Thursday, April 12, 2012

Jamaica Bay Pipeline; Nervous Wallabies; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Residents faced off with officials at a Jamaica Bay Task Force meeting, saying the government is quietly pushing through major projects like an ecologically troubling natural gas pipeline. Sheepshead Bites

- Details of the Barclays Arena liquor license meeting, where community members expressed their feelings about the drunken aftermath of games and concerts. Brooklyn Eagle

- Eight properties are set to be sold today at Brooklyn Supreme Court's weekly foreclosure sale. Village Voice

- A car jumped the curb and slammed into the front of Fatoosh Deli in Brooklyn Heights. Driver injured. DNAinfo

- New dingoes at Prospect Park Zoo: their natural prey, the wallabies, are spending more time up on their rock, silently observing . . . WSJ

- The new Hotel BPM Brooklyn features music streaming throughout its public areas, guest rooms and bathrooms.  Guests can make song requests when they make their  reservations. Brooklyn Eagle  

- Why didn't we think of this? Brooklyn woman uses Kickstarter to raise $1,500 for her birthday parade over the Brooklyn Bridge, including a 20-piece marching band, balloons, streamers, bubbles, etc. Brokelyn

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