MTA Service Cuts Kick In June 28, and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Goodbye B25 -- The first MTA service cuts are slated for June 28, when 21 bus routes will be eliminated and weekend service on most lettered subway lines will be reduced, according to NY1. As we've previously reported (here and here), service on the B23, B25, B37, B39, B51 and B75 buses will be eliminated. Other Brooklyn service changes include ending weekend service on the X27 and X28 express bus routes, and more cutbacks on the B2, B4, B7, B16, B24, B48, B57, B65, B69, B71 and B75.

- Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes has opened a hotline for victims of sex-crimes within the orthodox Jewish community, and some people are not happy. Brooklyn Eagle

- The first five inductees to the Brooklyn Hall of Fame are in. Now it's time to vote for the next five. Brooklyn Hall of Fame

- Has one bar in Clinton Hill become the target of every agency in the city? The FDNY, NYPD, DEP, DOB, and NYSLA have all visited LOX Bar and Ultra Lounge since it opened in March 2008. Clinton Hill Chill

- A promoter from the original Woodstock music festival is hoping to stage a massive Woodstock 40th anniversary concert in Prospect Park's Long Meadow this summer. NY Daily News

- Will the Brooklyn Paper and the Courier, now both ensconced at MetroTech, dare criticize their new landlord -- Brooklyn's most powerful developer, Forest City Ratner? Atlantic Yards Report

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