The News | 8.11.10
By Nicole Brydson
Crown Heights is the new Williamsburg; Atlantic Yards still in court; Libraries rent DVDs too.
Crown Heights is the new Williamsburg; Atlantic Yards still in court; Libraries rent DVDs too.
Anti-bike nutcase hits the streets; the new Coney Island; and condos at Atlantic Yards are more expensive then we were told.
Prospect Park bike lane slows cars; Park Slope historic district likely to expand; Williamsburg condo designer is prolific in the northern neighborhood.
News from around the borough: a 97-year-old WWII vet is in danger of being evicted, a neo-classical landmark in up for sale in Williamsburg, Kobayashi was cleared on all charges, and Cumoa launches an investigation about healthcare credit cards.
Your morning news from around the borough: a Flatbush block is named the greenest in Brooklyn, the Prospect Park bike lane is doing its job, and Councilman Vito Lopez finds himself in the middle of a controversy.
The Newtown Creek is New York's equivalent to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the New York Times. “The impact is more subtle than in the gulf,” a lawyer with Riverkeeper told the paper. “The spill is unseen, and it’s in an area that was industrialized …
Raccoons are causing problems in Greenwood Heights, dumpster diving will soon take on a whole new meaning, and coffee shops are starting to ban computers — and e-readers: your morning news from around the borough.
