Thursday, April 24, 2014

BP Adams Bets Mayor Rob Ford; DNC to Brooklyn? And More Brooklyn Briefs


- Toronto Mayor Rob Ford accepts bet from Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams. [Business Insider]

- NYC rents up and income down – while Brownstone Brooklyn gets richer. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Mayor de Blasio trying to attract DNC to Brooklyn, for some awful reason. [Brokelyn]

Video captures man throwing Molotov Cocktail into Sunset Park deli, after an arguement with the clerk. [NY Magazine]

- Ex-Borough President Marty Markowitz’s Seaside Concert series will not rock Coney Island for the first time in 35 years. [Brookyln Paper]

- The Dock Street building in DUMBO is now seven stories high. Eleven more to go. [DumboNYC]

- Brooklyn Greenway expanding to Columbia Street waterfront. [Browwnstoner]

- Bushwick housing, historic versus hipster. Which do you like better? [Brooklyn Eagle]

- The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival starts May 7 with screenings in 6 Brooklyn loccations. [AoBFF]

- In a social experiment, unsuspecting people walked by relatives pretending to be homeless, and didn't even look at them. [YouTube]


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