October 5-12, 2014
Brooklyn stays up later than any other county in the U.S. (18 minutes more than Vegas) [Jawbone]
Last year, a labrador pup was run over and dragged away in the gears of a truck. Last week, he visited his owner. [Daily News]
Pandora reveals top music by BK neighborhood (including which nabe prefers mariachi and which likes “Jewish comedy”) [Brooklyn Magazine]
Video: police appear to knock out Clinton Hill teen for smoking cigarette [Brooklyn Paper]
The complete Brooklyn Nets preview (including: Brooke Lopez’s triumphant return) [The Brooklyn Game]
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Tale of Two Cities (Real Estate Edition)
“Emerging Brooklyn” house sale prices up 86 percent in one year [Brownstoner]
Video: the not-so-glamorous life of Bed-Stuy squatters [Gothamist]
Park Slope day care for low income kids to be replaced by condos [DNA Info]
First affordable apartments become available in Williamsburg [DNA Info]
Crown Heights rents up 105% from last year [DNA Info]
Ditmas Park landlord one of the worst in the city [Ditmas Park Corner]
City Services
Is the MTA planning to fix your subway stop? The map tells you [DNA Info]
Massive parole center should be downtown not in Gowanus, BBP Adams says [Brownstoner]
25 mile-an-hour speed limit approved [Bensonhurst Bean]
Police and fire fighters rescue Sheepshead Bay man before his boat capsized [Bensonhurst Bean]
More of the week’s best Instagrams [The BK Bridge]
Crimes and Punishments
Video: child of incarcerated parents doc about the fallout of mandatory minimums [Brooklyn Independent Media]
“I got arrested first time for riding a bike on the sidewalk” [Brooklyn Independent Media]
NYPD chokehold complaints double since 2001, study says [DNA Info]
School Fights
State approves new charter school in seven Brooklyn districts [Brooklyn Eagle]
Public school parents complain charters are under enrolled [DNA Info]
City pays $50k in suit over bullied sixth grader who killed herself [DNA Info]