Bedford-Stuyvesant: The Kodachrome Building — you know, that crazy new condo building on Spencer Street with the Mondrian-like color blocks? It’s going rental. [Brownstoner]
Clinton Hill: Notorious, the biopic of the late, Brooklyn-raised rapper Notorious B.I.G, has taken over the neighborhood. [Clinton Hill]
Carroll Gardens: Someone’s been found dead in an apartment on Carroll Street! Was it murder? [ Gowanus Lounge]
Norwood: Anna Rogovin, 91, an old-timer in this part of the Bronx, is doing well and chatting up a storm from her hospital bed after being hit by a truck and having both legs amputated. You go, girl! [West Bronx Blog]
Prospect Heights: Here and elsewhere in Brooklyn, Obama graffiti murals are popping up. The audacity of … spray paint? [Gothamist]
Turtle Bay: Were these roomies whose crib was crushed by the big crane robbed of $30,000 or $80,000 worth of electronics and jewelry? We’ll say this: Cost of not being home during the crash? Priceless. [Gothamist]
Williamsburg: Some property owners oppose plans to cap building heights around Grand Street to four floors, saying they should go as high as seven. [NYP via Curbed]
