MakerBot Moving To MetroTech; Tenants Sue Two Trees; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Brooklyn tenants sue landlord Two Trees, begin rent strike, claim fraud. Curbed

- The Hotel Bossert -- the former “Waldorf Astoria of Brooklyn” -- could soon be making a comeback as a hotel. Brownstoner

- Headlines of the past: Avalanche of sugar suffocated Brooklyn workman. Brooklyn Eagle

- MakerBot, the red-hot start-up that produces 3-D printers, signed a lease for a big new office space at Metrotech. Brownstoner

- New subway station design causes privacy complaints in Queens. Queens Crap

- The would-be suicide bomber in Al Qaeda's latest bomb-underwear plot was actually a double agent feeding the CIA information from the inside. NY Magazine

- Your sunscreen could be giving you skin cancer. Gizmodo

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Interactive GE Hologram In DUMBO Through Friday

GE is doing something really nifty in DUMBO this week: an interactive hologram experience called "Throttle UP" where you -- by waving your hands around -- assemble an advanced GEnx jet engine out of parts floating in a space-like sky.

The experience uses motion-capture synched to your hands and a slew of 3D rendering techniques in an impressive installation. Your hands show up as a blue glow as you move the pieces around (as in photo above).

The free exhibit is part of Creative Week 2012, and is open from 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. May 7 - 11 at 56 Water Street.

Creative Week is where "advertising, design, and digital media collide with the arts."

UPDATE: More about the exhibit at the Brooklyn Eagle. 

Photo by MK Metz

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Up In the Sky Over DUMBO: 99%

Seen on a building in DUMBO Monday night: 99%, projected by The Illuminator.

The Illuminator's Mission: "To smash the myths of the information industry, and let people find out for themselves what the 99% movement is fighting for."

Photo by MK Metz

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Heavy Fines for Poppy Seeds; Silicon Brooklyn; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Terrifying graph shows growing popularity of Brooklyn as a baby name. Brokelyn

- Overnight Brooklyn Bridge repair driving them crazy in Manhattan, too. abc

- The owner of a Montreal-style bagel shop in Cobble Hill Brooklyn Heights says Health Department inspectors are levying heavy fines for poppy seeds falling on the floor. Gothamist

- There's no stopping 'Silicon Brooklyn.' Brooklyn Eagle

- Art world it-girl buys expensive carriage house in Red Hook. TRD

- There's a class coming up about how to make a duct tape wallet. Brooklyn Brainery

- Law enforcement recovers nearly twice as many guns in Brooklyn as in any other New York City borough. The Brooklyn Ink

- Don't throw out that letter! Bank of America will begin mailing 200,000 letters offering certain customers mortgage principal reduction. CNBC

- Dustin Hoffman rescues jogger after heart attack. NY Magazine

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First Harvest, Brooklyn Garden

Here in Brooklyn, the parsley, mint and chives have been loving this warm weather.

Photo by MK Metz

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Carroll Gardens ID Thieves, and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Photos of 5 Boro Bike Tour here.

- Heads Up: Thieves foraging for personal info in Carroll Gardens. Bococaland

- Not exactly 'superficial homophobic lesbians.' Brownstoner

- Yes, Funny Girl is coming to Barclay's. Atlantic Yards Report

- New president for Cobble Hill Health Center. Carroll Gardens Patch

- Creative Week New York in DUMBO. DumboNYC

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12-Year Old Dies On Parking Gate; Packer Losing It's Small Town Feel? And More Brooklyn Briefs

- Boy, 12, killed by rising parking lot gate in Brooklyn. NY Times

- 911 and 76th Precinct total FAIL in Carroll Gardens. PMFA

- Packer Collegiate in Brooklyn Heights raises its profile; parents worry it may lose its cozy local feel. NY Times

- Brooklyn College student with dream of becoming a doctor killed as his minivan was smashed head-on by a speeding BMW. NY Daily News

- The Brooklyn Folk Festival will take place this year in the old Sids old hardware store on Jay Street, which will be dressed up as a 1940s streetscape. Brooklyn Paper

- Naftali Group has closed on a 90,000-square-foot development site in Boerum Hill, where it will build an 85-unit luxury rental building. TRD

- Was a perfect day for the Court Street Summerfest (but not for the sad pig). PMFA

- Facebook censoring irrelevant comments? TechCrunch

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Long Lines for 'Avengers' in Brooklyn

Line for 'The Avengers' at Cobble Hill Cinemas this Saturday. By MK Metz

Like many other Brooklynites, we went to see "The Avengers" on Saturday. Good thing we bought our tickets in advance -- most showings were sold out, and we hear that the film took in more than $200 million over the weekend, smashing the record set by “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2."

We saw "The Avengers" at  Cobble Hill Cinemas because it was less of a madhouse than UA Court Street Stadium in Downtown Brooklyn, PLUS the cost of a 3D film at Cobble Hill is only $12 for adults! (3D tickets are $17 at UA Court Street Stadium.)

If you haven't seen the movie yet, make sure to sit through the entire after-movie credits. (You'll be rewarded with two added scenes.)

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SUV Plows Into Brooklyn Heights Building; DOB Complaint of Building Shaking

A man backing up a green Ford SUV at a high rate of speed lost control of his car and plowed into the Henry Street side of 98 Remsen Street in Brooklyn Heights at 10:30 a.m. Saturday morning, collapsing scaffolding surrounding the building and partially caving in a brick wall.

Police told McBrooklyn that the driver was attempting to shift gears and accidentally hit the accelerator. The driver declined to comment.

No one was hurt in the crash but Henry Street (near Hunts Lane) was blocked off by NYPD and FDNY and the building temporarily evacuated.

A crowd of emergency workers gathered as the Office of Emergency Management arrived  to inspect the scaffolding and wall.

Workers said the damage did not appear to be destabilizing -- though a complaint was filed Saturday with the Department of Buildings states that the building is shaking and stability is affected.

The street remained closed Saturday afternoon as workers shored up the scaffolding.

Photos by MK Metz

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Gelber For Brooklyn Borough President?

Soon Borough President Marty Markowitz will be gone, and Carlo Scissura, his former chief of staff, has decided not to run for the position (but rather to become the next president of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce).

State Senator Eric Adams has the only hat in the ring. But Dennis Holt of the Brooklyn Eagle offers a nomination: Marilyn Gelber, head of the Brooklyn Community Foundation (once Independence Bank’s Community Foundation).

Among her qualifications: Gelber is a city planner, and once served as Brooklyn’s member of the City Planning Commission. She was Golden’s chief of staff when many of the critical decisions were made that led to the new Brooklyn, and negotiated some important agreements for Rudy Giuliani when he was mayor, says Holt.

An interesting nomination -- but Holt doesn't say if Gelber has any inclination to leave her present secure post. More here.

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