Media Rundown: Brooklyn in the News (06.05.14)

A collection of headlines and events involving the borough today, Thursday, June 5th, 2014. Updated periodically.

The NYPD Has Captured a Suspect Wanted in the East New York Stabbings (Via NYPD)

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

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

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

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

Brighton Beach, Coney Island, & Sea Gate

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

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

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