Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Assault on African-American in Crown Heights Raises Concerns [Sun] Killing at Crown Heights House Party [NYDN] Brooklyn Tech Ranking Drops [NYP] So, Now, Ouroussoff Criticizes “Distorted Reality” of Project Renderings [AYR] History of the Greenpoint Starbucks [Lost City] With Brooklyn Independent Television in the Park […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Cobbler’s Row in South Williamsburg [NYT] Grandfather Killed in Crown Heights DWI [NYP] ‘Belt Parkway Killer Set Free’ [NYDN] Getting the Ballfields in Shape [GerritsenBeach.Net] Street Tree Walking Tour Next Sunday [Sustainable Flatbush] Hair Returns Center, Ditmas Park [Fading Ad Blog] Big New Food Coop [Ditmas […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Photos: Mr. Sign [Bluejake] Another Finger Grows in Brooklyn [Atomische] Sunset Park/Bay Ridge Walk Photoset [mandaclose/flickr] Pear Blossoms [Brooklynometry] Sheepshead Bay Photoset [Dalton Rooney/flickr] Cyclone [ms. squegee/flickr] Words: Con Ed Admits It’s Demolishing Landmark Kent Ave. Power Plant [INSIJS] Ratner E-Newsletter Wants Readers to “Reach […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Crown Heights Bias Beating of African-American by Hassidic Men? [NYDN] Six-Year Arena Timetable First Surfaced in December ’06 [AYR] Bay Ridge Pet Groomer Charged with Beating Tiny Burmese Cat [NYDN] ‘Gowanus lounge,’ but Not This Gowanus Lounge [Brooklyn Paper] Park Slope Rabbi Andy Bachman One […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Park Slope Child Still Missing [OTBKB] Newark Echoes in Brooklyn After Sharpe James Conviction [AYR] 2 Council Aides Said to Embezzle Funds, Brooklyn Involved [NYT] Brooklyn Heights School Was Underused, Now Overcrowded [NYDN] Fire on Pierrepont Street [Brooklyn Heights Blog] Urban Gravestones, Part 5 [Bed-Stuy […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Brooklyn Man Dies in Fall at Shea [NYP] More on de Blasio’s Call for an Atlantic Yards Demo Moratorium [NYDN] De Blasio’s Late Atlantic Yards Conversion [AYR] Assem. Vito Lopez Facing Scrutiny [Sun] Brooklyn Bishop Enjoying Pope’s Visit [NYP] Baby Snatched at Gunpoint in Brooklyn by […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Parents Want Schools Tested for PCBs [NYDN] Brooklyn Needs a Venue for Discussion of Development [AYR] Billions of Bucks for Bruce Roundup [No Land Grab] Bodega Owner Faces Felony Charges After Attacking Teen [NYDN] Hammer Attack Leaves Teen Critical [NYP] Ask About Brooklyn Architecture [CityRoom] […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: 106-Year-Old Woman Celebrates Birthday at Crown Heights Church [NYDN] Brooklyn’s Art Scene Outside Galleries [Metro] Increased Air Traffic Noise? [OTBKB] Pier 1 Buildings Disappear [McBrooklyn] New Flatbush Food Coop Looks Great [Sustainable Flatbush] The Five Faces of Mary [Bed-Stuy Banana] Planet Mom T-Shirts [OTBKB] Bet […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Three Arrested for Killing Brooklyn Man Who Peed in Their Building [NYP] End of the City Section’s Op-Ed & Editorial Page [AYR] In Brighton Beach, a Semi-Hip Shop is News [NYT] Sustainable Flatbush Monthly Meeting on Monday (4/14) [Sustainable Flatbush] Flatbush Food Coop [Ditmas Park Blog] […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Pics: Revs Over Greenpoint [Blue Jake] Spring Colours in Prospect Park [Brit in Brooklyn] Brooklyn Botanic [melann2/flickr] Daffodil Hill 2008 [Atomische] Old Gowanus, Sea Level [Treetop Mom/flickr] Words & Pics: Fix the Atlantic Yards Housing Page, Apts. Won’t Be Ready in 2010 [AYR] Brooklyn Flea […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Forest City Ratner Has Second-Largest Lobbying Contract in State [AYR] McCain & Bloomberg Go to Bay Ridge [NYDN] McCain in the Ridge [Left in Bay Ridge] Canarsie Day Care Center Doubles as Disgusting Mushroom Farm [NYDN] Details of Awful Bensonhurst Murder Recalled [NYP] Added Detail […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Brooklyn DA’s Office Busts Contraband Cigarettes [NYT] Paterson Doesn’t Mention Atlantic Yards in Development Speech [AYR] Breslin on Kerouac in Brooklyn [Runnin’ Scared] The Greening of Bed-Stuy [Bed-Stuy Banana] Get Ready for Spring, Brooklyn Heights [BHB] Segway on Montague Street [McBrooklyn] Smudges of Green in the […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Brooklyn Bridge is on Must Fix List [Sun] Assemwoman Diane Gordon Convicted of Taking a Bribe from Developer [NYP] Lawmaker Found Guilty of Corruption [NYT] Charles Barron’s Wife May Run for Gordon’s Assembly Seat [Sun] Party’s Over at Troubled Sunset Park Nonprofit [NYDN] Riverside Apts. […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Considering the Many Angles of the Bruce Ratner Brooklyn Museum Gala [AYR] Girl Found Hanging in Closet in East New York Dies [NYP] Man Hit and Killed by Subway Train Near Franklin Avenue Station [CityRoom] Boerum Place Getting Spruced Up [Brownstoner] Block Association Calls for Atlantic […]

