Brooklinks: Wednesday Heat Wave Day Two Edition

Brooklinks is a daily roundup of Brooklyn-related articles, blog items and images.

Oh, the Heat:

• More Manhole Fires and Power Outages in Sunset Park [Sunset Parker]
• Exploding Manholes on Fifth Ave in Park Slope [Blog NYC via Gothamist]
• Summer Heatwave Photoblogging [Daily Gotham]
• City Dims Lights as Heat Strains Grid [NYT]
• The Mayor Wants to Prove He Can Take the Heat [Gothamist]
• Dog Days of Simmer [NYPost]
• 38 Degrees in the Shade [imnotsayin]

Other Information, Etc.:

• Life in the Atlantic Yards Footprint [Village Voice]
• BAM Goes the Neighborhood [Village Voice]
• Ratner Becomes a Poster Boy for Overdevelopment [No Land Grab]
• What Would You Like to See on Smith Street? [Brooklyn Record]
• Watching the Finger Rise [Brownstoner]
• Ocean Dreaming on the New Riviera [Kinetic Carnival]
  
• Sunset Park's Art Deco Waterfront [Brooklyn Ramblings]
• Upcoming Brooklyn Smackdown: Raccoons vs. Hipsters [Gothamist]
• The Beer Line at McCarren Pool [Brooklyn Vegan]
• Brooklyn Cheesecake [bluejake]