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Elderly Woman From Cobble Hill Has Gone Missing, Police Say

Photo via NYPDUPDATED 1/19/17 – She’s been found. An elderly woman has gone missing from her Cobble Hill home, and the NYPD is asking for your help finding her. 80-year-old Irma Rivera, who was reported missing yesterday, was last seen at 10:00pm on Sunday, January 15 in

Owl’s Head Bar Of Bay Ridge Mixes Wine, Beer, And Passionate Fundraising For LGBTQ+ Causes

Photo via healingbearnyc / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/sEAyKskHhz/?taken-at=8467841&hl=en]On Monday, June 13, 2016, The Owl’s Head [http://www.theowlshead.com/] changed up the rules. Normally closed on Monday evenings, the wine bar flung open its doors. However, the drinks they sold to

Game On For Grand Larceny At GameStop In Park Slope, Police Report

Photo via NYPDGameStop retailers are known for their video games and electronics. The items are hot with teens, however, the Park Slope outlet has one less video console that is likely a different kind of “hot item” on the street. Police say that an unidentified female used a victim’s

Elegant Erosion: Meet Artist And Park Slope Neighbor Nick Papadakis

Via the artistThe artistry of Nick Papadakis [http://www.nicholaspapadakis.com/] is the meeting point of the visual and theoretical. The praxis of his craft digs deeply into the myriad of traditions that we think of as the fine arts, including photography, graphic design, printmaking, metal-working, furniture design, and holography

Commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day At These Brooklyn Events

Photo via Wikimedia Commons [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USMC-09611.jpg].Government Offices, Parking, And Sanitation All government offices are closed on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, including courts. There is no mail delivery. All NYC public schools are closed. Students return to school on Tuesday, January 17, 2017.

The Down-Low: ‘Michelle Obama In Her Own Words’ By Melania Trump And Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

Image via Fake Books on Subway: UNPRESIDENTED EDITION / YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uywdkkEnTNc]The Down-Low is our round-up of stories as well as other curiosities throughout Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. Hilarious book covers on the L train – Unpresidented Edition. [Free Williamsburg [http://freewilliamsburg.com/

Iconic Kentile (Floors) Sign May Find Second Life In Redesigned Gowanus Playground

Renderings by Loci Architecture and Gowanus By DesignDoes your stomach still drop when passing over the Gowanus neighborhood as you ride the F/G line because you’re still mourning the loss of the Kentile Floors sign [/see-the-kentile-floors-sign-come-down-in-a-time-lapse-video-parkslopestoop/]? Since those 13 letters were removed from Brooklyn’s skyline, the Gowanus

Six-Pack Of Deliciousness Coming To Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Food Hub

Via Brooklyn Navy Yard Development CorporationThe list of tenants at the Epicurian-delighting Building 77 [http://brooklynnavyyard.org/leasing/bldg-77/] continues to grow after the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation announced the newest half-dozen diverse food and drink palate-pleasers to join the manufacturing hub and on-site food hall. Building 77 is

Green Honda Quartet Pilfers Home Depot In Demolition Hammer Heist, Police Say

Video via NYPD While shoppers examined paint chips and googled the inventor of the Phillips-head screwdriver [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_F._Phillips], four suspects made out with a construction bonanza of high-tech demolition hammers at the Home Depot [http://www.homedepot.com/l/Brooklyn-NY/NY/Brooklyn/11232/1225]

Luigi’s Pizza And Laurentino’s Pasticceria & Caffe: South Slope’s Savory Food Block

Gio (with plates) holding court at at Luigi’s Pizza. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)5th Avenue. Between 20th and 21st Streets. Iconic pizza. Divine pastries. And three doors down from each other. “You’re gonna need seven, eight, nine operations to fix that skin, you’re gonna have fat