A collection of headlines and events involving the borough today, Thursday, June 5th, 2014. Updated periodically.
Brooklyn Heights & DUMBO
- A clover field grows in Brooklyn: John Street Pasture opens Saturday [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Full Scale Replica of Statue of Liberty Around Brooklyn Bridge Park, Elsewhere [Untapped Cities]
Downtown BK
- Community Health Expo [BrooklynBuzz] and R&B Festival [YourSocialFix]
Park Slope, South Slope, & Windsor Terrace
- PS/MS 282 Principal Leaves Position Amidst Controversy [Park Slope Stoop]
- Hari Kondabolu Walks into a Bar: A Community Organizer Turned Comedian Finds a Home in Windsor Terrace [BKYLNR]
- De Blasio Could Be Fined $500 for Failing to Properly Register Rental Home [DNAInfo]
Williamsburg & Greenpoint
- HBO’s ‘Girls’ Leave a Trail of Detritus [Brooklyn Paper]
- Josey Baker at Marlow & Sons for Book Signing [Eater]
- “New Yorkers Missing the G Train” Video [Village Voice]
Bay Ridge, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights & Fort Hamilton:
- From Brooklyn, Dominic Recchia’s Bid to Represent Staten Island in Congress [Wall Street Journal]
Bed-Stuy & Bushwick
- Bushwick Music Crush: Ruthless Memphis Punks Ex-Cult [Bushwick Daily]
- Editorial: Get Interfaith Hospital Back on the Road to Health [amNewYork]
- Stoops Bed-Stuy Brings Back the Joy of Outdoor Play [Brooklyn Reader]
Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Manhattan Beach, & Sheepshead Bay
- Bath Beach Man Busted With 3,236 Cartons Of Black Market Cigarettes [Bensonhurst Bean]
- Homecrest locals oppose lucrative variance for long-derelict lot [Brooklyn Courier]
- Shorefront Y, Local Orgs, To Host Autism Walk This Sunday [Sheepshead Bites]
- Traffic agents come to hazardous Sheepshead Bay intersection [Brooklyn Courier]
Borough Park & Sunset Park
- Two Biotech Firms Land Tax-Free in Sunset Park’s Army Terminal [Crain’s]
Brighton Beach, Coney Island, & Sea Gate
- Above the Boardwalk: Summer Arrives at Coney Island (Photos) [BKYLNR]
Brownsville, Carnarsie, & East New York
- Ex-Convict Arrested in Stabbing of East New York Children [New York Times]
- March Against Violence Kicks Off Gun Awareness Month [Canarsie Courier]
- For Injured Crossing Guard, It’s Either Stop-And-Go Or Hit-And-Run [Canarsie Courier]
Clinton Hill & Fort Greene
- Clinton Hill Restaurant Has Separate, Less Boozy Drinks Menu ‘For Ladies’ [DNAInfo]
- Learn from NYC makers at three free Brooklyn Navy Yard talks [Brokelyn]
- Khaled Hosseini at Greenlight Bookstore Friday [The Nabe]
Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, & Boerum Hill
- Carroll Gardens Library Kicks Off Summer Reading Program [PMFA]
Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, & Lefferts Gardens
- Stalled Q Train at Prospect Park Stop Leaves Commuters Stranded For Hours [Brooklyn Paper]
- Brooklyn Public Library’s Summer Reading Program kicks off Thursday [Brooklyn Eagle] and a “read-in” this weekend [DNAInfo]
- Crown Heights Service Station Reborn as Small Business Hub [Real Estate Weekly]
Ditmas Park, Flatbush, Kensington, & Midwood
- New Film ‘The Very Good Girls’ Features Much of Ditmas Park [Ditmas Park Corner]
Flatlands, Marine Park, & Mill Basin
- Missing 12-Year-Old Flatlands Autistic Boy Found [News12]
Gowanus & Red Hook
- Gowanus Whole Foods Pulls Liquor License Application After CB6 Outcry [DNAInfo]
- City Comptroller Stringer Invites Gowanus And Red Hook Residents And Business Owners To Testify At Sandy Oversight Hearing [PMFA]
- Gowanus Residents Issue Statement on Historic District Postponement [PMFA]
Borough-Wide
- Southbound Service Returns To Beverley (Sort Of), Plus Other Weekend Subway Service Changes [Ditmas Park Corner]
- De Blasio Vows ‘A Lot More’ Police Officers in Public Housing [Capital]
- Cops Given a List of Fire Safety Tips [The Shack]
- Broken Doors at Many NYCHA Housing Developments [NY1]
- Now Hiring in BK: Us Weekly, Tumblr and more! [Brokelyn]
- 15 Things to do This Weekend [Brokelyn]
- Cheapskate: The best FREE events in NYC this weekend [amNewYork]
Courts
- Law firm puts Vice in its sights for intern class action [Capital]
- Charles Hynes: A Proud Career That Seemed to Curdle [New York Times]
- Ex-DA Hynes in Hiding [Daily News]
- When District Attorneys Go South [NY Post]
- Prosecutors use Rapper’s music videos as evidence he led murderous crew [Daily News]
Miscellaneous
- NYC Pensions Seek Authority For Hedge Fund Investments [Bloomberg]
- 1 in 7 MTA Workers Were Paid $100K or More in 2013 [NY Post]
- The Crusader: Can Tish James Reinvent the Public Advocate’s Office? [BKYLNR]
- ICYMI: Downtown Brooklyn rezoning benefits entirety of NYC [Real Estate Weekly]
Obituraries
- Don Zimmer, former Brooklyn Dodger, Dead at 83 [New York Times]