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April 20th, 2026
Daily Links: Museum Educator Takes Over as Brooklyn Borough Historian
- A New Historian for the Borough of Brooklyn [NYT]
- Northeast Swings From 90 Degrees to Freezing Cold in Days [NYT]
- New Yorkers Warm to Mayor’s Plan for Iconic Brooklyn Plaza [NYT]
- See Which NYC Neighborhoods Are Loudest [NYP]
- Brooklyn Gets Ready to Go Green on Earth Day [Eagle]
- Brooklyn BP Touts Housing, Health Care Gains in State of Borough [BP]
- Dinosaur Bar-B-Que to Close Gowanus Location After 15 Years [BP]
- Proposed 11-Story Building Elicits Lukewarm Response in Bay Ridge [BK Reader]
- Five Brooklyn Restaurants Just Got Added to The Michelin Guide [BK Mag]
- 1840s Fort Greene Villa Not Long for This World [Old Brooklyn Heights]
- Supporters Rally After Brooklyn Deed Theft Advocate Jailed [News12]
- Office-to-Residential Conversion Underway at 175 Pearl Street in Dumbo [NYY]
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