Peter Luger Doing 'Better Than the Mafia?' And More Brooklyn Briefs

- Is Peter Luger "doing better than the Mafia?" Desperate times at Morton's. The Three Tomatoes

- Disorder in the court: Arguments became a bit heated in Brooklyn Supreme Court Tuesday after a hearing in the lawsuit against a real estate developer in Park Slope. Brooklyn Eagle

- This year's Viking Fest takes place on May 16 at Owls Head Park in Bay Ridge. Brooklyn Paper

- Types of Brooklyn Girls -- sort of a 1902 version of Gossip Girl -- in Brooklynology.

- Take the Gangster Walking Tour of Red Hook where you can "relive the infamy of gangster-era Red Hook and the life and times of beatnik mobster Joey Gallo." Brownstoner

- The Flatbush Rezoning Proposal public hearing is this Thursday at Borough Hall. Flatbush Gardener

- Streetsblog says that Albany has reached an MTA deal. Streetsblog

- Belgian block reconstruction starts this week in DUMBO. DumboNYC

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