12/11/18 12:48pm

 

Brooklyn Bridge Park will replace problem-plagued Squibb Bridge [Curbed NY]
Longtime Brooklyn Bridge Park ice cream Shop will become another Ample Hills [Eater NY]
Brooklyn Bridge Park getting squash court at Pier 2 [Brooklyn Paper]
Here’s a solution for fixing the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway: get rid of it [New York Magazine]
Brooklyn Heights townhouse joins elite club with $12M sale [The Real Deal Magazine]
Kushner pays $100K to Brooklyn tenants in rent dispute [Patch]
Shania Twain discovers ‘Real Country’ singer in Brooklyn hotel [am New York]
These millennials say there’s no such thing as too much avocado [New York Post]
Square Mile provides $161M loan for NYC office tower [Commercial Property Executive]
Live in this fully-furnished designer Brooklyn Heights studio for $2,450/month [6sqft]

12/05/18 11:59am

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One of New York City’s most iconic views may soon disappear (video) [Travel+Leisure]
City’s plan to fix BQE is ‘highway to Hell,’ local group says [Patch]
Come see the beloved, endangered Promenade [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Floods drench these NYC neighborhoods most, study shows [Patch]
New rentals in Dumbo offer 1 month free on 13-month lease [City Realty]
What 8k in rent gets you in Dumbo [Curbed NY]
William Wegman’s famous dog murals cheer up the newly reopened 23rd Street F, M station [6sqft]
PS 307 receives National Science Foundation Grant for STEM Stories [Dumbo.is]
Nomiki Konst will NEVER accept real estate money in NYC public advocate race [Greenpointers]
Alcohol banned on NJ Transit, LIRR, Metro North during Santacon [Gothamist]

11/21/18 3:47pm

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New Manhattan towers could destroy DUMBO’s perfect view [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Submission call: Brokelyn wants your original poetry and short fiction [Brokelyn]
Black Seed Bagels makes Brooklyn debut [Patch]
Would you buy this condo in a William Tubby-designed factory in Dumbo for $1.095 Million? [Brownstoner]
Brooklyn Bridge Car Fire Kills 1, FDNY says [Patch]
Ice cream bar: New Oddfellows in Dumbo plans to serve booze [Brooklyn Daily]
Thanksgiving Parade Balloon Inflation 2018: what you need to know [Patch]
A guide to every community board in Brooklyn and why you should go to meetings at yours [Brokelyn]
‘Cool shaming’ is the new ‘mansplaining’ and I’m officially sick of it [PureWow]

 

11/13/18 2:19pm

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Dumb-no! New towers will ruin nabe’s view of Empire State Building framed by Manhattan Bridge, locals say [Brooklyn Paper]
Brooklyn’s luxury market notched $44M in contracts signed last week [The Real Deal]
Brunch destination Clinton Street will open in massive Dumbo food hall [Eater NY]
Stan Lee remembered Brooklyn style [Bklyner]
Adult classes in Dumbo fall round-up [Dumbo.is]
Watchtower sign on old Jehovah’s Witnesses’ headquarters can be replaced, Board of Standards and Appeals decides [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Time to cut the red tape on banks doing business with marijuana? [Washington Examiner]
Brooklyn Poetry: Darrel Alejandro Holnes, Nathan McClain, Peter Milne Greiner [Brokelyn]
Inside the serious business of opening a comedy club [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Amazon HQ2 is coming to Long Island City [Greenpointers]

11/06/18 8:00am

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Table Hopping: DUMBO House [Hospitality Design]
NYC said to be among finalists for Amazon’s HQ2 [Curbed NY]
Race spotlight: Brian Kavanagh vs. Anthony Arias vs. Stuart Avrick [Brooklyn Paper]
Taco Dumbo to open new location [Eater NY]
Pier 3 and Pier 5 lawns temporarily closed for maintenance [Brooklyn Bridge Park Alerts]
Where’s the midterm elections party? [Greenpointers]
Brooklyn voter guide for midterm elections [Free Williamsburg]

11/02/18 8:00am

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Beer and wine ice cream floats are coming to Dumbo [Brooklyn Patch]
Poetry isn’t dead in Dumbo [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
A look inside BK’s best boutique hotels [Newsday]
Dumbo residents at odds with influx of film shoots, tourists [NY1]
New restaurant from Founder of River Cafe coming to Dumbo [Brownstoner]
26-story condo will rise near the Brooklyn Bridge [Curbed NY]
$200K income needed for waterfront affordable housing [Brooklyn Patch]
Dumbo will get a public library branch in 2020 [Bklyner]
Levin introduces bill to expand opioid treatment to homeless shelters [Kings County Politics]
A new Gleason’s gym debuts in Dumbo [South Brooklyn Network]