Daily Links: De Blasio, Owners Vow That Midwood’s Iconic De Fara Pizza Will Reopen
In the News
- Life Time Fitness Club Inks Dumbo Deal [NYP]
- How a Revitalized Bushwick Green Space Built a Community [Eagle]
- Sneak Peek: A New Life for Old Watchtower Headquarters [Eagle]
- Iconic Park Slope Eatery Asks Locals to Bankroll Renovation [BP]
- A First Look at Blue Point’s Basement Brewpub in Dumbo [BP]
- Process Relaxed for Undocumented to Enter Affordable Lottery [NY1]
- De Blasio Says He Will Do ‘Anything’ to Get Di Fara Back Open [NYMag]
- Di Fara Pizzeria in Midwood Vows to Reopen [Bklyner]
- Homeless Shelter on Coney Island Avenue Open [Bklyner]
- Crane Collapses Into Midwood Synagogue Construction Site [Bklyner]
- NYPD Bomb Squad Clears Package Outside Flatbush Synagogue [CBS NY]
- New Renderings Unveiled of 33 Frost Street in Williamsburg [NYY]
Daily Links: The City Is Planning to Turn a Gowanus Hotel Into a Homeless Shelter for Families
In the News
- Work Halts After Explosion at LIU Brooklyn Construction Site [Eagle]
- East Williamsburg’s Moore Street Market to Get a Makeover [Eagle]
- Di Fara Pizza Has Been Seized by Tax Authorities [NYM]
- Shelter for Adult Families Coming to Gowanus This Fall [Bklyner]
- Second Lawsuit Against Fort Greene Park Project Heads to Court [Patch]
- Waterfall Cascades Down NYCHA Stairwell in Bed Stuy [Patch]
- Box Truck Hauling Fish Overturns, Blocks Inbound Gowanus Traffic [BK Reporter]
- First Look at Moinian’s 26-Story Tower in Prospect Lefferts Gardens [Curbed]
- Brooklynites Unite Under a Divided Highway in Fort Greene [NY1]
Daily Links: Why Has It Taken 14 Years for an East Flatbush Library to Reopen?
In the News
- Last Year 25 Murders on NYCHA Property Were in Brooklyn [Eagle]
- Brooklyn War Memorial Renovations to Start in November [Eagle]
- Locals, Cops Injured During Weekend Bed Stuy Riots: NYPD [BP]
- City Reinstates Free Street Parking in Clinton Hill After Backlash [BP]
- East Flatbush Library Revamp Drags On for 14 Years [The City]
- Transit Advocates Will Produce ‘Master Plan’ for NYC’s Bike Lanes [Curbed]
- Williamsburg Hit Win Son’s New Cafe Will Be Pastry Extravaganza [Eater]
- Inside a Fashion Designer’s Bohemian Fort Greene Brownstone [AD]
- Permits Filed for Five-Story Building on Humboldt in Williamsburg [NYY]
Daily Links: Developer Razing DoBro’s Abolitionist House Offers Basement Museum
In the News
- A Gentler Way to Gentrify? [NYT]
- Alibaba Billionaire to Buy Barclays Center for $700 Million [NYP]
- 20,000-Square-Foot Brewery, Taproom Coming to Gowanus [Eagle]
- Controversial Pacific Park Gym Gets Green Light [Eagle]
- Contractor’s Corruption Scheme Slows Park Slope Sidewalk Repairs [BP]
- Bath Beach Residents Blast Con Ed After Latest Power Outage [BK Reporter]
- DoBro Abolitionist House Replacement Might Include Museum [Gothamist]
- Cobble Hill Has the Most Tree-Lined Streets, Study Says [amNY]
- Bed Stuy Garbage Mountain Draws Illegal Dumpers of All Kinds [Patch]
- Burst Pipe Floods Bed Stuy NYCHA Building [Pix11]
- Paule Marshall, ‘Brown Girl, Brownstones’ Author, Dead at 90 [ABC NY]
- ND Architecture Reveals New Mixed-Use Building in Bushwick [NYY]
- Construction of 540 Fulton Street Reaches Halfway Mark in DoBro [NYY]
Daily Links: City Unveils Plan to Bring Jobs, Retail, Elevators to Broadway Junction
In the News
- Kensington Grocery Store Raided by NYC Sheriff’s Officers [NYP]
- Proposed Bill Bans Vendors From Dyker Heights Christmas Lights [CBS NY]
- The Future of Broadway Junction [Curbed]
- New Lobster Roll Shop Heading to Crown Heights [Eater]
- Amor Y Amargo Is Opening a Bigger Location in Williamsburg [Eater]
- City Should Test Entire Schools for Lead Paint, Lawmakers Say [The City]
- UPROSE Floats ‘New Green Deal’ Alternative to Industry City Plan [KCP]
- Brooklyn Baklava Sets Up Shop in Boerum Hill [Bklyner]
- Brooklyn Rents Hit a Record High in July: Report [TRD]
- Developer Debuts Renderings of Five-Story Building in East Flatbush [NYY]
- Six-Story Transient Shelter Planned for Lot Behind Kings Theatre [NYY]
