Brokelyn

New law will notify parents of bedbugs at school [Daily News]
What makes NYC water great? Tiny little shrimps. [via Grub Street]
How to spot a crate of tainted eggs [OTBKB]
What Downtown BK’s new park will look like [Brownstoner]
Brooklyn’s worst landlords [Daily Eagle]
A sneak peak at Brooklyn’s signature dishes [Grub Street]
Dining Brief: Strong Place in Cobble Hill [NY Times]

We heard mom's been hitting the parenting blogs... hard.

There’s no prize to win here or any free drinks to be drunk—only a cute way to spend a few minutes of your time. The Prospect Park Zoo just announced the birth of two baby baboons (actually born in late July) who are in need of some proper names. The two boys, known for now as Baby Baboon 1 and… wait for it… Baby Baboon 2, are the first Hamadryas baboons born at the zoo in six years. Since the two moms, Kaia and Rebecca, might not be up on this year’s hottest names (Aiden & Jayden, but we say Bedford & Stuyvesant), the zoo’s turning to all of us.

How to donate food for Pakistan [Ditmas Park Blog]
Hallucinogenic plants sprouting on BK streets [City Room]
Colorful Habana Outpost more green than anything else [NY Times]
A first look at Brooklyn’s fall restaurant openings [Metromix]
Price comparison: every single iced coffee in Park Slope [via FiPS]
Escape to the Cape with a fall home swap [Jauntsetter]
Spike Lee’s MJ birthday tribute [OTBKB]
How to make a switch-plate planter [Ready Made]

How to get out of your cell phone plan [Learn Vest]
Ask the borough historian your BK stumpers [WNYC]
Prospect Park goose population on the rise [via Ditmas Park Blog]
More MTA fare hikes on the table [NY Times]
Two new distilleries in Brooklyn [Daily News]
W’burg’s The Commodore: $25 and Under [NY Times]
McCarren tennis courts get full makeover [Brownstoner]
Win two tix to The Big Takeover anniversary at the Bell House [the skint]