[Photo courtesy of ethersong/GL Flickr Pool] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brookyn-related information and images. Today we mourn Richard Wright and, of course, David Foster Wallace: · Looking at Deadly Boerum Place [NYDN] · School Report Cards Coming Today. Grades Higher Than Last Year? [NYP] · Taking in the View of Coney from Above […]

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[Image courtesy of With LOve/flickr] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Former Owner of Brooklyn Mortgage Firm Said to Steal $44M [NYP] · More on Fort Greene’s Effort to Get an Indie Bookstore [NYDN] · Tax Issue Wasn’t a Problem for Brooklyn Civil Court Judge Candidate [NYT] · East New […]

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Brooklinks is very,very sad today. · Bay Ridge Dog Helps Rescue Neighbor [NYDN] · Eulogy for My Father [OTBKB] · “Brooklyn South” Offers Up Prospect Heights a Decade Ago [AYR] · Brooklyn Street Safety Fixes Are Lagging Despite Promises [Streetsblog] · Another Look at Fischer-Kaufman Sandwich on Burg’s N. 4 St. [Brownstoner] · Brooklyn Filmmaker’s […]

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[Photo courtesy of INSIJS] Today, we turn again to our old weekly Brooklyn food linkage special to include some food-related items that have caught our eyes: · A Cargo Container-Based Restaurant on N. 6 St. in Burg? [INSIJS] · Turkish Food for My Little India Space [Brownstoner] · Red Hook’s Cool Bar Botanica Adding Food […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Brooklyn Primary Election Results [NYDN] · Surprise: Camera Phones are Fighting Crime [NYT] · Wandering the New Trader Joe’s Like a Zombie [McBrooklyn] · Resident Shareholders Meet to Fight Sponsor Control [Brownstoner] · Five Good Places to Write [Brooklyn Based] · More Bars on […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Firehouses Haunted by Ravages of 9/11 Seven Years Later [NYDN] · City Reopens Dumbo Manhattan Bridge Arch [Metro] · A Lot of Veggies & Flowers Being Grown at Floyd Bennett Field [NYDN] · Here’s the Slowest Moving Karl Fischer in Williamsburg [Curbed] · Five […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Heroes Rescue Disabled Man from Fire [NYDN] · Checking Out a Block of Eastern Parkway [Metro] · Brooklyn Heights Principal Turns Around School [NYP] · 8-Year-Old Boy Killed on Bike by Postal Truck [NYDN] · Nets Close to Issuing $800M in Bonds for Arena […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. This is a special, extra Astroland edition: · Astroland Closes, This Time, It Appears for Good [NYT] · After 46 Years, Game Over for Astroland [NY1] · Ride’s over at Coney Island amusement park [AP] · Coney Island to Have Surf, Sand, but No Astroland […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Diversity Day in Brooklyn is Reaction to Hate Crimes [Sun] · 9/11 Memorial Stolen from Greenpoint Church [NYDN] · In Markowitz’s “Brooklyn!” Publication, No Mention of Brooklyn Day [AYR] · Connor-Squadron Debate Vids [BHB] · Are the Battle of Brooklyn Dead Here at Third […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Departed Stuckey Spins Atlantic Yards in New Book [AYR] · Follow-Up Detail on Widely Noted A&S Pork Store Move [NYDN] · Vinegar Hill Butcher Shop Was Never a Butcher Shop [Brownstoner] · Live Blogging the Squadron-Connor Debate [BHB] · Film Shoot on Franklin [New […]

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[Photo courtesy of David “Paco” Abraham] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · More Issues for Embattled Arabic School [NYP] · Victim of Beating at Ebbets Field Houses Laid to Rest [NYDN] · Checking in on a Slow Moving Bed-Stuy Highrise [Brownstoner] · Sesame Street Special Shooting in Brooklyn Heights [BHB] […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Housing Authority Cuts Could Hurt Seniors and Kids [NYDN] · Elevator Failures at Senior Towers [NYT] · Wyckoff Homesteads Gets New Energy [NYDN] · City Answers FOIL Request, Ducks Question About $100M Subsidy [AYR] · Goodbye Summer [Brooklynometry] · Labor Day at the Newtown […]

