Daily Links: New Pollution Flows Into Gowanus Canal, Developments Adjust to Pandemic
In the News
- Real Estate Prices Fall Sharply in Manhattan [NYT]
- What the Coronavirus Has Done to New Development [NYT]
- More Space, Same Address in Brooklyn and Beyond [NYT]
- More Than 1,300 COVID-19 Victims in Brooklyn Freezers Awaiting Burial [NYP]
- Amid Surge in Gun Violence, Brooklyn Residents Pray for Peace [amNY]
- Chestnut, Sudo Stay Red Hot by Winning Nathan’s Hot Dog Contest [BP]
- Toppled Tree Blocks Prospect Park’s East Drive [BP]
- Remembering Joseph Merz: Brooklyn Architect, Urban Advocate [Eagle]
- Man Arrested After Fireworks Burn Down Flatlands Home [Patch]
- Businesses Say Insurance Companies Shafted Them on COVID Claim [The City]
- Council Softens But Doesn’t Stop Hit to NYC Housing Budget [City Limits]
- Brooklyn BP Adams Says Minority-Owned Businesses Are Being Targeted [Pix11]
- Coal Tar and CSO Pollution Flowing Into Gowanus Canal 4th Street Basin [PMFA]
- The Cop, the Virus and the Parrot [Brownstone Detectives]
- Any NYC Family Can Opt for Full-Time Remote Learning This Fall [Chalkbeat]
Daily Links: Eviction Relief Extended for Tenants, Indoor Dining Return Postponed
In the News
- Did Floyd Protests Lead to a Virus Surge? Here’s What We Know [NYT]
- Nearly $1 Billion Is Shifted From Police in Budget That Pleases No One [NYT]
- That Healing Jazz Thing on a Porch in Flatbush [NYT]
- Alleged BLM Activists Vandalized Corey Johnson’s Boyfriend’s ‘Burg Home [NYP]
- Restaurant Service to Remain Outside During Phase 3 of Reopening [BP]
- Cops Rescue Escaped Brooklyn Zoo Peacock From Ducking Traffic [amNY]
- Kings County Hospital Cancels Gynecological Cancer Care [The City]
- The Disaster Building in Park Slope: Fruitful for Our Friendship [Curbed]
- Cuomo Signs Bill Extending Eviction Relief for Tenants [Gothamist]
- The MTA Rolls Out PPE Vending Machines in Select Subway Stations [Gothamist]
- How a Park Slope Restaurant Reopens [NYM]
- Brooklyn Filmmaker Sees Healing as a Form of Resistance [Hyperallergic]
- Modern Meets Organic in Brooklyn Apartment [Remodelista]
Daily Links: Storm Damages Homes in Brooklyn, Mural Pops Up in Williamsburg
In the News
- De Blasio and Council, Facing Fiscal Crisis, Agree on Budget With Big Cuts [NYT]
- Why Out-of-Work New Yorkers Are Starting Cooking Businesses [NYT]
- De Blasio Delays Land Use Reboot, Leaving Development in Question [NYP]
- Thunderstorm Topples Trees, Causes Damage in Brooklyn [amNY]
- Mayor de Blasio Vows End of Solitary Confinement in Jails [The City]
- Fairway Red Hook Expected to Close Permanently by July 17 [BKlyner]
- Municipal Art Society Urges City to Hold Off on Gowanus Rezoning [PMFA]
- Winner Is Your New Park Slope Pastry And Picnic Headquarters [Gothamist]
- Williamsburg Mural Depicts 2020’s Chaotic Headlines, So Far [Greenpointers]
- One Black Orthodox Jewish Woman Is Opening Minds in Crown Heights [Vogue]
- NYC May Overhaul How One-Third of Its High Schools Are Supervised [Chalkbeat]
- Freddie Mac Extends Multifamily Loan Forbearance Relief to Landlords [TRD]
- Marvel Architects Reveals Updated Proposals for 29 Jay Street in Dumbo [NYY]
Daily Links: New York State May Slow Pace of Phase 3 Reopening, Delay Return of Indoor Dining
