Brooklyn’s Week — July 27-August 2, 2014

July 27 – August 1, 2014

Was That Pit Bill Tossed from the BQE or Did He Jump?
Daily News

Photo by Veterinary Emergency & Referral Group

Every Brooklyn Subway Line Ranked
Brooklyn Magazine

Cool, Sad, Time Lapse Video of Kentile Floor Sign Coming Down
South Slope News

Flag Switchers At Large, As Pot Activist Maintains His Guilt
Daily News

Brooklyn Prosecutors Widen Review of Controversial Detective, Now Looking at 71 Cases
NY Post

Bam Honors BAM
Downtown Brooklyn

Brooklyn’s A Nice Place to Live, But I Wouldn’t Want to Get Sick There
NY Observer

Watch Marty Markowitz Sit In as Maitre d’ at Noodle Pudding
Brooklyn Heights Blog

August Fun Map for the Kids
Brooklyn Based

Realtors Pitch East New York as Exotic “New Frontier”
Daily News

Crime and Criminal Justice

The Brooklyn Paper’s weekly crime roundup includes these amazing stories:

Three Brooklyn Tax Preparers Suspended for Not Filing THEIR OWN RETURNS
Brooklyn Eagle

NYPD Steps Up Probe of Bensonhurst Anti-Muslim Fliers
Brooklyn Eagle

NYPD Officers Won’t Face Charges in East Flatbush Shooting Death of Teenager Kimani Gray
NY 12

Video: Two Men Wanted For Beating, Robbing 18-Year-Old Woman In Midwood Apartment Building
Sheepshead Bites

VIDEO: Brooklyn DA Thompson Suggests Reducing Emphasis on Pot Crimes
Brooklyn Eagle

Chain Snatcher Caught On Video Assaulting 54-Year-Old Woman on Coney Island
Sheepshead Bites

Accused Cop Shooter’s Sister Says F—k Off to Judge
NY Post

Housing & Development

The Battle of the Brooklyn Bridge
The New York Times

“The bleeding-heart liberals, of which many of my great friends are, say we need affordable housing,” said Judi Francis, 59, in the Times piece. “Affordable housing is a noble and fine thing. But a park that has to pay for itself is not supposed to pay for the ills of the city.”

Mayor Announces $350 Million Affordable Housing Fund
Brownstoner

De Blasio’s Affordable Housing Template Drawing Criticism
Brooklyn Magazine

New Help for Sandy-stricken Homeowners
Brooklyn Daily

Showdown Looming over the Slave Theater in Bed-Stuy
Brooklyn Eagle

Looking for Affordable Housing? A Resource Guide
Downtown Brooklyn

At Announcement of Affordable Housing Seminars, Celebratory Air Out of Sync with Reality of Some Not-so-affordable Units
Atlantic Yards Report

Politics

Battles to Fill Brooklyn’s Vacant Seats Heat Up
BK Bureau

Here Are the Candidates for Brooklyn’s 5 Vacant State Legislature Seats
DNA Info

Sports

Mason Plumlee Struggles + Shines in Team USA Showcase
The Brooklyn Game

Nets Announce Pre-Season Schedule
The Brooklyn Game

South Shore’s Fraser eying big finish to high school career
Brooklyn Daily

22-Year-Old Buys Brooklyn Basketball Franchise for $250/month
The Brooklyn Game

Brooklyn’s Cricketers Are Swinging for the Fences
BKLYNR

Cyclones in Position for ‘Wild’ finish
Brooklyn Eagle

Cyclones Player Steals Home
Brooklyn Paper

 

Culture

Your Ideal Week of Things to Do: July 31–Aug. 6
Brooklyn Based

Reviewer channels his angst for Brooklyn’s preciousness on ‘morally insidious’ Montana’s Trail House
Free Williamsburg

Summer Outdoor Movie Showings
SouthBrooklyn.com

Scar-Jo checked out the New Buzz Restaurant in Williamsburg Last Week
Free Williamsburg

Project Runway Comes To Rockaway Parkway
Canarsie Courier

The Wolf Women of Gowanus
Gowanus Your Face Off

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Memorials

RANDALL bloomfieldRandall Bloomfield, 91. “Of the many achievements and appointments in his illustrious career are Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Kings County Hospital, President of the Alumni Association of Downstate Medical Center, President of the Medical Society of the County of Kings, and delegate to the American Medical Association. Randall Bloomfield was very happily married for 61 years to Edris Bloomfield.” More

Linda Lee Rudloff Doman.phpLinda Lee Rudloff Doman, 67. “Linda was extremely creative and artistically gifted. She designed accessories which included handmade hats, bridal veils and jewelry which were sold in exclusive stores such as Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus and Vera Wang. Her talent didn’t end there. Linda added a unique and inventive flair to everything she touched: decorating, cooking, gardening and being the most gracious party hostess. Linda was an animal lover and often helped find wonderful homes for abandoned animals…” More….

Brian McGorry Brian McGorry, 64. Brian was a dedicated member of the Brooklyn Heights community for decades. He worked to create Brooklyn Bridge Park, both as a neighborhood activist and as a founding member and operating officer of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy. The park and its success was a continuing source of pride and joy to him. Brian’s influence is seen every day at the Brooklyn Waterfront. More…

Caroll Bellamy Carol Bellamy. Of Carroll Street. Beloved mother of Annette Simmons (Fred) of Brooklyn, NY and Genavon Jones (Kenny) of Richmond, VA; sister of Lawrence H. Johnson of Awendaw, SC and Sarah Johnson of Brooklyn, NY. She is also survived by grandchildren and a special niece, Tonya Bailey of Brooklyn, NY. More
And this poignant picture on Instagram:

uncle_ro via Instagram

 

BK Quirky

Something Else White and Illegal on the Brooklyn Bridge (A Python, Not a Flag)
McBrooklyn

Cool or Not Cool: Saving a Parking Space With Railroad Ties
Fucked In Park Slope

The First “Brooklyn Girls” Parody Video Has Arrived
Brooklyn Magazine

History

The Brooklyn Historical Society wonderful history blog offered this illustration from the Brooklyn Life about the 1894 small pox epidemic. More about the epidemic here.

From the Brooklyn Historical Society

 

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