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[Photo courtesy of mikebny/GL Flickr Pool] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Woman Survives Fall Down Brownsville Church Elevator Shaft [NYDN] · Okay, So There’s Grumbling Over New Stadium Ticket Prices [AYR] · Slain Couple Left Bizarre Wills [NYDN] · Dowtown’s Dime Savings Bank Exterior Renovation Done [Brownstoner] · West […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · More on the Coney Island Craigslist Hookup Slaying [NYP] · Slope Grandfather of 12 Hit and Killed on Fourth Ave. [NYDN] · Meet the Animal Rescuer Behind SNIP [NYP] · Markowitz Backs Changes to Term Limits [CityLimits] · LPC Postponing Riverside Apartments Decision [Brownstoner] […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Man Goes to Meet Woman from Craigslist is Robbed, Shot & Dies [NYDN] · Power Broker Clarence Norman’s Life is Different Today [NYP] · McCarren Park Observed [NYT] · Will New Head of ESDC Check Out AY Footprint? [AYR] · Sign Check at Triangle […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Killer Elevators: Overhauls Delayed at 24 City Projects [NYT] · Daniel Squadron Gets Backing of Anthony Weiner in State Sen. Race [Sun] · Memory of Detective Led to Bust of Brooklyn Granny Mugger [NYT] · Corrupt Ex-Judge Wants a Break [NYDN] · Brooklyn Teen […]

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[The image is last night’s fireworks in Prospect Park before the screening of Hairspray] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images; · DA Investigating Boy’s Fall Down South Burg Elevator Shaft [NYT] · Elevator That Killed Little Boy Finally Gets Fixed [NYDN] · Guy Who Choked & Mugged 85-Year-Old Woman Arrested [NYP] […]

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[Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Junction] For a long time, we rolled out a weekly link wrap devoted to Brooklyn food and drink. Here we are again: · Corn Bread Diner Opens Its Doors [Brooklyn Junction] · God No: Lucali’s On Vacation Through End of August [Chowhound] · Eton on Sackett St. Has “Amazing Dumplings” [ABL] […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Little Boy Dies in South Burg in Fall Down Elevator Shaft [NYT] · Same Sex Offender Strikes Twice in Borough Park [NYP] · Williamsburg Developing an Antiques Scene [Sun] · Sheepshead Bay Family Escapes from War-Torn Georgia [NYP] · Bedford Avenue Park Will Open […]

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[Photo courtesy of Adrian Kinloch/Brit in Brooklyn] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Security Video Show Attack on Senior in Flatbush [NYT] · Man in Vid Wanted in 12 Similar Brooklyn Robberies [Sun] · Joy on Coney Island Ave. Over Musharraf Resignation [NYDN] · Artists Finding a Place in Sunset […]

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[Photo courtesy of Adrian Kinloch/Brit in Brooklyn] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Charter Schools, Public Schools Compete for Space [NYDN] · Gehry Seeks “Small Percentage of Space” to Make Difference [AYR] · Youth Gone Wild Ruins the Park (in 1871) [A Year in the Park] · Brooklyn Has Two-Headed […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Happy weekend: · Brooklyn Man Accused of Beating Three-Year-Old Daughter [NYT] · Okay, 32+ Months for Atlantic Yards Arena [AYR] · New Minverva Coming Up [Brownstoner] · The McCarren Park Compost Project [NAG] · Benches Fixed in Sunset Park [BVIB] · Brooklyn Heights Gristedes Cleaned […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Private Initiative: Turning City-Owned Brooklyn Land Into Parking Lot [NYT] · Brooklyn Tech HS Graduation Rate Falls [NYDN] · A New “Barclays/Nets Community Alliance” [AYR] · A Look Inside the Fort Greene Masonic Temple [Brownstoner] · A Wall Provides “Affordable Housing” [Footprint Gazette] · […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Moms Defend Bay Ridge Playground Against Drunks, Unruly Teens [NYDN] · So, Perhaps Barclays Center 2012? [AYR] · Toren Showing a Lot of Skin [Brownstoner] · Homelessness in Sheepshead Bay [Sheepshead Bites] · Summer Streets 2008 Video [Streets Blog] · Williamsburg is an Asian […]

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[Photo courtesy of June Carter Cash Peep/GL Flickr Pool] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: &#183: More on How the Downtown Rezone is Pushing Out Small Business [NYDN] · Dancer Hit by Car in Bed-Stuy [NYP] · Announcement About Gowanus Whole Foods Coming Soon [Brownstoner] · Still A Lot of Car […]

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