Daily Links: Organizers of Secret Hasidic Wedding in Williamsburg Fined $15,000 by City
In the News
- How de Blasio Backed Himself Into a Corner on Closing Schools [NYT]
- $15,000 Fine After Secret Hasidic Wedding Draws Thousands of Guests [NYT]
- A ‘Party Palace’ in Fort Greene Fit for a ‘Radiolab’ Host and a Filmmaker [NYT]
- Brooklyn’s Holiday Markets Pivot to Virtual, Reimagined Showcases [BP]
- Actor Tracy Morgan Joins Turkey Giveaway in Bed Stuy [BP]
- Activists Demand Landlords End ‘Warehousing’ Empty Apartments [BP]
- Eight Months Into Pandemic, Mutual Aid Groups Widen Focus [Bklyner]
- First Tenant Evicted in NYC Since Pandemic Started [The City]
Daily Links: Crown Heights Staple Gloria’s Suddenly Closes Following Bizarre Deed-Theft Case
In the News
- When City Schools Reopen, About 700,000 Students Won’t Be There [NYT]
- A Bright Spot in the Pandemic Gloom: Jazz Is Everywhere in Brooklyn [NYT]
- In a Pandemic, Even These Brooklyn Minimalists Need Space [NYT]
- Former Witnesses’ Dumbo Hotel Begins Affordable Housing Conversion [Eagle]
- Civic Gurus Reject Dumbo Air Rights Transfer for 26-Story Tower [BP]
- Polly Trottenberg Quits DOT as Traffic Deaths Continue to Rise [Gothamist]
- Gloria’s in Crown Heights Abruptly Closes [Gothamist]
- New Hidden Taco Shop Slinging First-Rate Birria in Bushwick [Gothamist]
- New School Building Coming to Medgar Evers College in Crown Heights [Patch]
- Food Pantries Prepare for Thanksgiving Despite Setbacks [Bushwick Daily]
Daily Links: Restaurant Workers Fear New Restrictions Could Mean Unemployment Rates Rise
In the News
- Grand Army Plaza Gets an Intervention [NYT]
- Woman Killed, Six Others Wounded in Bed Stuy Mass Shooting [NYT]
- How the Owner of a Bed Stuy Coffee Shop Spends Sundays [NYT]
- Williamsburg Synagogue Hosts Massive, Maskless Wedding [NYP]
- Gowanus Green Project Will Be Fully Below-Market Rate Housing [BP]
- Restaurant Unemployment Rates Could Rise Again [Eater]
- Emergency Warehouse for Bed Stuy Food Pantry Extended Into 2021 [Patch]
- Prospect Heights Tea Room Offers a Cozy Escape [Untapped Cities]
- 12-Story Residential Building Coming to Weirfield Street in Bushwick [NYY]
Daily Links: As City Schools Close, Many Fear a Larger Shutdown Isn’t Far Behind
In the News
- As Virus Surges, How Much Longer Can New York Avoid a Full Shutdown? [NYT]
- Getting ‘Black Mayonnaise’ Out of the Gowanus Canal [NYT]
- Amazon to Lease Giant East New York Warehouse Space [NYP]
- Parents, Students Protest Outside City Hall Over NYC School Closures [NYP]
- All of NYC Could Soon Become a COVID ‘Orange Zone’ [Gothamist]
- Mayor Says to Brace for End of Indoor Dining in the Next Week or Two [Eater]
- Bushwick Vietnamese Standby Falansai Reopens [Eater]
- This Prospect Heights Apartment Is Perfect Playground for Cats [Dwell]
- Nine-Story Mixed-Use Building Planned for 4th Avenue in Gowanus [NYY]
Daily Links: NYCHA Will Study How Aging Ventilation Systems Affect Coronavirus Spread
In the News
- Stitched Into Neighborhoods, Dance Studios Battle to Stay Open [NYT]
- State Shuts Flatlands Funeral Home Where Bodies Were Found in Trucks [NYT]
- Boerum Hill Woman Tracks Local CityMD Wait on Twitter [BP]
- Senior Struck by Stray Bullet Aboard Downtown Brooklyn Bus [BP]
- NYCHA Backs Look at Fan Plan to Head Off New COVID Wave [The City]
- Man With Flamethrower Sprays Fire Atop Bed Stuy Bus [Gothamist]
- Four People Injured by Carbon Monoxide Leak in Bed Stuy Home [amNY]
- Artist Makes Clocks From Flotsam Washed Up on Brooklyn’s Beaches [Curbed]
- Williamsburg Row House Gets Artistic Revamp With Nods to History [AD]
- Growing Number of Officials Call for More Restaurant Restrictions [Eater]
- Tenants Get Class-Action Status Against Kushner in Heights Rent Case [TRD]
