· Many People Shaken by Tragedy of Brooklyn Gospel Star & Pastor [NYT] · Woman Who Died After Neglect at Kings County Hospital Mourned [NYDN] · Cops Looking for Suspects in Deadly Bed-Stuy Gun Battle [Sun] · Kosciuszko Bridge Replacement Project Delayed Again [NYDN] · Ugly Betty Filming in Dumbo [Dumbo NYC] · Sunday Morning […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Boat rescue off Seagate on July 4 [NYP] · More Detail on Crest Hardware (and Art) in Williamsburg [NYT] · Brooklyn’s “Godfather of Gospel” in Horrendous Car Accident [NYDN] · Soldier Shot Dead at July 4 Barbecue in Fight Over Woman [NYP] · Atlantic […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. To all those heading out of town or to the beach today, enjoy and have a safe trip. A wonderful Fourth of July weekend and official beginning of summer to everyone!!! · Kings County Hospital Execs Fired After Awful Neglect Death [NYDN] · Boy Rescued from […]

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[BBG Rose Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Man Tosses Grandchildren from Window to Save Them From Fire [NYDN] · Video of Woman Dying in Hospital from Neglect Spurs Change [NYT] · Mayor “Disgusted” by Kings County Hospital Death [NYDN] · Hospital to Institute Reforms […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Kings County Hospital Vid Shows No One Helped Dying Woman [NYP] · Six Injured in Kensington House Fire [AP/NYDN] · A Lot of Info About the July 4 Fireworks [Sun] · Neighborhoods “Getting Safer” Because of More Cops [NYDN] · Questions for Tax-Exempt Financing […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Graduation at Fort Greene’s Urban Assembly School for Law & Justice [NYT] · Corey Booker Still Trying to Get the Nets to Move to Newark [Metro] · Ratner Hasn’t “Acquired” 85 Percent of Atlantic Yards Site as Claimed [AYR] · Former Ratner Exec. Jim […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Yes, There is Pervuian Music at Barbes in the Slope [NYT] · Fourth of July Fireworks Details [NYP] · Old Canarsie Photos and a Copyright Fight [NYT] · Greenpoint Bodega Fire Slideshow [Greenpointers] · Bay Ridge Green Church Fight is Part of an Old […]

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Herewith a sampling of some concerts taking place between today and Sunday: Friday 6/27/08 Barbes: Stephane Wrembel (French Virtuoso Guitarist) $10, 9:00pm Celebrate Brooklyn, Prospect Park Bandshell: Cold War Kids, Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Sam Champion (Indie Rock) – Free!!, 7:00pm Saturday 6/28/08 The Yard: Benevento/Russo Duo (Indie/Jam)- $15 advance/ $20 Day of Show, 4:00pm […]

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Here’s a special extra edition of Brooklinks for this Friday featuring waterfall coverage: · The Waterfalls Start Falling [Brownstoner] · The Freakin’ Waterfalls are On: Brooklyn Bridge Edition [Curbed] · The Waterfalls are Here! [Gothamist] · And, Now, the Brooklyn Bridge Waterfall [GL] · Waterfalls Display Opens on Harbor [CityRoom] · Falls Get Mayor Gushing […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Midwood Real Estate Agency Accused of Discrimination [Metro] · Memories: “No Taxypayer Dollars Will Go To Build a Sports Arena” [AYR] · New Coney Island USA Building Sets the Stage [Kinetic Carnival] · Bay Ridge Residents Forming Food Coop After Key Foods Closing [NYDN] […]

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· Candor on WTC Timeline, Same Old Thing on Atlantic Yards [AYR] · Delays for Cameras in Subways [NYT] · Hot Karl Fischer Doing Wallabout Street [Brownstoner] · Brooklyn Bees & More at Fort Greene Market [Green Brooklyn] · Who Do You Call When Its Nuts Outside? [Bed-Stuy Blog] · Unter den Lindens [Brooklynometry] · […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Brooklyn Mom Seeks Subway Platform “Angel” [NYP] · Surprise: Buildings Dept. Criticized as Too Slow on Violations [Sun] · More New Regulations to Improve Construction Safety [NYT] · About the People Throwing the Atlantic Yards “Block Party” [AYR] · Subway Love on the G […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Atlantic Yards: · Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Atlantic Yards Case [NYT] · Court Won’t Review Nets Arena Project [NYDN] · Supreme Court Denies Eminent Domain Appeal [AYR] · Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Atlantic Yards [Sun] Not Atlantic Yards: · Building Collapse on Bergen […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Recchia Funded Group That Improperly Made Big Loan [NYDN] · Atlantic Yards: This Generation’s Penn Station? [AYR] · Work Underway on Amity Street Horror II Penthouse? [BK 11201] · Bright Space Ribbon Cutting [Bed-Stuy Banana] · Many Wet Bottoms at Celebrate Brooklyn Show [Brooklynometry] […]

