The MTA capital plan is not terribly “pro-straphanger.” [StreetsBlog]
A ton of institutional debt has tenant trouble brewing at the Belnord. [NY Times]
Will the infamous “Rat Island” soon be part of The Observer family portfolio? [The Journal]
Gawker offers an open letter to “McMansion America.” [Gawker]
If we asked you to think of an image from the words “Chelsea” and “crabs” this is mostly likely item #247 or lower that you’d come back with. [DNAinfo]
PLG is losing the coffee shop that made it PLG and, you know, not just another Brooklyn ‘hood. [L Magazine]
Those mushrooms that almost ate Park Slope alive (what hyperbole?) are back! [NY Times]
Old-timers and newcomers fight over a Sheepshead Bay landmark. [Journal]
Whoopee! National home sales swoon. [Bloomberg]
