While the cherry blossoms get all the attention, the magnolias are showstoppers of their own, and now is the time to see them.
The Pastel-Colored Beauty of Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Magnolia Collection Is in Full Bloom
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Daily Links: Construction Worker Dies After Fall From Building Next to Promenade
In the News
- It’s a Crumbling Road to Despair. Can New York Fix the B.Q.E.? [NYT]
- A Trailblazing Korean Chef Turns to Seafood in Park Slope [NYT]
- Partial Building Collapse Sends Debris Flying in Williamsburg [NYP]
- Plans to Remove Rails, Cobblestones Along Sunset Park Waterfront [Eagle]
- Worker Dies In Fall From 13-Story Building on Pierrepont in Heights [Gothamist]
- Put Brakes on L Train Work, MTA Workers Say [amNY]
- Local Family Is Bringing an Empanada Joint to Starr Street [Bushwick Daily]
- Williamsburg Market Rebounds After Reversal of L Train Shutdown[TRD]
- 14-Story Mixed-Use Building Planned for Atlantic Avenue in Bed Stuy [NYY]
Daily Links: Health Emergency Over Measles Outbreak in Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Communities
In the News
- City Declares Emergency, Requires Vaccinations in Brooklyn [NYT]
- Misinformation Is Driving Measles Outbreak Among Ultra-Orthodox Jews [NYT]
- Brooklyn Councilman Thinks Schools Need Wellness Experts [NYDN]
- Battling Brooklyn Gentrification, One Building at a Time [Eagle]
- Meet the 16 People Who May Decide the Fate of the BQE [Eagle]
- Klosings and Korners — and a New Veterinarian [Q Parkside]
- Shakespeare’s Sonnets Coming to Ditmas Park Porches [amNY]
- Fort Greene Park to Host Walt Whitman Beard and Mustache Contest [Patch]
Learn About Historic Rehab Tax Credit Opportunities at a PLG Workshop
Is your property in a historic district? Your rehab work may qualify for a state tax credit.
‘Pulled in Brooklyn’ Exhibition Shows Rich History of Printmaking
Running through June 15, the exhibition traces the community of printers and artist bookmakers in Brooklyn since the '90s.
Daily Links: MTA Is Studying a Possible Extension of Subway Along Utica Avenue
In the News
- The Remnants of La Dolce Vita in Italian Williamsburg [NYT]
- The Pizza-and-Beer Train: New York City’s Hidden Railroad [NYT]
- City to Spend $900K Renovating Bathroom at Gravesend Playground [BP]
- Movers Help Bed Stuy Dominatrix Flee BDSM-Hating Neighbor [BP]
- Brooklyn DA Endorses Decriminalization of Sex Work [Gay City News]
- Utica Avenue Subway Extension to Be Studied, Again [Curbed]
- Photos: Huge Crowds Eat Everything at Smorg Opening Weekend [Gothamist]
- A Journey Through the Queer History of Brooklyn [Jezebel]
- How One Gowanus Brewery Blew Up by Embracing Beer’s Future [NYMag]
- Renderings Revealed for 137 Carlton Avenue in Fort Greene [NYY]
Daily Links: Prospect Heights School Drops Slave-Holding Family Name, Honors Black Principal
In the News
- From Disco to Techno, He’s Seen It on Sugar Hill’s Dance Floor [NYT]
- Browsing Brooklyn’s Bells and Whistles [NYT]
- Brooklynite Lisa Kersavage Named LPC Executive Director [Eagle]
- Prospect Heights School Sheds Slave-Owner Family Name [The City]
- Six Questions About the Massive BQE Plans [Streetsblog]
- Brooklyn Students Rescue Cat From BQE With Cop’s Help [Patch]
- Park Slope Voters Skeptical of de Blasio’s Possible Presidential Bid [WNYC]
- Brooklyn Museum Launches $25,000 Emerging Artist Prize [ArtNews]
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: BQE Plans Get a Hearing at a Brooklyn Heights Town Hall
Catch up on your reading with a look at the most popular stories from the past week.
Daily Links: Another Lawsuit Emerges Over Threat to Trees in Fort Greene Park
In the News
- An Experimental Music Scene Grows in Gowanus [NYT]
- No Stamp of Approval for Bushwick Post Office in Audit [The City]
- New Deputy Mayor Promises to Move Needle on Affordable Housing [Crain’s]
- Subway Operator Rescues Boy From Tracks at Hoyt Street Station [amNY]
- HPD Releases New Tool Making It Easier to Find Affordable Housing [Curbed]
- Six-Alarm Fire in Sunset Park Apartment Building Injures 23 [Gothamist]
- New Coffee Shop Bright Side Coming to Williamsburg Waterfront [CO]
- Residents Fighting Fort Greene Park Renovation Sue City — Again [Patch]
- Tabulae, a ‘Shop for Makers,’ Opens in Greenpoint [Greenpoint Post]
- Jackson Group Planning Retail Projects in Southern Brooklyn [TRD]
Cook Something Up the Colonial Way in Fort Greene Park
What would Brooklynites have been eating and how would they have cooked it in the pre-Revolutionary War Days?
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