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December 8-14, 2014
Does Borough President Eric Adams represent the “silent majority”?
- Criticizes both anti-cop protestors and Giuliani [Observer]
- Describes his brutalization as a teen by NYPD [NY Times]
Apparently, torture did NOT save the Brooklyn Bridge [TheBKBridge]
Brooklyn has the least-wired neighborhood in all of NYC
- 47% lack high-speed connection in Borough Park, Kensington, Ocean Parkway vs. 14% in Park Slope [Kensington BK]
Map of the racial makeup of every public school in Brooklyn [DNA Info]
Brooklyn Paper photographer attacked by welcome-host drone at TGIF restaurant [Brooklyn Daily]
Video: Fred Armisen does Park Slope and Bay Ridge accents at Bell House [Brokelyn]
Technically Brooklyn
Apple store to open in Williamsburg [Brokelyn]
The idea has “haunted gentrified Williamsburg like a spectre”
586 new BK wi-fi locations at old pay phone booths [Bensonhurst Bean]
Broadband connectivity is crucial in tackling NYC’s racial inequality [City Limits]
More of the best BK Instagrams
BK Rennaissance
Once critical to NYC, the humble oyster attempts a comeback [BKLYNR]
NYC ranked the most livable city for people under 35 [Vocativ]
Bed-Stuy is booming [Brownstoner]
Rents up 10% in Brooklyn since January [Brownstoner]
Diana Ross concert marks unveiling of spectacularly renovated King Theatre [Ditmas Park Corner]
BK Passions
Curling! [NY Times]
Santas race through Bay Ridge [Brooklyn Daily]
BK African-American stylists crusade for natural hair [BK Independent Media]
Williamsburg man turns trash into sculpture garden [NY Times]
The best BK Instagrams of the week
BK Celebrities in the News
“No right way to survive rape”: Lena Dunham responds to critics of her rape story [Brooklyn Magazine]
Joan Rivers leaves money for Brooklyn charity [Brooklyn Eagle]
Sports
2 BK high schools battle in snowy NYC football championship [Brooklyn Independent Media]
Video: Mirza Teletovic’s dipsy doo reverse layup [The Brooklyn Game]
Amidst rumors that the Nets Big Three are on the block, fans weigh in with weird and funny trade ideas [The Brooklyn Game]
Crime & Policing
Eric Garner’s widow denies race was chokehold motive [NY Post]
Bratton: Kelly’s stop-and-frisk caused minorities to fear cops [NY Post]
Brooklyn District Attorney sends NYPD shooting case to Grand Jury [Brooklyn Eagle]
BK and Obama’s Immigration Move
15 year old boy flees gangs in Honduras and lands in Brooklyn [NY Times]
Immigration reform gets mixed reviews in Sunset Park [Brooklyn Ink]
Passings
Anthony La Rossa, 18. Killed in the Korean War, his remains were recently identified.
Joan Hale, 71. Run over by car, steps from her apartment in East Flatbush [Daily News]
Evelyn Dahab, 33. Founder of Gowanus bar, Lucy’s lounge, dies in fire [Brooklyn Paper]
Katrina Wang, 9. Run over by car on Ave U while walking with grandmother. [Daily News]
Fatoumatta Camara, 41. A Guinea immigrant, at first thought to have died from Ebola in a Brooklyn hair salon. Struggled to make in Brownsville after family tragedy struck. [Brooklyn Ink]