Marine Park Protests [BP]
• Pick-up Truck Crashes into Outdoor Dining Area in Sunset Park [Fox5]
• De Blasio Budget Filled With Short-Term Risks, Long-Term Dangers [The City]
• Caribbean Restaurant Opens In Williamsburg With Outdoor Space [Gothamist]
• Illegal Fireworks Are Still Keeping Some NYers Up At Night [Gothamist]
• Latest Closures Include Kinfolk, Alameda, Maha Rose and More [Greenpointers]
• Sunsetting On a Bed Stuy Boulevard (1909) [Brownstone Detectives]
• Outdoor Dining Has Given Rise to Weeks-Out Reservations [Eater]
• City Unveils Landlord Tenant Mediation Project [TRD]
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In the News

• NYC Subway, Facing a $16 Billion Deficit, Plans for Deep Cuts [NYT]
• Downsizing From a Two-Bedroom to a Studio in Williamsburg [NYT]
• That ‘Home Office’ of Yours? It Needs an Upgrade [NYT]
• New York Adds 10 States to Coronavirus Quarantine List [NYDN]
• Brooklyn Anti-Violence Groups Take on the Rise of Shootings [BP]
• Clinton Hill Couple on Mission to Make Opera More Accessible [BKReader]
• Heated Words, But No Blows, Traded Between Protesters in Brooklyn [amNY]
• City-Run COVID-19 Testing Sites Lagging in Results Turnaround [The City]
• Food Bazaar Operator Buys Fairway Location in Red Hook [Gothamist]
• Domino Park Adds Security Guards, Worrying Some Residents [Greenpointers]
• Greenpoint Volunteers: Cops Are Only Interested in Harassing Us [Streetsblog]
• 291 Livingston Street Progresses in Downtown Brooklyn [NYY]
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