The Catch Up: May 2018 edition

It’s almost June, the Mister Softee trucks have already hit the streets, and block party season is just around the corner. To catch you up on local news you may have missed in the lead-up to summer, we’ve rounded up this month’s most intriguing developments.
The rent in Brooklyn is set to drop in light of the L Train shutdown. 
There may be a silver lining to the L Train shutdown, after all. Curbed NY reported that Williamsburg, Greenpoint, and Bushwick saw a rent decrease