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This Week In BKLYNER: Trump’s Win Makes Neighbors Vomit, And More

Donny Levit

Nov 13, 2016 — 2 min read

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• ‘I Threw Up A Little In My Mouth’: Trump victory devastates, frightens, and nauseates Slope neighbors.

• From Susan B. Anthony to Hillary Clinton — Women’s historic fight for Representation.

• Local election results for Brooklyn, 2016.

• November 2016 Slope Eats & Drinks: What Opened, What Closed, and What’s Coming Soon.

• Dining Review: Support tacos on every corner, especially if they’re from Reyes Deli & Grocery.

• Dining Review: Tom’s Restaurant of Prospect Heights soothes your soul-quivering self.

• Infant drowns in bathtub at Carroll Gardens home, cops say.

• Finally, Blue Bottle has opened their Park Slope cafe.

• One Lucky (Rubber) Ducky: Tarzian West expands.

• Real Estate Roundup: Rentals to make you say hallelujah (Leonard Cohen edition).

• Meet your neighborhood artists: 2016 Park Slope Windsor Terrace Open Studios weekend.

• $5K per month will get you a three-bedroom as landmarked Offerman House gets topping of rentals.

• Windsor Terrace man leads fight for reform of NYS adoption law.

• Direct link between 2012 Sandy flooding & climate change, U.N. reports this week.

• It’s A Gas: BKLYN Clay brings first community gas kiln to potters in Brooklyn.

• Development at Long Island College Hospital site will not include affordable housing.

• Green Party presidential candidate wins over 11,000 votes across Brooklyn.

• Explore local urban forestry one tree at a time with NYC Street Tree Map.

• Adoptable animal of the week: September the pit puppy.

The Down-Lows from this week, our new round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn.

• Monday, November 7: Cocaine cab drivers and other stories you shouldn’t miss.

• Tuesday, November 8: Anti-Trump ‘Star Wars’ and other stories you shouldn’t miss.

• Wednesday, November 9: Death Of New York Electoral College? and other stories you shouldn’t miss.

• Thursday, November 10: Protect your library with medieval curses and other stories you shouldn’t miss.

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