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Media Rundown: Brooklyn in the News for June 20

June 20, 2014 By Matthew Taub Special to Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn Brief

A view of Bushwick through this fence.

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Brooklyn Heights & DUMBO

Brooklyn Height library battling air conditioning problems, along with six other branches [DN]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby [BHB]
Atlantic Avenue Site Trades for $7.75M [NYO]
B’Heights author pens history of women’s boxing [BP]

Downtown BK

MTA fires high-ranking security executive after 25 years, escorts him out of Brooklyn office [DN]
BP Adams, Brooklyn’s No. 1 Booster, Sees Few Limitations [Crain’s]

Park Slope, South Slope, & Windsor Terrace

Drums and Horns Descend on Grand Army Plaza for Crowdsourced Live Concert [DNA]
Giant Crotch Takes Over 199 Seventh Avenue [HPS]
Park Slope Food Coop prepares for summer slide [DN]
These Park Slope Apartments Have an Ideal Renter in Mind [CNY]
The National in Prospect Park again (night 2 review & setlist) [BV]
Park Slope Planner: The Best Events June 19-22 [PSS]
What Are Some Things You Never Want To Do In NYC? [SSN]

Williamsburg & Greenpoint

Up-close view of the Williamsburg Sinkhole [Animal]
Community Board Approves School Sett Reconstruction, Despite Opposition [GG]
New development in, Chinese takeout out at 83 Humboldt [BBH]
North Brooklyn Waterfront May Get Lots of Affordable Housing [CNY]
Inside the real estate world of murdered developer Menachem Stark [TRD]
Three More Chain Gyms Opening in North Brooklyn [DNA]
Underground Comedy in a Basement Apartment in Williamsburg [NYT]
Celebrating the Birth of Pizza by Honoring Every Parlor in the City [VV]
TromaDance Film Fest screams into Williamsburg [BP]
Chvrches Played a Free Show at Northside Festival (Photos) [VV]
Who Says Hasidim Have ‘Dead Eyes’? [JDF]
Mentorship, mobile ads and guitar chords win at Northside Festival’s ‘Dutch Pitch Session’ [T.ly]
Giselle Zatonyl’s art installation, Discrete Systems, at TRANSFER gallery [B+B]
More Love For Meadowsweet [DNA, FW]
‘Treehouse’ Grows in Brooklyn, Becoming a Local Designer ‘Super Store’ [B+B]
Best Italian Sandwich in the City at Emily’s Pork Store [VV]

Bay Ridge, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights & Fort Hamilton

Brooklyn prep school files for bankruptcy, may not delay lawsuit [BE]
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Upper Level Closures Planned Next Week [BB]
Bath Beach teacher uses theater to build skill and confidence in her students [DN]
Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team at Shore Road Park [BRJ]
Salvation Army Basketball Clinic in Bay Ridge [BRJ]

Bed-Stuy & Bushwick

Eight injured as garbage truck crashes through Bed-Stuy deli wall [DN, N12]
17 arrested after yearlong Bed-Stuy drug sting; 5 suspects still at large [N12]
Police Seeking Suspect Who Shot Man in Leg in Bed-Stuy [BR]
Woman Seriously Hurt After Bushwick Building Collapses, Officials Say [DNA, NY1, BP, B+B]
Interfaith Medical Center’s Life After Bankruptcy [Crain’s]
Bed Stuy Condos Close to Clinton Hill Border Launch Starting at $389,000 [BS]
How Livestream Hopes to Make Bushwick a New Technology Hub in Brooklyn [BKM]
Another 2-Bagger on the Bed-Stuy Border: 441 Classon Avenue [BTF]
Little Branch Alums Plan Jazz Bar for Bedford and Halsey in Bed Stuy [BS]
Six-Story Building Planned in East Bed Stuy [BS]
Bushwick Pet Superette is Closing Due to Oversaturation of Pet Industry in Bushwick [BD]
After a Dark Period, the Dashing Lads of Apostrophe Are Ready to Kick Some Colon [B+B]
‘Kings County Bar’ to Move to ’1 Knickerbocker’ Spot, Apparently [BD]
Second Annual Bushwick Art Book & Zine Fair Returns to SIGNAL [BD, FP]
Bushwick Couple Eric John Meyer and Jean Ann Douglass Offer One-Act Plays in a Rental Truck [WSJ]
Bushwick’s Newest Gallery Opened with Inaugural Exhibition [BD]
Top Shows: Make Music New York Edition {in Bushwick} [BD]
‘Cracked’ Chicken Wings and Fruity Sangria: Tasty Eats From the Inaugural Taste of Bushwick [HuffPo]
Revisiting ‘Do The Right Thing,’ 25 Years Later [HuffPo]

Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Manhattan Beach, & Sheepshead Bay

Three-Story 18th Avenue Building Sells For $1.98 Million [BB]
Sheepshead Bay Didn’t Look So Different in 1938 [SB]

Borough Park & Sunset Park

Rooftop dance party atop Industry City Sat. Night, Built Around Argentine documentary “Living Stars” [NYT]

Brighton Beach, Coney Island, & Sea Gate

Man Who Jumped From Coney Pier Pronounced Dead, Despite Rescue Efforts [NYP]
Feds Give Nearly $1 Million For Brighton Beach Greenstreets As Coastal Resiliency Measure [SB]
Bloomberg administration made ‘sound’ move to concrete boardwalks: Sandy recovery head [DN]
Time-lapse video captures the construction of Coney Island’s new Thunderbolt roller coaster [DN]
Cyclones edge Renegades in extras [BE]
Public school health and vision center to be built at P.S. 188 in Coney Island [N12]
Mermaid Parade Expected to Make Big Splash [amNY]
“When Harry Met Sally” on the Beach at Coney Island [BRJ]

