Morning Reads: Cake Shop’s Lease, Brooklyn Bridge Congestion, East Village Building Boom

  • More on Cake Shop’s successful fundraising campaign — and plans to sign a new 10 year lease on Ludlow Street (NYT).
  • City Council members unveil plan to make the Brooklyn Bridge safe for pedestrians and bicyclists alike (Gothamist).
  • New construction in the East Village – more happening now than any time in the past five years (EV Grieve).
  • Manhattan Borough President candidate Julie Menin joins the fight in support of eight families displaced from a building next to the new Wyndham hotel on Hester Street (NY1).
  • Community Board 3 publishes its district needs statement (The Local EV).