LINKED: Lazy Jews and A Wal-Mart Alternative

+ 63% of Brooklyn Jews are non-observant (Maztav via McBrooklyn)

+ Cherry Blossoms at the BBG! (NewYorkology)

+ South Slope Walking Tour (Brooklyn Based)

+ The struggle for P.S. 84 (Capital NY)

+ Where Wal-Mart Failed, Aldi Succeeds (NYT)

+ Two Slope churches merging (Brooklyn Paper)

+ Cash for Gold pops up on Flatbush Ave (Brownstoner)

+ A crawl to arms in bedbug war (NY Post)

+ A renter trims his sails (NYT)

+ The Fug Chronicles: The ugliest homes for sale in Brooklyn (Curbed NY)

+ Study finds 83% of subway announcements are clear and accurate, but uh: NO (Village Voice)

+ NJ Nets start selling tickets for games in Brooklyn (Brooklyn Paper)

+ Brooklyn's Walk of Fame (Brooklyn Ink)

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+ Volunteer at the soon-to-be-opened Housing Works in Park Slope! (Housing Works)

+ The no ticket guide to finding free BK parking (Brokelyn)

+ Tom Ford wants you to get a job and stop wearing shorts (Styleite)

+ I don't care that this is Brooklyn, get your kid outta my face (Dad and Buried)

+ Do we curse too much? Or do we not curse with enough meaning? (Gothamist)

+ My dog days are over (NYT)

+ Past and Present: Atlantic/Flatbush Junction (Brownstoner)

+ 5 Reasons not to do your own taxes (Brokelyn)

+ How much do you tip your Fresh Direct delivery dudes? (Brick Underground)

+ Windsor Terrace blog to Prospect Park: Where the potty at? (Curbed NY)

+ Avoid your problems and just take a nap instead (Daily Intel)

[LINKED] Ritzy Banquet Halls and Iodine Pills at the Coop

+ Nuclear power reactors near NYC and their earthquake vulnerability (McBrooklyn)

+ Ritzy banquet hall planned for Red Hook (Brownstoner)

+ I've been jerking off to this shit all week: Basset Hounds Running (BuzzFeed)

+ Report on the invention of Brownstone Brooklyn (Brownstoner)

+ Notice how I was gone all last week? Right, well, I wrote up a quickie SXSW recap here (Brooklyn Based)

+ Coop Chaos: Park Slope scrambles for seaweed amid nuclear fears (NY Observer)

+ Seaside Lounge: A recording studio grows in South Slope (Park Slope Patch)

+ A new discount card for Slope shoppers wallets (Brokelyn)

+ Subway spaghetti spat sparks slapping scuffle (Gothamist)

+ The supersizing architect of Brooklyn (NYT)

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+ Park Slope Adderall pill ring bust chick was indicted (NY Post)

+ Nightlife Spotlight: Brooklyn's Draft Barn (CBS News)

+ Fake bed bug exterminator burgles 5 Brooklyn apts (Brick Underground)

+ How effective are open houses? (Street Easy)

+ What would you name Brooklyn Bridge Park? (Brokelyn)

+ Hooray! You can now compost at the GAP Greenmarket (Brooklynian)

+ New grocer coming to 4th Ave (Brownstoner)

+ Giuseppina's is open (Park Slope Patch)

+ A note from the organizer of BK Night Bazaar (NY Shitty)

+ Our favorite stoops on the market: Brooklyn edition (Curbed NY)

+ Situationist app helps you talk to strangers (Daily Intel)

+ Mark Zuckerberg got the world's sweetest puppy (Daily Intel)

+ Grand Army Plaza plans to be reviewed (Brownstoner)

+ More details on Gowanus landmark reno (Brownstoner)

+ Brooklyn's most desirable buildings (Brownstoner)

[LINKED] Boxed Wine & Park Slope Lens Autographs

image via Park Slope Lens

+ Best boxed wines for your buck. (Brokelyn)
+ New, simpler Atlantic Yards site has emerged. (Atlantic Yards Report)
+ Oh SNAP! Park Slope Lens is gettin all famous-n-shit! (Park Slope Patch)
+ You know that dude who does thoes underground subway tunnel tours? He got locked out...Fighting to Return to a Subway Vault. (City Room)
+ Twitter Patter: @SandraBernhard. (City Room)
+ Easy, No Car Needed Getaway: Beacon NY. (Jauntsetter)
+ Brooklyn's Best Pies...all need to get in ma belly. (Brooklyn Based)
+ Brooklyn's Donut Scene. (Brownstoner)
+ Under the Gowanus Canal...i.e. a place I never, ever, never wanna be (City Room)
+ If Brooklyn were a stock, I'd already be buying a shit ton of it: Brooklyn Sells (Brooklyn Ink)
+ To Sell An Apt, No Detail is Too Small (NYT)
+ Turkish automaker Says It Will Build Cabs in Brooklyn (Brooklyn Paper)
+ NY Mag and Trendrr Partner Create "Pure Info Porn" (The Observer)
+ Who's going to SXSWi from NYC? (The Observer)