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GREENPOINT: Nuns and neighbors pan planned Greenpoint bistro

The Brooklyn Paper

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Aaron ShortThe Brooklyn PaperA landlord wants to replace a Greenpoint dive bar with a Hungarian restaurant, but neighbors and nuns from a school on the block say Newell Street is not the place for nightlife. Peter... »

GREENPOINT: Threatening thief steals hairdresser’s computer

The Brooklyn Paper

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Aaron ShortThe Brooklyn Paper94th Precinct Greenpoint–Northside Laptop lashing A fiend threatened a hairdresser and stole a computer from a Roebling Street salon on May 9. The employee told cops that the villain e... »

WILLIAMSBURG: Dangerous duo beat up woman for phone

The Brooklyn Paper

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Aaron ShortThe Brooklyn Paper90th Precinct Southside–Bushwick Phone push A couple stole a woman’s phone and pushed her down the stairwell inside a Thames Street building on May 12. The victim was between Morgan Av... »

City shifts vehicle auctions to Internet

Crain's New York Transportation

Fuhgeddabout scoring that cut-rate police car or fire engine at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The city has scrapped its bimonthly fleet auction, Crain's Insider reported, and instead turned the keys of hundreds of used and battered municipal vehicles over to... »

PARK SLOPE: Obscure borough president wins battle against Washington

The Brooklyn Paper

Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Natalie O’NeillThe Brooklyn PaperA popular Park Slope playground reopened last week with a new name honoring a long-forgotten borough president — marking a minor victory for t... »

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Tonight’s Big Vote: CB3 Releases Draft Seward Park Resolution

The Lo-Down

Seward Park redevelopment area. As we have been reporting, Community Board 3 meets tonight to vote on the Seward Park Mixed-Use Development Plan.  Board members will be asked to approve the city’s land use proposal for the large site near the Williamsb... »

Momofuku Milk Bar Coming to Montauk; Aldea Celebrating Portugal Day

Grub Street New York

• Just in time for summer, Momofuku Milk Bar plans to open an all-new sixth location in Montauk with a menu set to include staples like iced coffee, crack pies, and slushies. “MomoMontuak” will be the chain’s first spot outside the city. [Eater] • The ... »

CB3 Votes on Seward Park Plan Tomorrow

The Lo-Down

Rendering: NYC Economic Development Corp. Tomorrow night Community Board 3 is scheduled to hold one of its most significant votes in several years — deciding whether to approve of the city’s land use application (ULURP) for the Seward Park Mixed Develo... »

GoogaMooga Gets Mixed Reviews; Bike Share Docks Riles Heights; and More Brooklyn Briefs

mcbrooklyn

- Mixed reviews for GoogaMooga. Carroll Gardens Patch and About.com and here. - Those bike-sharing docks may be bigger than DOT describes, and some Brooklyn Heights residents are getting riled up. Brooklyn Eagle - City plans to close dozens of after-sc... »

Why We Do This: Flesh and Concrete, Mexico City

AFC

With Flesh and Concrete, Jaya Kara Brekke and Julio Salazar have organized an art exhibition with ramifications well beyond the aesthetic. The exhibition, the winner of apexart’s Franchise Program, was conceived in reaction to the construction of the S... »