Young Woman With Dreams Dead on Flatbush Ave., and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Brown University graduate Erinn Phelan, 22, a coordinator for Mayor Bloomberg's NYC Civic Corps initiative, was left brain dead in a hit-and-run accident in Prospect Heights. Village Voice

- Vice President Joe Biden and his wife pop into the River Cafe for dinner.  BHB

- The Kosciuszko Bridge, connecting Brooklyn and Queens, is getting redesigned.  Gothamist

- 108-year-old men's club in Bay Ridge finally admits women.. Brooklyn Eagle

- 738 educators collect city pensions of more than $100,000 -- and three make more than $200,000, according to the NY Post.

- Hunting for the rare Western Grebe in the waters off Coney Island. The City Birder 

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