Brooklinks: Friday Second Weekend Before Christmas Edition

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

• Gang Bust Could Help Area Around Marcy Houses [Sun]
• Last Night's South Street Seaport Fireworks "No Cause for Alarm" [McBrooklyn]
• Sometimes, Bureaucrats Surprise You (Like with Admiral's Row) [Lost City]
• How Tish James Got Her Footing [AYR]
• Victory Hospital in Bay Ridge Stays Open for Now [NYDN]
• Appreciating the Karl Fischer Crap Factor [New York Shitty]
• A Look at the Book Court Expansion [Brownstoner]
• Recchia Watch [Kinetic Carnival]
• 100 Attend Imagining Flatbush 2030 [Brooklyn Junction]
• Flier Garbage on Court Street [Pardon Me For Asking]
• Attempt to Buy Beads on Smith Street Foiled [Icky in Brooklyn]
• Business Closed Forever [BK 11201]
• Snow in Dumbo [Dumbo NYC]
• The Happy Holidays Shack [Brooklynometry]
• New Year's Eve in the Hood [Greenpointers]
• Out and About, This Weekend and Beyond [Brooklyn Based]