In the News
- Alarmed by Sunbelt Spike, New York Reconsiders Pace of Reopening [NYT]
- Care Orgs for New Yorkers Facing Massive Cuts Amid Pandemic [BP]
- Bay Ridge Community Raises Thousands to Support Local Comic Shop [BP]
- Affordable Lottery Odds Worst for Those Who Can Afford the Least [The City]
- Edge for Neighborhood Residents Skews the Odds in Housing Lotteries [The City]
- Band’s Coronavirus Diversion Leads to Nightly Prospect Park Gig [Patch]
- Eateries and Bars Now Offer Outdoor Seating on Smith and Court Streets [PMFA]
- A Parisian Incubator for Rising Chefs to Open in Greenpoint [Greenpointers]
- Glady’s Restaurant in Crown Heights Has Closed Permanently [Untapped]
- Coronavirus and Extreme Heat Are ‘on a Collision Course’ in NYC [Curbed]
- MTV Video Music Awards to Take Place at Barclays With Cuomo OK [RS]
Daily Links: Open Streets Turn Into Outdoor Dining Venues, Absentee Ballots Still Being Counted
In the News
- Drugstore, Butcher, Dry Cleaner: Pandemic’s Toll on a Brooklyn Block [NYT]
- Public Spaces Weren’t Designed for Pandemics. NYC Is Trying to Adapt [NYT]
- Why the $6 Billion NYPD Is Now a Target of ‘Defund the Police’ [NYT]
- Beloved PLG Brewery Looks to Expand [BP]
- A Bagpiper Uses His Park Slope Street Corner to Honor the Dead [WP]
- Absentee Ballot Count Could Swing Nearly a Dozen Close Primary Races [amNY]
- Pandemic-Emptied Hotels Could Become Affordable Housing [The City]
- The Man Behind the Mask, Goggles, Gloves and Glasses [Greenpointers]
- What It’s Like to Visit the Skyline Drive-in Movie Theater in Greenpoint [BI]
- A Park Slope Brownstone With Equal Parts Tradition and Whimsy [AD]
- Restaurants Can Apply to Have Seats on Closed Streets Starting Monday [Eater]
- Permits Filed for a Six-Story Mixed-Use Building In Sunset Park [NYY]
Daily Links: Crown Heights Subway Stations to Be Renamed in Honor of Medgar Evers
In the News
- Fireworks Conspiracy Theories: Why You Should Be Skeptical [NYT]
- Al Capone’s Childhood Home in Brooklyn Hits Market for $2.9 Million [NYP]
- New York City Could Go into Phase 3 of Reopening by Early July [amNY]
- Brooklyn Primaries to Watch as Absentee Ballots Come In [BP]
- Insurgent Brooklyn District Leader Candidates Gain Tentative Leads [BP]
- Crown Heights Subway Stations Will Bear Medgar Evers’ Name [Patch]
- Who Is Setting Off All the Fireworks in Brooklyn? [Buzzfeed]
- Vineapple’s Grand Reopening in Brooklyn Heights [BHB]
- New York Housing Courts Reopen to Confusion and Protests [Curbed]
- LPC Sends Brooklyn Music School Expansion Back to Drawing Board [AN]
- Prospect Heights Nerd Mecca the Way Station Permanently Closes [Eater]
- Clinton Hill Residents to Reclaim Playground From NYPD [Streetsblog]
- Insiders Dish on Pandemic Pricing for NYC Homes [TRD]
Daily Links: City Beaches to Open July 1, MTA Halts All Major Projects
In the News
- Real Estate Agents Return to Work as City Reopens [NYT]
- Pandemic May Force New York City to Lay Off 22,000 Workers [NYT]
- NYC Beaches Will Be Open for Swimming on July 1 [NYP]
- Dog Owners Demand Mayor Reopen City’s Dog Runs [BP]
- Cuomo Issues Travel Advisory for New York State[amNY]
- City to Add 23 More Miles of Open Streets [amNY]
- MTA Pulls Brake on All Major Projects as Financial Woes Mount [The City]
