R Train Rally; Pop-Up Pool; Giglio and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Rally at Borough Hall at 11 a.m. today to demand that MTA create a plan to accommodate R train riders during more than a year of repair work. [BHB]

- Brooklyn Bridge Park Pop-Up Pool is open! [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Brooklyn Independence Parade this Saturday. [NY Daily News]

- The Brooklyn Bike Patrol will be back. [Brokelyn]

- 126th Giglio feast to take place in Williamsburg starting July 10. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Speed cams will be set up near schools. [NY Daily News] 

- Your kosher chicken is probably not safe to eat. [Failed Messiah]

- Hong Kong says whistle-blower Edward Snowden was allowed to leave because the U.S. got his middle name wrong. Oops! [Guardian]

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