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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

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

Photo via healingbearnyc / instagramOn Monday, June 13, 2016, The Owl’s Head changed up the rules. Normally closed on Monday evenings, the wine bar flung open its doors. However, the drinks they sold to their patrons that night took on powerful meaning. Less than two days after the 49 deaths

Police & Fire

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

Arts & Culture

Elegant Erosion: Meet Artist And Park Slope Neighbor Nick Papadakis

Via the artistThe artistry of Nick Papadakis 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. Add his collaborative forays

Announcements

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

Photo via Wikimedia Commons.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. Alternate side parking regulations are suspended. However, parking

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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 / YouTubeThe 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] Sen. Chuck Schumer’s Park Slope Apartment Could be Regular Rally

Feature

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? Since those 13 letters were removed from Brooklyn’s skyline, the Gowanus Alliance

Business

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 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 slated to open in mid-2017,

Police & Fire

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, four suspects made out with a construction bonanza of high-tech demolition hammers at the Home Depot located at 550 Hamilton Avenue just under the Gowanus Expressway. On Wednesday, January 4 at approximately 9:28pm,

Food & Drink

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

Police & Fire

Burglar Forces In Door Of Red Hook Apartment Across From P.S. 15, Police Say

Image via NYPDPolice are searching for a suspect who was involved in an apartment burglary last month. On Monday, December 12, 2016, at approximately 9:30am, an individual forced open an apartment door in the vicinity of Sullivan Street and Van Brunt Street in Red Hook. The suspect went inside

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The Down-Low: Shotzy Avoids Kill List And Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

Photo via Luna Park / flickrThe Down-Low is our round-up of stories as well as other curiosities throughout Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. This Delightful Bushwick Insta-Celeb Is a Very Persuasive Adoption Advocate. [Bushwick Daily] What to eat in 2017–7 restaurants opening in Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Based] NYPD Capt.

Food & Drink

Icy Winter BBQ Blues? Pig Beach Burger In Gowanus Pops Up Indoors

Photo via Pig Beach BurgerDon’t let the plummeting temperatures keep you inside and far away from your favorite eats. Don’t let those heavy gloves prevent you from grasping your fork and knife to dig in deeply. The impressive Pig Beach — a smoky and saucy affair which opened in

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Northern BKLYNER Weekday Events Spotlight: January 9-12

Martin McDonagh’s heralded play The Beauty Queen of Leenane opens at the BAM Harvey Theater on Wednesday. [L-R] Marie Mullen as Mag, Aisling O’Sullivan as Maureen, and Marty Rea as Pato. (Photo by Stephen Cummiskey)A stunning show at BAM, secret science, and rope bondage are here for

Business

Going Postal: Times Plaza P.O. Near Barclays Closing; 2 New Locations Will Divide Mail Services

Times Plaza Post Office will close on January 13 and have services divided at two other locations. (Photo via Google Maps)The planned move of the Times Plaza Post Office has finally arrived, and patrons will need to do the postal two-step. Two years after the USPS lost its lease

Police & Fire

UPDATED: Driver Rapes And Robs Woman In Back Of Cab In Sunset Park, Police Say

After she was raped, the woman reported the incident at the 68th Police Precinct Station. (Photo via Google Maps)A 29-year-old woman was robbed and then raped in a taxi outside of her Sunset Park residence, cops say. The incident took place early Saturday morning, January 7 at approximately 3:

Neighbors

Windsor Terrace Teen Found Dead In Prospect Park Lake To Be Memorialized

Mass of Christian Burial will take place Saturday at Holy Name of Jesus Church in Windsor Terrace (Photo via Holy Name of Jesus Church Restoration Project / Facebook)The family of Daniel W. O’Keefe has announced visitation and mass details to memorialize the 19-year-old teen who died on Monday, January

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Weekend Subway Alert: F Train Will Be Super Wonky

Photo via nycgoWe have good news and bad news about the F line this weekend. Bet you know what we’ll start with. The bad news: F Train service is going to be messy this weekend. The good news: We’d like to help you out. Below you’ll find

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Northern BKLYNER Weekend Events Spotlight: January 6-8

New Orleans inflected Smith & 9th Ward plays The Way Station on Saturday. (Photo via Smith & 9th Ward / Facebook)Just because the party’s over doesn’t mean the events slow down. Drop your pants, mulch away, dance to New Orleans tunes, and more. If you have an event

Events

This Weekend: Treecycle your Holiday Tree Throughout The Borough

Photo courtesy of NYC ParksNow that the holidays are over, it’s time to get a fresh start by recycling your holiday tree at one of the many MulchFest 2017 locations in Brooklyn on January 7 and 8. Your tree will be recycled into mulch that will nourish plantings across

Neighbors

Feces And ‘Hate Mail’ Sent To Cobble Hill Professor Involved In Ivanka Trump Plane Flight Dust-up

Ivanka Trump. (Photo via team.ivanka / instagram)Cobble Hill resident and Hunter College professor Matthew Lasner received two pieces of “anti-gay ‘hate mail'” delivered to his office at the college located on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, the New York Post reported. The mail is suspected to be a response

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The Down-Low: Sexy, Toxic Dresses And Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

Photo by Christine BushThe Down-Low is our round-up of stories as well as other curiosities throughout Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. –Anthropologie Debuts ‘Gowanus’ Dress Selling for $188. [DNAinfo] –Gowanus: An Industrial Feel, With Restaurants and Bars. [New York Times] –Mobile dating app Bae gets acquired, heads out

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Fire Scorches Building Next Door To Sunset Park Daycare Center

625 39th Street, November 2016. (Photo via Google Maps)A two-alarm fire sent 25 units and 106 firefighters to battle pesky flames at a one-story commercial building last night, an FDNY spokesperson said. The call came in at approximately 8:26pm on Wednesday, January 4 for a blaze at 625

Food & Drink

Accused Of Pilfering 18K In Groceries, Cops Arrest Park Slope Food Coop Members

Photo by BKLYNERLet’s start out by clarifying that a murder has not taken place at the Park Slope Food Coop (782 Union Street near 7th Avenue). That said, putting $18,000 worth of delicious groceries on your table without paying for them may seem like getting away with murder.

Events

Celebrate 16 Years Of ‘Dropping Trou’ On Sunday With No Pants Subway Ride

Photo via ImprovEverywhere.comWhat is it with January and stripping down? The cold weather must bring out the exhibitionist in all of us. Just a few days ago, the Coney Island Polar Bears took the plunge in their annual ritual. Well, that’s been a tradition for 113 years. Improv