Daily Links: Brooklyn Heights Promenade Will Shut Down Temporarily, No Matter How BQE Fixed

In the News

• Crown Heights Civic Gurus Pan Requested Upzoning for New Tower in Nabe [BP]
• Flatbush CB Approves 13-Story Tower on Site of Old Gas Station [BP]
• No Matter How DOT Repairs BQE, Promenade Will Be Out of Commission [Eagle]
• Here’s a Solution for Fixing the BQE: Get Rid of It [NYMag]
• Amazon in Brooklyn: Why the Bid Didn’t Quite Measure Up [The Bridge]
• Brooklyn Bridge Rehabilitation Gets $25 Million From Feds [amNY]
• City Plans to Sell $1 Billion of Public-Housing Air Rights [Crain’s]
• Mekelburg’s Domino Launches Excellent New ‘Mek At Night’ Menu [Gothamist]
• Rae Closing on Court Street After 32 Years [Bklyner]
• Dyker Heights Officials Urge City to Solve Trash Problems [BK Reporter]
• One of City’s Top Thai Restaurants Opening in Dekalb Market [Eater]

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