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The Rundown  
 

~GIMME SOME SUGAR: The first confirmed resident of the Domino Sugar Factory site is in. Clinton Hill artisanal eatery Mekelburg’s (home of the $13 babka) will move onto the site, which will also include affordable housing for people making less than $22,000. Plus, check out the latest renderings of the site, complete with a sugar-crystal-shaped building and an “Artifact Walk” featuring relics from the factory’s heyday, among (many) other plans. (via DNAinfo and Gothamist) 
  
~NO MORE MR. NICE EPA: The EPA will begin doling out penalties to polluters who continue to drag out the Gowanus Canal cleanup. Christos Tsiamis, the agency’s project manager, says that a tribe of polluters includingNational Grid, Amareda Hess and Honeywell continue to push for already completed studies in order to delay the project, which is now slated for completion in the latter half of the 2020s, rather than 2022. Tsiamis says that anytime the companies don’t complete a designated action within a specific time frame, the EPA will turn to the legal system. “I’ve worked for a long time with them and it’s come to the point where we mean business,” Tsiamis says.(via Brooklyn Paper) 
 
~HAVE PEOPLE ACTUALLY BEEN USING THE NYC FERRY SERVICE? Yep. Quite a bit. To be exact, 12,000 people per week on the Rockaway route, and 45,000 per week on the East River route. In fact, the service has occasionally proven too popular, as passengers sometimes face lengthy waits between boats. But NYC Ferry says it’s monitoring ridership, and scheduling adjustments are very possible. In the meantime, it’s full steam ahead for the South Brooklyn route, which is slated to begin on June 1. (via DNAinfo) 
 
~“A CRAFT BEER PIONEER’S SECRETS OF SURVIVIAL”: Bobby Gagnonopened The Gate in Park Slope in 1997. Gagnon made an early bet on the explosion of the craft beer movement in Brooklyn, and snagged a prime location on a corner. As The Gate celebrates its 20th birthday, Gagnon reflects on his first encounter with craft beer in L.A., The Gate’s early clientele and dealing with rising rents. And, he’s not leaving anytime soon. As Gagnon rolls into Decade #3, he declares that he is “ready to rock.” (via The Bridge) 
 
~HOW BAY RIDGE REACTS TO HATE SYMBOLS: Swastikas appeared scrawled on a utility box and lamppost at the American Veterans Memorial Pier in Bay Ridge last week, but the neighborhood won’t take them lying down. City Council candidate John Quaglione rushed to the pier to paint over the graffiti, but the police asked him to hold off because they were sending the hate crime unit in to investigate. Regarding Bay Ridge, Quaglione said, “This neighborhood is a testament to the world that people of all races and religions can co-exist and we just won’t stand for this kind of intolerance.” (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle) 
 
~ICYMI//MORE TROUBLES FOR BROOKLYN JAIL: Three prison officials – two lieutenants and one guard – were charged last week with sexually abusing female inmates at the notoriously troubled Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. Court filings mention nine victims in total, and include a note that one defendant warned an inmate that she could land extra time behind bars if she told anyone what happened. But this case doesn’t exist in a vacuum—theFBI and the Justice Department have been investigating sexual assault allegations at the Metropolitan Detention Center for nearly a year. (via the NYT, the AP and the Brooklyn Daily Eagle) 
 
~POST-MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND BLUES GOT YA DOWN?: Remember that summer is on the horizon, and plan to hit the third annual Live at the Archway free concert and event series. Mark your calendars for Thursdays at6:00pm under the Manhattan Bridge. This year, the 17-week series kicks offJune 8 with a performance by Colombian fusion group Los Cumpleaños, preceded by an opening set in the Pearl Street Triangle by the all-female Brazilian drumline FogoAzul NYC. Click here for the full schedule. (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

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Staff Picks     
 

READ: A dude ranch considers welcoming the ladies. (via California SundayMagazine)   
  
LOOK: Allow yourself to tumble down a Google Maps rabbithole and see how NYC streets have changed over the past 10 years. (via Curbed NY) 
 
LOOK AGAIN: “Capturing Love, It’s the Brooklyn Way.” Black and white photos of the neighborhoods Downtown Brooklyn, Bed-Stuy, Williamsburgand Bushwick, and the lovers in them. (via the NYT)   
 
CULTURE: Be sure to arm yourself with a map as you wander throughGreenpoint Open Studios this weekend, when hundreds of designers and artists open their spaces to the public. (via Hyperallergic)  

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NATIONAL BULLETIN: “Humans Are Not the Only Creatures Who Mourn.” It turns out cats, dogs, giraffes and dolphins, among other animals, grieve as well…Eight are dead due to gunfire in Mississippi, and one teen recounts his cousin’s ultimate generosity…It’s revealed the Jared Kushnerwas awfully cozy with the Kremlin during the presidential transition…Three men who stood up to an anti-Muslim attack on a Portland train are dead…And “Why does Des Moines, Iowa have worse affordable housing than Brooklyn?” (via Scientific American, the AP, the WSJ, the NYT and the Guardian)
 
FOREIGN FLASH: Floods in Sri Lanka leave half a million people displaced, and 150 dead…Single Japanese mothers struggle with stigma and poverty…In Myanmar, a lake that has been the lifeblood for generations suffers under changing conditions…And El Salvador’s National Zoo mourns the loss of beloved hippo Gustavito after the animal dies under suspicious circumstances. (via WaPo and the NYT)
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 ROYAL WATCH: A slideshow of how the personal style of the royal children has evolved over the decades. (via the Telegraph)

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BROOKLYN TONIGHT
 

12:00pm – Artist Talk with Tadashi Suzuki (The Trojan Women) at the CUNY Graduate Center. Details.
 
6:00pm – Modern Architecture and Design in Venezuela at the Center for Architecture. Details.
 
6:30pm – Casey Stengel: Baseball’s Greatest Character at NYPL – Mid-Manhattan Branch. Details.
 
6:00pm– U.S. Book Launch: Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002 by David Sedaris at Powerhouse Arena. Details.
 
6:30pm – Talk: The Sad State of Voting at First Unitarian Congregational Society. Details.
 
7:00pm – Feminists Take on the Romance Genre at The Strand. Details.
 
7:00pm – Rooftop Films: Love is Short at The William Vale. Details.  
 
7:00pm – World Science Festival: Opening Night: Time, Creativity, and the Cosmos at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Details.
 
8:00pm – A Good Trip with Shane Mauss at The Bell House. Details.
 
8:00pm – Frightened Rabbit at Brooklyn Steel. Details. 
 
8:00pm – Cholera Nocebo at Roulette. Details.  
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