Summer in the city, by Carlito_Brigante_

Old Economy: A shop in Park Slope run by an old Bushwicker will clean your clock. And fix it for you. Fun fact: before the hideous WTC was built, destroying homes, offices, and shops through eminent domain, Cortlandt Street was Radio Row.

Why the surprise, HUH?: What’s the big deal about a Bebe ad in Bushwick? Isn’t it a slightly upper-mid-range mall store? Not every Bushwicker shops for clothing on Knickerbocker. The surprise is almost…racist. Hey, that IS fun to fling around!

Bratty Brewers: The Brooklyn Brewery is having a hard time finding a big space into which to expand in Brooklyn, so now they regret supporting the rezoning of Williamsburg they championed, and they’re upset that the City wouldn’t evict the fully viable and operating Red Hook container port for them. They want property owners to be forced to set aside industrial land just in case they want to expand, but if they want to move, other businesses better stfu and gtfo: we want to make beer. (Also: an appearance by our buddies at EWVIDCO).

Ridgewood a Scamster Haven?: In March it was the tax preparer who stole millions, now it’s a guy posing as an immigration lawyer who bilked $7000 out of a lady to keep her son from being deported. (He was deported.)