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September 19th, 2024Daily Links: Brownsville Locals Protest Police Shooting That Gravely Injured Bystander
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- Sunset Park’s MDC Jail Stops Accepting Sentenced Inmates [Eagle]
- Perelandra to Close Sunday, Shocking Brooklyn Heights Residents [Eagle]
- Adams Defends Officers Who Opened Fire in Brownsville Subway Station [BP]
- Locals Respond to Plans for McGuinness Boulevard [Greenpointers]
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- Secret Service Prepares for Trump to Visit ‘Burg [Yeshiva World News]
- Video Shows NYPD Officers Punching Ocean Hill Shelter Worker [CBS]
- 18 Arrested at Brownsville Protest of Police Shooting [Gothamist]
- 11-Year-Old Dies After Falling Off Park Slope Subway Station [Gothamist]
- 758-760 Metropolitan Avenue Stands Topped Out in Williamsburg [NYY]
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I'm extremely pleased that the majority of the complex was saved. My mother taught here years ago when it was a Catholic elementary school. They only used part of the building at that time. It's a shame they didn't save the oldest part of the building, though. And I think that converting it into housing was the best use possible, and people have been advocating for that for a long time. BUT... NO ONE living in that neighborhood can afford the "affordable" units, or the market rate ones, which aren't much more monthly rent. They are just creating an oasis of wealth within a desert of those who have much less. That's hardly good city planning. On top of that, could they make those units less boring? OK, they saved some of the window details, but otherwise, they seem to be nothing but cheap looking generic sheetrock boxes with the inevitable open plan. I'm pretty sure the original Victorian classrooms had architectural details that could have been re-used - some wainscoting, floors, casework. I'm grateful they didn't tear the entire thing down, but it should have been landmarked ages ago, as well as on the National Register. I'm praying that the Catholic Church doesn't decide one day to sell off St. John the Baptist Church. That building is a masterpiece and an important part of Bedford Stuyvesant and Brooklyn's religious history.
Historic St. John’s College Campus in Bed Stuy to Reopen as ApartmentsScrubbed of character and too expensive.
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Locals Clash Over Arrow Linen Site’s Future at Raucous Community HearingI think it's a nice home with a lot of bang for your buck. Love the beautiful trees in the front/back yard. Great it comes with a private garage & driveway. Price seems very fair & reasonable. Believe it will get Asking or above. Anything...A+
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