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Here’s a special extra Brooklinks in order to roundup a small selection of Mermaid Parade linkage: · 11,100+ Mermaid Parade 2008 flickr Photos!!! [flickr] · Rite of Summer Turns a Little Serious [NYT] · Coney Island Mermaid Parade 08 [Gothamist] · Mermaids and Moshers: A Tale of Two Islands [Brit in Brooklyn] &#183 Brooklyn Mermaids […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Bed-Stuy Library Reopens After $2M Renovation [NYT] · Second Indictment in Brooklyn Construction Death [NYP] · Two Brooklynites Get Presidential Medal of Freedom [NYDN] · DDDB Asks State Board to Reconsider Atlantic Yards Approval [AYR] · Sunset Park Firehouse Work Underway [Brownstoner] · A […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · The Horror in the Aftermath of a Little Boy Killed in Brooklyn [NYT] · Guy with Gun Runs into Cypress Hills School and Hides [NYP] · Of Course: The Crappy Cake School Prank Idea Came from MTV [NYDN] · Markowitz Says Brooklyn Has “Friendly” […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brookyn-related information and images. (The photo above is Red Hook in April, 2006): · Brooklyn DA Dropping Charges in Sean Bell Protests [NYT] · Bensonhurst Food Pantry Facing Crisis [NYDN] · TB Scare at Bed-Stuy School [NYP] · At the Department of Buildings Job Fair [CityRoom] · Some groups […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Car-Free Streets for Three Days in August [NYT] · Summer Streets for NYC [Sustainable Flatbush] · Brooklyn Couple Indicted for Death of Three Year Old [Sun] · 110 Livingston Ends Up Going Nondo in Home Stretch [Curbed] · Windows Brooklyn [Brownstoner] · More Detail […]

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Is Chocolate Girl, the South Slope chocolate and candy shop on Seventh Avenue, done? Well, generally a seizure notice on the front door is not a good sign. A post on Brooklynian says: “There’s a sign on the door saying something about it being seized by Marshals….. can’t remember exactly. Sad, but not surprising given […]

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[Photo courtesy of Deborah Matlack] · Recalling the Drug Gangs at Bed-Stuy’s Lafayette Gardens [NYDN] · Interesting Profile of Teen African-American Crown Heights Jew [NYT] · All of the OTB Parlors Have Been Saved [NYP] · Officials Want More Atlantic Yards Oversight [Sun] · Dime Savings Bank [Fading Ad Blog] · U Love Coney Videos […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · More About the Little Uncivil War in Manhattan Beach [NYT] · Cheesesteak Place on Flatbush Goes Belly Up Way Before Arena [AYR] · Desktop Day: Coney Creature [Brit in Brooklyn] · Bay Ridge Loves Its Railroad Tracks. Not. [NYT] · Mother, Child & Swoon […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Boy Hit by Van in Marine Park [NYP] · Teacher Job Fight at Closing Brooklyn High School [NYDN] · Meet Elsie Freeman, Age 110 [NYP] · Rep. Kucinich Asks IRS to Wait on Atlantic Yards Finance Approval [AYR] · Block Parties and Curmudgeons [Bed-Stuy […]

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Given the fact that we always enjoy a focus on construction safety, there’s something compelling about this YouTube vid that shows two-by-fours crashing down in South Williamsburg. Heads up.

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[Photo courtesy of Property Shark; the Scarano building is on the far right] · Buildings Department Charges Brooklyn Architect [Sun] · Building Blockhead [NYP] · Zoning Rules are Flouted by Architect, City Says [NYT] · Brooklyn Architect Robert Scarano Put on Notice [Daily Intel] · Charges Filed Against Brooklyn Architect Robert Scarano [Gothamist]

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