A group of paid tree-huggers found the single most environmentally valuable tree in Prospect Park. brooklynpaper.com/stories/41/39/…

It's official, #SD22: Eight-term Republican incumbent Marty Golden concedes to upstart Democratic challenger Andrew Gounardes 13 days after election day

Legendary Coney muckraker Julianne "Marathon" McShane blew the lid wide open on the squiggly line scandal surrounding NYC DOT's attempt to perform one simple task, with yet another jaw-dropping BrooklynDaily report. @juliannemcshane brooklyndaily.com/stories/2018/4…

Read legendary Coney muckraker Julianne "Marathon" McShane's BrooklynDaily deep dive into the fragile economics underpinning fine dining at the People's Playground, where civic gurus claim even one food truck could doom restaurateurs. @juliannemcshane brooklyndaily.com/stories/2018/4…

#legednaryconeymuckracker @juliannemcshane slams NYC DOT with another hard-hitting Brooklyn Paper report detailing the agency's ongoing effort to drive Mark Treyger 🍎 insane via #squigglegate brooklynpaper.com/stories/41/51/…

Don’t hate the player, hate the game

The city plans on ringing Prospect Park with bike lanes, including protected lanes on Ocean and Flatbush avenues Transportation Alternatives Citi Bike Eric McClure (ericmcclure.bsky.social) Brooklyn Paper StreetsPAC (bsky.app/profile/streetspac.org) brooklynpaper.com/stories/42/13/…

Legendary Coney muckraker Julianne "Marathon" McShane blows the lid off Brooklyn's best free resources for spandex clad oldsters looking to break a sweat. #letswinapulitzer #areyoubored #youmissme @juliannemcshane brooklynpaper.com/stories/42/16/…

Another cyclist was hit and killed by a box truck in Greenpoint this afternoon, just hours after a tow truck hit a 17-year-old Staten Islander who later died from his injuries. This ups the cyclist death toll this year to 17, compared to 10 during all of 2018.

I’m at the City Council meeting to close Rikers and build 4 boro jails

CB1’s board office has a line out the door for the Two Trees presentation on their two massive towers they want to build on the Williamsburg waterfront. The presentation has already started and nobody is getting in

The same community board that bought a $26,000 SUV for its district manager doesn't have a large enough meeting room to accommodate its constituents, who have to wait outside while information regarding an important development is presented.

Brooklyn Dem Party leaders voted to hold fewer meetings and restrict member-driven resolutions so that they can’t address “any aspect of the internal governance” within the party — two changes that seriously reduce the party's transparency, reformers say brooklynpaper.com/brooklyn-democ…

FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker provides update on recent fires in Brooklyn and Queens x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

exclusive from my diary, age 16

New select bus lines on Flatbush and Church avenues coming to the district, mayor announces

They're banning truck deliveries on Flatbush between Grand Army Plaza and Tillery during rush hour. I think some actual news just happened

4 or 5 schools in Park Slope will have AC installed by June. He named them all but I lost count.

Holy shit, someone really did it

I was heading into the office, when I saw a woman with a second set of legs emerging from her abdomen! Then, as she drew closer, I realized the legs belonged to a toddler, who was strapped to her chest in one of those baby sacks. Can't wait to get my new glasses!