- 100-Year-Old WWII Vet Wins Fight to Stay in His Bed Stuy Home [Pix11]
- MTA Explores Use of AI To Measure Mask Compliance [Gothamist]
- Here’s How NYC Plans to Keep New Yorkers Cool This Summer [Curbed]
- Virtual Brooklyn Book Fair Showcases New Artists’ Books, Zines [Hyperallergic]
- Takeout Cocktail Law Expires Soon, Worrying Cash-Strapped Restaurants [Eater]
Daily Links: City to Crack Down on Sellers of Illegal Fireworks, New Park Set to Open in Greenpoint
In the News
- New York City Announces Crackdown on Illegal Fireworks [NYT]
- Park Slope Principal Warns Parents About Potential Chaos Next School Year [NYP]
- Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Will Take Place Over Three Nights in NYC [NYP]
- Under the K Bridge Park to Open in Greenpoint [Eagle]
- Coney Island Group Unveils Plans for Reimagined Mermaid Parade [BP]
- Salons Reopen and Restaurants Go Al Fresco, But Some Face Roadblocks [BP]
- De Blasio Says It’s Time to Rethink Alternate-Side Parking in NYC [amNY]
- My Family Saw a Police Car Hit a Kid on Halloween in Brooklyn [ProPublica]
- A Day to Celebrate: Scenes from Day 1 of Phase 2 in Brooklyn Heights [BHB]
- Unemployment Numbers Show NYC Has Lost Two-Thirds of Its Food Jobs [Eater]
Daily Links: City Playgrounds Reopen, Bedford Cheese Shop Leaves Brooklyn
In the News
- Fitting a Family of Five Into a One-Bedroom in Park Slope [NYT]
- They Wanted a Brooklyn Fixer-Upper for the Right Price [NYT]
- New Yorkers Can Now Go Back to Offices, But Many Won’t [NYT]
- New Yorkers Flood Barbershops, Hair Salons as Phase 2 Reopening Begins [NYP]
- New York City Playgrounds Officially Reopen in Phase 2 [amNY]
- City Official ‘Misspoke’ About Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane on Roadway [BP]
- A Slow Climb Back Begins as NYC Hits Likely Bottom on Job Losses [The City]
- Vinegar Hill House’s Jean Adamson on Saving Her Restaurant [Bloomberg]
- Has Brooklyn Paramount Theatre Reno Been Permanently Delayed? [Bklyner]
- Firework Complaints Increase, Officials Seek Supplier Crackdown [Gothamist]
- Bedford Cheese Shop Leaves Williamsburg After 17 Years [Eater]
- Permits Filed for 11-Story Mixed-Use Building in Bed Stuy [NYY]
Daily Links: Illegal Fireworks Ignite Tensions in Flatbush, NYC Enters Phase Two of Reopening
In the News
- New Woe for a Jittery N.Y.C.: Illegal Fireworks Going Off All Night [NYT]
- Why Selling Bootleg Cocktails Just Got Harder [NYT]
- Facing Pandemic Fallout, NYC Freezes Rent for 2 Million Tenants [NYT]
- Here’s What Businesses Will Open Monday in Phase 2 of NYC Reopening [amNY]
- Cop in Protester Shoving Left Trail of Complaints in Brownsville [The City]
- Half of NYC’s Immigrants Are Unemployed Because of the Pandemic [The City]
- Garbage Is Piling Up in Transmitter Park, Neighbors Have a Plan [Greenpointers]
- NYC Pledges to Rename Parks After Black Americans [NBC]
- Bushwick Tenants Told to Remove Black Lives Matter Signs [Gothamist]
- Author Rumaan Alam Finds Comfort in Father-Son Bike Rides [Vanity Fair]
- Toby Moskovits’ Bushwick Generator Thrown Into Receivership [TRD]
- NYC’s Lockdown Will Count as One Day on the Market for Resi Listings [TRD]
- Juneteenth Will Be a Holiday for NYC Schools Next Year [Chalkbeat]
