Brooklyn '74; Firefighters; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Photos: Brooklyn in the summer of 1974. Check out Washington Street in DUMBO. Business Insider

- Wouldn't you know it was a Brooklyn guy who sexually-assaulted the 85-year-old woman in Manhattan. Brooklyn Eagle

- A thousand firefighters will cross the Brooklyn Bridge this morning to try to save the 20 companies on the chopping block. NY1

- Officials submitted a formal request to ban all tourist helicopter flights from the Downtown Manhattan Heliport. Brooklyn Eagle

- In Weiner's district, they wonder why he doesn't recognize his own . . . ?" NY Times

- A noisy power generator parked outside Wyckoff Heights Medical Center is causing its neighbors to fume. BushwickBK

- Will you be crowned the new Miss Twin Peaks? Gothamist

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