Brooklinks: Friday End of a Cold Week Edition

Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images.

• City Will Spend $100 Million to Purchase Atlantic Yards Land [AYR]
• Peyser Finds Ratner's Ass, Inserts Nose [Brownstoner]
• The "Over and Under" of Atlantic Yards [Dope on the Slope]
• Brooklyn Gentrification, One Bodega at a Time [WNYC]
• Empire Roller Rink to Close [NYDN]
• The Origin of Brooklyn Beckham's Name [Brooklyn Enthusiast]
• Excellent Old Clinton Hill Artifacts [Clinton Hill Blog]
• Brooklyn Weekend [About Brooklyn]
• Pitchfork Chief Moves to Brooklyn [Daily Intel]
• Any Equivalent to Dumbo? [Dumbo NYC]
• Best Places for Kids' Birthday Parties? [Brooklyn Record]
• April Treat: No Weekend C Train Service! [NYDN]
• Lola Staar Speaks Out More [Kinetic Carnival]
• Graffiti on a Pole in P-Slope [Velvet Sea]
• Bid to Restore Brooklyn Subway Tunnel Art [Metro]
• More Fun with Fences, Greenpoint Edition [newyorkshitty]