News
Sound advice from Bath Beach. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. –Movies filmed in Brooklyn, from ‘Goodfellas’ to ‘Uptown Girls’ [am New York [http://www.amny.com/entertainment/movies-filmed-in-brooklyn-from-goodfellas-to-uptown-girls-1.13183806]
Central Brooklyn
We are giving away 50 tickets to a meet and greet with New York Cosmos team [/new-york-cosmos-moving-coney-island/] and owners this coming Monday at Gargiulo’s Restaurant [http://www.gargiulos.com/], 6-8pm. If you’d like to meet Cosmos Owner Rocco Commisso, Head Coach Giovanni Savarese and key players on the
Events
Photo by Andy Castro [https://www.flickr.com/photos/andycastro/5508353323/]Mardi Gras (French for “Fat Tuesday”) has spurred a city-wide night of dancing, indulging, and all-night partying. But you don’t have to go far from home to get in on the New-Orleans-style action. Party-hop around the borough tonight
Business
via Jacques TorresAll these folks based in Brooklyn make and sell their own chocolate. Some are small, some are large, some are new, and some battle for the title of the oldest in the borough. Of the many chocolatiers in Brooklyn, here are our favorites – for last minute orders tonight
Food & Drink
(Photo via tastebudskitchen [https://www.instagram.com/p/BQTcBkzhsNm/?tagged=hotchocolate])Now that you’ve shoveled your sidewalk, bought a sled [/blog/kids/where-to-get-a-sled-find-a-good-hill-in-prospect-park], and took a ride down a hill [/sled-head-4-parks-take-kids-sledding/] in Prospect Park, there’s one more important item on any first-rate snow day checklist: hot chocolate! Here
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Tom PrendergastAs strange as this sounds on a 60-degree afternoon, forecasters say Brooklyn could be hit with 6 to 12 inches of snow tomorrow. The National Weather Service and NYC Office of Emergency Management have issued a Winter Storm Warning [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/em/about/press-releases/
Central Brooklyn
Cherry Clafoutis at Purple Yam for #ValentinesDay. (Photo via Purple Yam/twitter [https://twitter.com/PurpleYamNYC])While we can’t get enough of neighborhood-themed gourmet pizza [/blog/food/scenes-from-the-soft-opening-of-wheated/], Western-NY style buffalo wings [/blog/food/buffalos-famous-open-western-new-york-cuisine-deep-brooklyn-roots/], and possibly the best dumplings in the borough [/10-brooklyn-dumpling-shops-love/], on Valentine’s Day we
Nonsponsored
The 2017 race to succeed term-limited City Councilman Vincent Gentile — who has represented Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bath Beach and Bensonhurst for more than 13 years — is gaining momentum. Check out the opening moves from three Republicans and one Democrat who are vying for the seat in District 43. Liam
jobs
Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today that Timothy Gough will be the new Homicide Bureau Chief; Danielle Eaddy, Kin Ng and Robert Walsh will become the new heads of the Grey Zone, Red Zone and Blue Zone Trial Bureaus respectively. There are five Trial Bureaus in the Brooklyn
Events
Outside PS 217 on Monday morning. (Photo via Audrey Walen)In addition to scores of rallies in Manhattan, events dedicated to resisting Trump’s executive order barring refugees from entering the United States [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/29/nyregion/detainees-trump-travel-ban.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fnyregion&action=
Announcements
By Mayor Bill de Blasio A few weeks ago I met a man from the South Bronx named Wellington. He was diagnosed with cancer and lost his health insurance. The City of New York fought for him and discovered he was entitled to free health coverage. Within a few days
Events
Still don’t have health insurance? Call 311 or text CoveredNYC or SeguroNYC to 877877 for free, in-person enrollment assistance information. “Despite President Trump’s actions to undermine the Affordable Care Act, our efforts to provide every single New Yorker with quality, affordable health care continues,” said Congressman Joe Crowley.