Brooklinks is a daily roundup of Brooklyn-related articles, blog items and images.
Oh, the Heat:
- More Manhole Fires and Power Outages in Sunset Park [Sunset Parker]
- Exploding Manholes on Fifth Ave in Park Slope [Blog NYC via Gothamist]
- Summer Heatwave Photoblogging [Daily Gotham]
- City Dims Lights as Heat Strains Grid [NYT]
- The Mayor Wants to Prove He Can Take the Heat [Gothamist]
- Dog Days of Simmer [NYPost]
- 38 Degrees in the Shade [imnotsayin]
Other Information, Etc.:
- Life in the Atlantic Yards Footprint [Village Voice]
- BAM Goes the Neighborhood [Village Voice]
- Ratner Becomes a Poster Boy for Overdevelopment [No Land Grab]
- What Would You Like to See on Smith Street? [Brooklyn Record]
- Watching the Finger Rise [Brownstoner]
- Ocean Dreaming on the New Riviera [Kinetic Carnival]
- Sunset Park’s Art Deco Waterfront [Brooklyn Ramblings]
- Upcoming Brooklyn Smackdown: Raccoons vs. Hipsters [Gothamist]
- The Beer Line at McCarren Pool [Brooklyn Vegan]
- Brooklyn Cheesecake [bluejake]
