Brooklyn in Brief, Wednesday A.M.

- Developers of residential buildings in Dumbo say they’re responsible for creating the super-hot neighborhood in the first place. Now, resigned to the “inevitability” of 65 buildings being landmarked, they called on the city Landmarks Preservation Commission Tuesday to pair the landmarking with a rezoning that could allow for high-rise residential development on other DUMBO properties. Brooklyn Eagle

- A group is working to create a Ditmas Park community garden. Apparently, there is a "huge" piece of property on Marlborough and Albemarle Road; the woman who owns the property is willing to let the neighborhood transform it into a community garden/park. Meeting on November 11. Ditmas Park Blog

- Sen. Charles Schumer called for a nationwide reporting system for the antibiotic-resistant staph infection blamed for the death of a 12-year-old Brooklyn boy. Binghamton Press

- Are the British coming to BoCoCa? They say yes; we say, er, not exactly. Brooklyn Eagle

- "They dreamt that the money would just keep coming but one day Americans could wake up screaming." The Independent via New York City Housing Bubble