Brooklinks: Wednesday Green Thumbs, Greenbacks, Controversy and Food Edition

Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news article, blog items and images. The photo above pictures genuine Brooklyn-grown flowers:

Green Thumbs:

• Serra's Carroll Gardens Rooftop [Apt Therapy via Brownstoner]
• Sandra's Carroll Gardens Stoop [Apt Therapy]
• Brownstoner Garden: Now We Can Eat [Brownstoner]

Greenbacks:

• Video of the Day: Brooklyn Politician's Bribe [Gothamist]
• Gordon and Norman [Daily Politics]

Controversy:

• South Slope/Greenwood Heights Condo Height Protest [NYDN]
• Unwarranted Traffic Chaos in Red Hook [Streetsblog]
• All Atlantic Yards, All the Time [The Real Estate]
• Thousands Attend Atlantic Yards Meeting [NYT]
  
• Water Fight at McCarren Park Pool [Bklyn Rail]

Food and Drink:

• Monday Night at L&B Spumoni Gardens [Bklyn Ramblings]
• Mr. Brownstoner Says Rice is Nice [Bklyn Record]
• Inside the Slope's New Union Hall [Gothamist]
• Williamsburg: Brooklyn's Beer Capital [Bklyn Record]