Summer in the City

• This is one Brooklyn warehouse that will not be demolished. At 79 Quay Street in Brooklyn — about a block from the waterfront — Cayuga Management decided not to demolish the existing structure on the site, but will instead build townhouses formed from the warehouse.
• In other gigantic amounts of money development news: a developer is shelling out $36 million for a warehouse in Eastern Bushwicksburg.
• Ribbons and medals were handed out to “Brooklyn Made” winners, including Greenpoint’s specialty kitchen knives maker Hussar Metals.
• Which children’s book character are you? Find out with this quiz from the New York Public Library.
• Riding your bicycle could get you a $625 fine and a warrant for your arrest. Be careful out there.

Photo by Dewey Thompson.

• The photo above is courtesy of Dewey Thompson of the North Brooklyn Boat Club. Check out tomorrow’s Canoe Game Night at NBBC on our events calendar.
• Memphis indie legends The Grifters just announced and played their first shows in 17 years, and they’re coming to Glasslands on November 7.
• Justin Warner, Do-Or-Dine chef, uses Gowanus Canal water for his version of the ALS ice bucket challenge.
• Finally, here are some people who undertook the Ice Bucket Challenge with better water, worse results.

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