Brooklinks: Friday End of the Week Edition

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

• Forest City Ratner Has Second-Largest Lobbying Contract in State [AYR]
• McCain & Bloomberg Go to Bay Ridge [NYDN]
• McCain in the Ridge [Left in Bay Ridge]
• Canarsie Day Care Center Doubles as Disgusting Mushroom Farm [NYDN]
• Details of Awful Bensonhurst Murder Recalled [NYP]
• Added Detail on Williamsburg-Greenpoint Greenway Approval [Streets Blog]
• Car Culture [Bed-Stuy Banana]
• Brooklyn Modern [OTBKB]
• Microsoft Courts Moms on Montague [BHB]
• Second-Hand Report on Paul Simon at BAM [DITHOB]
• Bedford Playground Equipment Installed [Brooklyn Junction]
• Botanic Garden Has Deal With L’Occitane en Provence [Newyorkology]
• Music Vids Shot Locally [Clinton Hill Chill Blog]
• Room Design at RePop [Clinton Hill Blog]
• Almondine Offering "Room Service" in Dumbo on Mother's Day [Dumbo NYC]