Brownsville, Canarsie, & East New York

Stabbing in Broad Daylight in Cypress Hills [N12]
Multiple Shootings Within Hours On Local Streets [CC]
Concrete Canoe Club in Canarsie [NYT]
Affordable Housing Proposed for Long-Empty Lot at Decatur and Broadway in Ocean Hill [BS]
DIY Greenhouse Building Workshop in East New York [BS]

Clinton Hill & Fort Greene

Clinton Hill Yeshiva Has Operated Illegally for 20 Years, Local Leaders Say [DNA]
BAM Cinemafest: Bits of Brooklyn, Everywhere [NYT, FP]
Best things to do and see at the Brooklyn Navy Yard [Brokelyn]
#ThrowbackThursday: “The Old Swimming Hole” in Clinton Hill [Nabe]
Brooklyn Navy Yard “Family Fun Day” Sunday [NYT]

Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, & Boerum Hill

Court Street Accident In Front Of Abilene’s Last Night Apparently Involved Drunk Driver [PMFA]
French-American Eatery White Oak Replaces Apartment 138 on Smith Street [DNA]
Choral Chameleon’s Annual Summer Institute Concert This Friday At St. Paul’s Church on Carroll Street [PMFA]
World Cup Pub Crawl Kicks Off Summer on Atlantic Avenue [DNA]
Atlantic Avenue Summer Celebration Saturday [CHB]

Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, & Lefferts Gardens

Unrenovated Crown Heights House With Details Goes for $1.5 Million [BS]
Chatting with Shanna Pacifico of Back Forty About Her New Crown Heights Spot [BKM]
On Shootings and Starbucks: The Two Sides of Crown Heights [BKM]
Review of Bluestone Cafe in Prospect Lefferts-Gardens [QAP]

Ditmas Park, Flatbush, Kensington, & Midwood

Kings rugby up for a ‘Fight’ this weekend [BE]
Volunteers spit and polish Church Avenue [BC]
Monday Evening, State Senator Brennan Shares Plan For Safer Ocean Parkway [DPC]

Gowanus & Red Hook

Iconic Gowanus Kentile Sign Started to be Dismantled Yesterday (Photos) [PMFA, DNA, DN]
Remaining Portion of Kentile Sign to be Illuminated Tonight [NYT]
World’s biggest Kentile fan wears Gowanus skyline on his back [BP]
Free Shuffleboard at Royal Palms Today [NYT]
The Gowanus, Where Citi Bikes Go to Die [CNY]
Mom-n-Pop Flop: Small Businesses Can’t Get ‘Build-it-Back’ Loans to Recover From Sandy [BP]
NYC DEP Commissioner Lloyd Attending June Gowanus Canal Superfund Community Advisory Group Meeting [PMFA]

Borough-Wide

Mayor, City Council agree on $75B budget plan [Crain’s]
New Contract for Teachers Is Altering Schools’ Hours [NYT]
MTA to Conduct Full Review of A, C Lines [NY1]
Landlords Plan Rent Campaign [REW]
Kids and Education: Brooklyn News Wrap-Up [BE]
City Urged to Boost Bet on Manufacturing [Crain’s, NYO]
Money Remains Crime-Fighting Tool for New York Police [NYT]
Step Into These Well-Lit Brownstones [AT]
Best Shows This Weekend [OMR], the Summer [OMR], & Outdoor Concert Guide [OMR]
Our Free Outdoor Movie Round-Up, With Calendar [BB]
Bill would require NYC to factor in population growth in planning school facilities [BE]
While Improving, City’s Air Quality Crisis Quietly Persists [GG]

Courts

Nearly 400 Brooklyn assistant district attorneys received at least 4% salary raises [DN]
Brooklyn man convicted of raping 8-year-old stepdaughter after she wrote college application essay [DN]
Ex-cop faces life in prison for using uniform to rob drug dealers [NYP]
Gowanus Rapper Denies Murder, but Testifies About a Life Studded With Criminal Acts [NYT, DN]
Two frauds jailed after tricking more than 500 students with fake nursing school [NYP]
Judge Rejects Suit by Police, Upholds Anti-Profiling Law [LJ]
Citing Sunday Law, Judge Tosses $42 Million Award [LJ]

Miscellaneous

Deal reached to legalize medical marijuana in NY [N12] with a hugh catch [HuffPo. CapNY]
Six months in, de Blasio deals with key vacancies [CapNY]
Zoning star solves city’s land use conundrums [REW]
Lana Del Rey, That’s No Way for a Pop Star To Behave [Gkr]
Throwback a dozen: Dead Stars set to bring college rock back [Metro]
Here’s possibly the whitest rap about Brooklyn you’ll ever hear [Brokelyn]
New York State Just Made It Illegal To Sexually Harass Interns [VV]
With Victims’ Families in Albany, Senate Could Vote on 25 MPH Bill Soon [SB]
Car-wash owners say bill would ruin them [Crain’s]
New York Legislature Closing Session With a Flurry of Activity [NYT]

Obituraries

Carol Chapin, Carroll Gardens resident, Music Together director, dies at 65 [BE]
Gerry Goffin, Songwriter and Carole King’s Ex-Husband, Dead at 75 [RS] (born in Brooklyn)

UPDATED: DNC Convention in Brooklyn?