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Video via NYPD. Police are searching for two teenage suspects who were involved in the robbery of a 12-year-old victim’s cellphone. On Wednesday, November 23, 2016, at approximately 4:10pm, the young victim was standing on the southbound platform of the Q train at the 7th Avenue subway station
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Photo by Sheepshead BitesThe Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. –The Murder Of Santa Claus film returns, and it may be à propos for 2016. [ Spectacle [http://www.spectacletheater.com/
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The re-named New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)A name change and new leadership has arrived at New York Methodist Hospital (506 6th Street at 7th Avenue) in Park Slope after the announcement of its merger with New York-Presbyterian healthcare network. The merger, which was recently
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Photo via leetaharding / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BOPPpzaD710/?taken-at=61172945&hl=en]The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. –DJ Jinx Paul of Mega 97.9 FM
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504 Myrtle Avenue rendering. (Via YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/09/eight-story-143-unit-mixed-use-building-tops-out-at-504-myrtle-avenue-clinton-hill.html] )An affordable housing lottery for 29 units in a newly constructed building in Clinton Hill is currently accepting applications. The apartments, which are in the eight-story building on 504 Myrtle Avenue (between Ryerson Street and Grand
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Image via NYPDThirty-five alleged members of the Hoodstarz gang and its affiliate crews in Brownsville were arrested in connection to financial crimes, burglaries, weapons and drugs that boiled over into Prospect Heights and Boerum Hill, announced Acting Brooklyn Distract Attorney Eric Gonzalez and Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill. The
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A drenching by Superstorm Sandy forced repairs that the MTA is just starting. (Photo by Mitchell Trinka)Next spring the MTA will shut down weekend service on the 2 and 3 train between Manhattan and Brooklyn for Superstorm Sandy-related repairs, affecting approximately 205,000 riders. The Clark Street Tube, which
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Video via NYPD Police have released a video of four suspects — ranging between ages 8 and 14 — who assaulted and robbed a 30-year-old man a block away from Fort Greene Park. According to the police, the incident took place on Friday, November 25, 2016, at 12:30am in front of
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Photo via blancabob / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BLmllB1lzHf/?tagged=seltzerbottle&hl=en]The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. –The Medical Origins of Seltzer. [The Atlantic [https:
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Tyheim Smith. (Photo via Brooklyn DA’s office)An 18-year-old Red Hook teenager was sentenced to 24 years to life in prison for his part in the fatal shooting of a man during a botched robbery attempt in Williamsburg, announced Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. On April 27, 2015,
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The Cobble Hill location of American Apparel at 122 Court Street (Image via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6903144,-73.9920938,3a,75y,251.95h,85.37t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sjZ6CklIGUXse1t3cFuGyQg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1] )Police have arrested a woman for assault after an argument
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Video via NYPD Police have released a video of three suspects who robbed and hurled a bottle of unknown liquid at a victim in Downtown Brooklyn. According to the police, the incident took place on Wednesday, November 9 at approximately 6:30pm near the corner of Bridge Street and Willoughby
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Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopThe Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. –Hero dog stops rape. [NYPost [http://nypost.com/2016/11/30/hero-dog-saves-owner-from-attempted-rape/]] –’Scooter Cops of Bed-Stuy’ Documentary
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Photo via Christmas Presents [https://www.flickr.com/photos/blackunigryphon/15878989657/in/pool-christmas_present/] Want to help make a child’s holiday a bit brighter this season? Council Member Stephen Levin [http://council.nyc.gov/d33/html/members/home.shtml], whose district covers parts of our area, and the Atlantic
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Police are searching for a suspect who forced himself on to a woman in a subway elevator at the Jay Street-MetroTech train station. The assault occurred on Tuesday, November 22, 2016, at around 5am when the 50-year-old female victim entered the elevator and an unidentified individual approached her. According to
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One suspect has been identified as 36-year-old Atanasiu Bogdan-Valentin. (Courtesy of NYPD)Police are searching for two suspects who are involved in a string of unauthorized citywide ATM withdrawals that has hit Park Slope. According to police between August 24 and November 1, two suspects used a skimming device in