Rents Rising Faster Than Inflation; Tour the Brooklyn Kings Theatre

• NYC rents have been rising faster than inflation over the last three years. [NYT]
• East New Yorkers are trying to stop some of the “new frontier” developments big-wigs are looking to bring to the neighborhood at the center of the de Blasio administration’s affordable housing plan. [Village Voice]
• A worker at Barclays Center installing the arena’s green roof was crushed to death by steel beams. [NYDN]
• This 15 Central Park West pad is looking to make a $29 million sale. The owner paid just $5.9 million for the home originally. [Curbed]
• The fight over what to do with Sunnyside Yards continues to heat up as the city recently released a Request for Proposals for developing the rail yard. [Brownstoner]
• Here’s your chance to take a tour of the recently-restored historic Brooklyn Kings Theatre. [Untapped]

Images: Cash via Wikicommons (L); Brooklyn Kings Theatre (R)