Brooklinks: Tuesday Defend the Canal Edition

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

Blogs:

• ESDC Plans Atlantic Yards Ombudsman, Other Oversight [AYR]
• Novel Idea: Safety Measures for Atlantic Yards [Gothamist]
• New Transportation Commissioner and Congestion Pricing [Streets Blog]
• Ocean Parkway Architecture [Kensington Brooklyn]
• Look Out for Things That Fall From Brownstones [Brownstoner]
• The 1898 Greenpoint Sausage Factory Lard Conflagration [newyorkshitty]
• Yellow Office, Closed Today [Velvet Sea]
• Coney Island History Project Upcoming Events [Kinetic Carnival]
• BKLYN Designs 2007 is Coming This Weekend [Dumbo NYC]
• Brooklyn Bookfest is Back [Brooklyn Record]
• Meet Butch, the Carroll Gardens Troubadour [Esthetic/Aesthetic]
• Car Service Haiku [Big Sky Brooklyn]
• A Look Around Williamsburg on Cinco de Mayo [Built Environment Blog]
• Clinton Hill House Tour Wrapup [Clinton Hill Blog]

Mainstream Mayhem:

• Bed-Stuy Woman Murdered Before Fire [NYP]
• Woman Found Dead in Bed-Stuy Fire [NYT]
• Two Die in Separate Brooklyn Fires [amNY]
• Fire Kills Baby in Illegal Basement Apartment on E. 15th Street [NYP]
• Illegal Basement Apt Fire Kills Little Boy [NYT]
• Brooklyn Wife Beaters Will Be Tracked [NYP]