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(Photo via valsdisturbed [https://www.instagram.com/p/BNibf_UhyXo/?taken-at=251412631])The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. – Islamophobic graffiti scrawled in subway station near Kensington [Brooklyn Paper [http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/39/50/
![[Updated] Flatbush Avenue Bike Lane Petition Builds Momentum This Week](/content/images/size/w600/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Screenshot_20161124-093607_0.png)
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(Sample 2-way bike lane image via Transportation Alternatives petition [https://campaigns.transalt.org/petition/two-way-protected-bike-path-flatbush]) [Updates 12/7 & 12/8: We spoke to the petition’s founders and added in their story throughout] Local Council Members take note: A petition for a 2-way protected bike lane on Flatbush Avenue
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(Sample 2-way bike lane image via Transportation Alternatives petition [https://campaigns.transalt.org/petition/two-way-protected-bike-path-flatbush]) [Updates 12/7 & 12/8: We spoke to the petition’s founders and added in their story throughout] Local Council Members take note: A petition for a 2-way protected bike lane on Flatbush Avenue
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Stop & Frisk forum at the Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Judges, NYPD, pols, and activists landed in East Flatbush last week to learn how residents feel about the NYPD’s use of ‘stop & frisk’ and how to improve police-community relationships in a predominantly
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Stop & Frisk forum at the Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Judges, NYPD, pols, and activists landed in East Flatbush last week to learn how residents feel about the NYPD’s use of ‘stop & frisk’ and how to improve police-community relationships in a predominantly
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Felted creatures at the Brooklyn Brainery. (Photo via BK Brainery [https://www.facebook.com/brooklynbrainery/photos/a.150010301688252.20394.111153138907302/1273353926020545/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Whether you’re looking to get crafty, attend a zoning forum, hear ghost stories or live music — this is your spot for the best
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(Screenshot via Google Maps)A 30-year-old man was thrown from his motorcycle after crashing into a car near 12th Avenue early Sunday morning, cops said. The biker was riding his Kawasaki motorcycle east on 40th Street in Borough Park when he collided with a Toyota Camry at the intersection of
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Seen at the Avenue H train station. (Photo by Sean Egan)This week in Ditmas Park, find where to buy Christmas trees in the neighborhood [/blog/holidays/get-christmas-trees-near-ditmas-park-kensington/], two city workers were busted for drunk driving on Thanksgiving weekend [/blog/crime/nypd-fdny-employees-busted-drunk-driving-thanksgiving-weekend/], Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney turns herself in for
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(Photo via _tamarapeterson [https://www.instagram.com/p/BNZfssqA4bz/?taken-at=142868] / instagram)Catch up on the essential Brooklyn news this week with the best stories from our sister sites: * ACU under fire after child beaten into coma three days after tip-off about abuse. [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/12/acs-investigated-after-child-beaten-into-a-coma-three-days-after-tip-off-about-abuse/
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(Photo courtesy lostinbrooklyn [https://www.flickr.com/photos/lostinbrooklyn/6560300149/in/photolist-aZHfFg-c5X3X3-8L8o11-8L8o4m-nWgv7N-8L8oEd-9B1v9d-ekGB1q-dU5nwV-brA9az-9ECab6-depc3q-8BBoxh-7XcD4X-6tPKYS-c5X14o-dSSJN5-dHmz8b-g9bkAQ-aeeJvs-nTEiZy-nUgVSS-8quJ5P-nV1mbR-w2TJK-nSm3RQ-nDkcSs-99ZLda-9ZaSwp-c5VMQy-nUT51A-nYNVXr-8tvjt9-GUo6kL-6eRGq2-g7zfha-cZU2bQ-6S5Th8-6gJ4Tp-9AXETV-9AXANv-dH1Hz5-brA8Rk-aBxhkn-dpmEDw-dSM9Lg-7Ckezb-c5WUUf-ajWJPH-g7zrem] / flickr)The weekend is finally here and we’d li
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Photo via NYPDHelp cops find a man missing from his Kensington apartment since yesterday. Roberto Lorenzo, 53, was last seen at 5:30 last night, December 1, leaving his Ocean Parkway home near Webster Avenue, according to police. He is described by police as 5 feet 8 inches tall and
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(Photo via Sean Casey Animal Rescue [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.378832716482.159179.17669251482/10154194849601483/?type=3&theater] )Looking for a new companion? Sweet Leah could be your perfect pet. Sean Casey Says: > Little Leah is a special 3-year-old, pomeranian mix who is looking for her