Sid's Hardware Files for Chapter 11, DUMBO Puppets Offend, and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Sid's Hardware in Downtown Brooklyn files for Chapter 11.  Brooklyn Eagle

- Former Mayor Ed Koch plans coup to take over Albany.  Gothamist

- Construction incident at 360 Smith Street.  PMFA

- Arrests, protests, unruly happenings: Everybody is against the MTA's cuts in Brooklyn.  Brooklyn Eagle 

- DUMBO puppets offend some members of the Hindu community. Gothamist

- Adventures in outdoor meat drying. (Your neighbors will love you . . .)  Brokelyn

-  Police jargon, explained.  NY Times City Room

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