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Congestion pricing died in Albany yesterday, perhaps for good. Here is some of the coverage: $8 Traffic Fee for Manhattan Gets Nowhere [NYT] With Congestion Pricing Dead, $17B Transit Deficit Looms [Streets Blog] Requiem for Congestion Pricing [2nd Ave Sagas] Breaking: Silver Says Congestion Pricing is Dead [Gothamist] Conge$tion Hits End of the Road [NYP] […]

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[Photo courtesy of GL’s Carroll Gardens Correspondent] Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Forest City Ratner: “We Still Need More Subsidies” [AYR] Brooklyn Man Killed by Subway Train [NYDN] Redemption Center in Brownsville Returns Prisoners to Life [NYT] BAM Screens The Sargassa Manuscript [DITHOB] Artist Paints Tribute to Fallen Cop [NYDN] Greenpoint […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Very Limited Results in “Assault” on Brooklyn Drug Trade [NYT] Police Car Goes Airborne, Crashes into Coney Light Pole [NYDN] How to Get to Brooklyn Flea Today! [Brooklyn Flea] Bullets Over Brooklyn [BHB] Dumbo Weekly Links [Dumbo NYC] The SE Corner of Bed-Stuy [Bed-Stuy Banana] […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Photos: Two Trees in Prospect Park [Blue Jake] Cameraman [Atomische] Nice or Necessary or Both? [Brit in Brookyn] Good Morning Cranberry’s [BHB] Cyclone [Texas #4/flickr] Stopped at Sunny’s [Atomische] Not All Photos: Atlantic Yards Website Talks Suites, Not Stall [AYR] Atlantic Yards Report Digest [No […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Crime-Related: Brooklynite Creates Rape T-Shirt [NYT] “Tears for Rap Bash Bullet Ma” [NYP] SUV Kills Teen in Sunset Park [NYDN] Not Crime-Related: 14 Commercial Townhouses in Red Hook [Brownstoner] Educators Accuse Mayor of Forcing Out Arabic School Principal [Sun] Epic Bed-Stuy Murals [Bed-Stuy Banana] Greetings […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Resigned Director of Troubled Sunset Park Agency Still There [NYDN] Forest City Ratner’s “Shadowy Foundation” Dispenses $1.7M [AYR] Three Firefighters Hurt in Brownsville [NYT] Father of the Year: Gives Two-Year-Old a Gun, She Shoots Herself [NYDN] Lawmaker Seeks Help for Sick Brooklyn Girl [Sun] Post-Fire […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Mayhem: Baby Shot and Injured in Brownsville [Sun] Two People Stabbed to Death in Sheepshead Bay Apt. [NYT] Sheephead Bay Psycho Rampage [NYP] Not Mayhem: Latest BAM Addition Complete [Brownstoner] Digging Into the Atlantic Yards Supreme Court Appeal [AYR] Borough Hall Rats Thriving [PMFA] Sunset […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images:Just Kidding: Ratner Announces “Midtown Mews” [No Land Grab] Trump Bay Ridge on the Way [Bay Ridge Blog] Not Kidding: Forest City Disclosure: AY Delayed, Risky and Need More Subsidies [AYR] Brooklyn Moms Take Anti-Gang Fight to Streets [NYDN] Crest in Park Slope Almost Sold Out […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: More than $20B in Big Developments Around City, Including Brooklyn, Dead? [NYDN] Deadly Domestic Abuse in Red Hook [Gothamist] Mom Killed by Stray Bullet in Bed-Stuy [NYP] Mother Killed at Random by Thugs at Brooklyn Party [NYDN] South Carolina HS Band Visits Red Hook [Gothamist] […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Is Miss Brooklyn Dead or Undead? [AYR] Public Parkland Parking Lot Popular for Public Employees [NYDN] Explorer Frederick Cook, of Bushwick [NYT] Bed Bug Seminars Coming [New York Shitty] Man Shot by People Who Had Partied at City Councilman’s Club [NYDN] Cracked Sidewalks as Geology […]

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[Image for GL courtesy of Deborah Matlack/Matlack Photography] Photos: From the Forte Roof #1 [Blue Jake] Prospect Park West [Velvet Sea] From the Forte Roof #2 [Blue Jake] Bring Our Troops Home [Atomische] Shadow Play [Lex’s Folly] Hero Worship [Brit in Brooklyn] Not Entirely Photos: Ratner Finances His Manhattan Office Tower [AYR] Lights Out Today […]

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