Daily Links: Activists Protest Threats to Historic Abolitionist House in Downtown Brooklyn
In the News
- Horseback Riding on the Beach, in Brooklyn. Seriously [NYT]
- Landmarks OKs Tweaks to Domino Sugar Refinery Redesign [Eagle]
- Brooklyn Tenants Ask Court to Step in Over Repairs to Buildings [Crain’s]
- Fight for ‘Abolitionist Place’ in Brooklyn Continues With Protest [amNY]
- Dekalb Avenue Stops Will Change With New, Longer Buses [Patch]
- Trump Public Charge Rule Could Leave Bed Stuy Hungry [Patch]
- San Blas Brings New Latin Cuisine to Brooklyn Heights [Bklyner]
- Bed Stuy Finally Gets a Sanitation Garage [KCP]
- Brookland Capital Loses Control of Another Brooklyn Development [TRD]
- Developer Rockrose Is Moving Into Fort Greene [TRD]
Daily Links: Abortion Clinics in Fort Greene, Ocean Hill Set to Close After Losing Federal Funding
In the News
- Pacific Park Board Deadlocked Over Luxury Gym [Eagle]
- Carroll Gardens Brewery Gets Super-Sized [BP]
- City Council Proposal Would Legalize Hostels Amidst Tourism Boom [Gothamist]
- Coney Island’s Luna Park Wants Customers to Name New Attractions [amNY]
- Midwood Contractor Spent Clients’ $700K on Designer Shopping Spree [Patch]
- Two Abortion Clinics Could Shut Down Next Month Without Funding [NY1]
- Rising Rents, More Blamed for Bushwick’s Shrinking Schools [City Limits]
- Gigi’s Bakery Brings Variety and Tradition to Bay Ridge [Bklyner]
- Bushwick Vegan Bar Precious Metal Closed Last Weekend [Bushwick Daily]
- Wall Collapses in Bushwick Sewer, Injuring Construction Worker [Bushwick Daily]
- Yoel Goldman Sells Majority Stake in Gowanus Dev Site to Rabsky [TRD]
- Excavation Begins at 22 Chapel Street in Downtown Brooklyn [NYY]
Daily Links: Developer Files Plans for New Apartments to Replace DoBro Abolitionist House
In the News
- No Pacific Park Gym Without Environmental Review, Locals Demand [Eagle]
- No Fix in Sight for Abandoned Homes in Sheepshead Bay [Eagle]
- Abolitionist-Related DoBro House Slated to Be Apartments [Gothamist]
- Most NYCHA Buildings Suffered Heat, Hot Water Losses This Winter [Curbed]
- Bâtard Owner Is Opening a Modern Brasserie in Williamsburg [Eater]
- Brownsville Demands Action in Wake of Mass Shooting [The City]
- Midwood Car Crash Leads to 19th Cyclist Death [Patch]
- Worker Stable After Falling at Coney Island Construction Site [Bklyner]
- Schools, Landmarks, Ecology Focus as Gowanus Awaits Rezoning [City Limits]
- Park Slope’s Uptown Roasters Suddenly Closes ‘Until Further Notice’ [Patch]
- Permits Filed for Five-Story Building on Lott Street in Flatbush [NYY]
Daily Links: Crown Heights Tenants Sue Landlord for Ignoring 421a Rules and Raising Rent
In the News
- Crown Heights Gets a Taste of Luxury [NYT]
- Chef on a Mission to Bring Soulful, Healthy Food to Bushwick [NYT]
- MTA Worker Saves Woman at Newkirk Plaza Station [NYP]
- Family of Pedestrian Killed at Dangerous Intersection Demand Action [Eagle]
- State Will Fund Connections Between Downtown Areas Divided by BQE [BP]
- Is NYC Ready to Take On Rent Control for Small Businesses? [Gothamist]
- Update on Lead Cleanup at Red Hook Ball Fields [Bklyner]
- It’s Been Slow-Pedaling for Bike Infrastructure in Bushwick [City Limits]
- Crown Heights Landlord Accused of Inflating Rent, Skirting 421a [TRD]
Daily Links: ICE Agents Tried to Raid an East New York Homeless Facility But Were Denied Access
In the News
- As Shootings Spike in North Brooklyn, Cops and Prosecutors Collide [NYT]
- Magician Oz Pearlman Snaps Up Carroll Gardens Penthouse [NYP]
- NYPD Set to Open Community Center in East New York [NYP]
- ICE Tried to Raid East New York Homeless Shelter Without Warrants [NYDN]
- Changes Coming for Downtown Brooklyn’s Dangerous Tillary Street [Eagle]
- Developer Plans 19-Story Building at Prospect Heights McDonald’s [Eagle]
- LIU Closes DoBro Campus Due to Unspecified Social Media Threat [BP]
- DOT Says Sunset Park’s Protected Bike Lane Will Be Done This Fall [Gothamist]
- Indie Music Distributor TuneCore Grows in Dumbo [CO]
