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January 4-11, 2015
Cops manage to squander the sympathy that arose from the killing of two BK police officers [Daily News]
De Blasio to crack down on BK mohels who, um, use their mouths to clean the blood from circumcised babies [Failed Messiah]
National Republicans privately anxious about nominating the prosecutor who didn’t indict Eric Garner’s killer [Politico]
“We would have a complete and utter circus” for the Bay Ridge/Staten Island Congressional seat
Bill Bratton’s full defense of the “broken windows” theory [City Journal]
Controversy and the chocolate factory [NYTimes]
Sunset Park candy plant draws protests and debates about bad vs. good gentrification [BK Mag]
Nets hit rock bottom [The Brooklyn Game]
LOVING BK IN THE WINTER:
- Best fireplaces in BK Bars [Brooklyn Paper]
- 10 best bowls of soup in BK [BK Mag]
- 5 best BK sledding spots [Brokelyn]
- BK new restaurant previews [Brooklyn Based]
Prospect Park, by ArabyWilliams via Instagram
More Surprising Lessons from the Police Work Stoppage
We like not getting so many tickets! Maybe we should keep this approach [Gothamist]
“The same cloak of puffed grandeur and bombast that surrounds our army can be detected in our police.” [The Atlantic]
This is an attack on “civilian control” [Andrew Sullivan]
It costs New York millions (and saves New Yorkers millions) [Washington Post]
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Prospect Park, By Raoul Simon via Instagram
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Ubers, Trains and Automobiles
Most reliable subway lines in Bk: D, J, Z [BK Mag]
Turns out, being near a subway is good for your job prospects [NYU Rudin Center]
Very cool history of trolley dodgers, horses and other parts of the BK transit system [Brownstoner]
Williamsburg Omnibus [Brownstoner]
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Animals in the Criminal Justice System
Cat kicker may get lighter punishment [Daily News]
BK DA investigating Gowanus rabbit colony [DNA Info]
Influentials
The 10 Most influential people in Brooklyn Heights [Brooklyn Heights Blog]
The Park Slope 100 [Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn]
BK Paper’s “15 to watch” for 2015 [Brooklyn Paper]
BK Celebrities
Why Patrick Stewart loves Park Slope [Daily News]
BK Rapper Joey Bada charged with Australia concert assault [Brooklyn Eagle]
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The Exoneration DA
BK DA Ken Thompson has become famous for exonerating people as much as prosecuting them [Daily News]
How a wrongfully convicted BK man marshaled his defense from prison [NYTimes]
Real Estate
BK’s “most pathetic building of the year” [Curbed]
A critical summary of the Atlantic yards project [Atlantic Yards Report]
North BK sale prices up 32% in 2014 [Brownstoner]
Greenpoint Polish bakery to become condos [DNA Info]
Rent control rules for 2 million New Yorkers set to expire in June [BK Eagle]
Schlitz plant to become lofts for tech workers [Daily News]