Daily Links: Study Says 50 Percent of Brooklyn Businesses Could Not Pay Full Rent in November
In the News
- Half of Brooklyn Businesses Could Not Pay Full Rent in November [Eagle]
- Congress Members Urge Cuomo to Fund Sunset Park Offshore Wind Hub [BP]
- Push to Restore Psychiatric Services at Brooklyn Methodist Hospital [amNY]
- Sunset Park Tenants, Condo Owners at Odds After Fire [The City]
- For Brooklyn Real Estate, Robert Cornegy Is Premium Investment [Indypendent]
- Food Insecurity Rises Precipitously With No Federal Help in Sight [Gothamist]
- Quirky ‘Burg Museum City Reliquary in Danger of Closing [Patch]
- Blue’s Clues Star Selling His (Blue!) Converted Garage in Williamsburg [Curbed]
- For All Things Good Rocks Bed Stuy With (Mostly) Meat-Free Tacos [Eater]
- Three Brooklyn Women Are Creating Murals to Uplift Communities [BK Reader]
Daily Links: Parents and Teachers Anxious About Possible Future School Closures
In the News
- Why Parents and Teachers Are Fixated on One Number [NYT]
- Brooklyn Catholic Schools to Stay Open Even If Public Schools Go Remote [NYP]
- Planned Work on Southern Brooklyn Greenway Ignores Cycling Gaps [BP]
- Coronavirus Cases Close Crown Heights Childcare Center [Patch]
- Brad Lander Wants to Remove NYPD From Traffic Enforcement [Patch]
- First Look at the Menu at New Williamsburg Spot 7 Grain Army [Eater]
- NYC Adds More Restrictions to Outdoor Dining Setups as Winter Nears [Eater]
- Initiative Is Making Vegan Food Accessible in Brooklyn Bodegas [BK Reader]
- Mixed-Use Project Revealed at Huntington Street in Gowanus [NYY]
Daily Links: Long-Awaited New Brooklyn Heights Public Library Won’t Open Until Summer 2021
In the News
- COVID Pushes Real Estate Into the Future [NYT]
- Staying Apart, But Praying Together in Brooklyn and Beyond [NYT]
- Long Coronavirus Testing Lines Hit NYC Again [NYT]
- HDC Says Angel Guardian Home Designation Falls Short [Eagle]
- Brooklyn Heights Library Delayed Until Summer 2021 [BP]
- Dredging in Upper Portion of the Gowanus Canal Begins Today [PMFA]
- Helicopter Noise Complaints Sky High During Pandemic [The City]
- Illegal Parties in Manhattan, Brooklyn Broken Up Over Weekend [Gothamist]
- Yemeni Coffee Shop Qahwah House Opens in ‘Burg [Greenpointers]
- Prospect Heights Restaurant MeMe’s Diner Is Permanently Closing [Eater]
Daily Links: Tenants Are Pushing Back Against Landlords Ignoring the Eviction Moratorium
In the News
- How the Pandemic Inspired a Kitchen-Share Scene in Brooklyn [NYT]
- Young Couple Navigates Roadblocks to New Williamsburg Rental [NYT]
- Why Many Tenants Got Shut Out of State Rent Relief Program [The City]
- Landlords Pursue Ways Around Eviction Moratorium [The City]
- Foreign Investors Poised to Flood U.S. Real Estate Markets [Axios]
- $5.7 Million Expansion of Brownsville’s Zion Plaza Complete [BK Reader]
- The NYC Restaurant Rent Crisis Is Not Letting Up [Eater]
- Four-Story Residential Building Coming to Bedford Avenue in Bed Stuy [NYY]
Daily Links: New Restrictions Force Restaurants, Bars to Close at 10 p.m. as COVID Numbers Rise
In the News
- In Brooklyn and Beyond, the Party Never Sleeps [NYT]
- Restaurants, Bars to Close at 10 p.m. Amid COVID-19 Uptick [NYP]
- COVID-19 ‘Red Zone’ Downgraded to ‘Orange Zone’ [BP]
- Fort Greene Park Garden Honors Healthcare Workers Lost to Pandemic [BP]
- In Bushwick, Hunger and Joblessness Hold Steady [City Limits]
- Street Vendors to March Over Brooklyn Bridge in Plea for More Permits [Patch]
- COVID-19 Numbers Rising in Borough Park and East New York [Bklyner]
- Louie’s Luncheonette Opens Vegan Deli Window [Greenpointers]
- Rum Bar The Rogers Garden Opens in Flatbush [Pix 11]
- Five-Story Residential Building Coming to 13th Street in Gowanus [NYY]
