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The Down Low: A Crustacean Trap Tree, Dyker Heights Lights & Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

Pamela Wong

Dec 12, 2017 — 1 min read

A Battle in the Snow, Park Slope (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)

The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn.

Nine-Year-Old Boy Hit By Train At East New York Subway Station, Suffers Broken Legs [NY1]

Cops Looking For Creep Who Smashed A Pit Bull’s Head Through A Glass Door [NY Daily News]

New Fort Greene Micro Unit Building Features “Common Goods” Lending Library [NY Times]

Trucks May Be Banned From Parts Of BQE If Fast-Track Reconstruction Proposal Is Not Approved [NY Post]

Photos Of Our Lady Of Guadalupe Feast Performance In Flatbush [NY Daily News]

A Surreal Slideshow Of Sunset Park’s Sims Municipal Recycling Facility [6sqft]

Check Out Some Of Dyker Heights’ Best Christmas Displays [Brownstoner]

Red Hook Lobster Pound’s Unique Christmas Tree [Untapped Cities]

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