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

Photo via ImprovEverywhere.com [http://improveverywhere.com/]What 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 [/2017-not-dry-run-best-photos-coney-islands-polar-bear-plunge/] in their annual ritual. Well, that’s been a

Police & Fire

Police Identify Teen Found Dead In Prospect Park Lake

Photo via Prospect Park [https://www.instagram.com/p/BLrPQ4EjIaQ/?taken-by=prospect_park&hl=en]The 19-year-old found dead in Prospect Park Lake [/body-of-teen-found-in-prospect-park-lake-second-instance-in-two-months/] on Monday night was a Brooklyn neighbor. Police identified the deceased teen as Daniel O’Keefe. They have not released his address due to issues

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Updated: LIRR Train ‘Derails’ At Atlantic Terminal; Mayor de Blasio Absent From Scene

The scene outside the Atlantic Terminal after the derailment. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)A Long Island Rail Road train carrying approximately 430 passengers at rush hour slammed into the end of the platform at Atlantic Terminal Wednesday morning. More than 100 commuters were injured, although Governor Andrew Cuomo said

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The Down-Low: ‘Closing The Pleasure Gap’ And Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

Photo via bourgeosbee / flickr [hhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/bourgeoisbee/2216794248/in/photolist-4nTDGu-8cytY-4vFMGA-4nPz96-hASpu9-dJEMY1-8ZnE4F-iYMs4e-bG5Tap-8cytX-8cytV-xCkT4-8czjc-dgnFk3-5Ri9Js-9xD5ig-dwndkm-8cytW-6DFnPk-7YmPd-dRe1Bz-qEokob-7qseXx-tZreQ-qGARr7-qGARy1-qGvhpK-9eYe4V-pKU4dk-7wnDZn-qpmnsq-5L1vYA-qGEUGa-pLLku9-9dTd52-qrccJ5-pLLdBS-BWPtQU-5S2sjD-qpxhzZ-91Kt9c-qMnci8-aNYSWr-qMnj28-b739GM-D651HJ-5S2rTa-qv5JQz-5M22gG-5M2E1U] The Down-Low is our round-up of stories as well as other

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Man Kidnapped In Coney Island Was Convicted Murderer In Debt To Assailants

The incident began at the Pay-O-Mastic at 2323 Mermaid Avenue. (Photo via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5759647,-73.9907492,3a,30y,304.56h,91.86t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sSvzbCMvfQ8vmn1ARAE-G6Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1] )When a 68-year-old man wound up at Lutheran Medical Center last

Police & Fire

Body Of Teen Found In Prospect Park Lake; Second Instance In Two Months

Photo by BKLYNERThe body of a 19-year-old male was found floating in Prospect Park Lake on Monday night, police say. Exactly two months ago, another 19-year-old male was found dead floating in a different section of the lake. On Monday, January 2, 2017, at approximately 6:50pm, police arrived at

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This Week In BKLYNER: Drunk Santa Survives, Midwood High School Hero, Year-In-Review Galore, And More

Photo via Raúl / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/97711075@N08/14422105708/in/photolist-nYr4yY-a5sriV-6ig96p-qmG1HV-f59qrk-o4aYM6-qLkQcx-6j86uc-22mJ7y-yo2BE-55HitG-wsHV6-wsHon-8bM19W-695sGW-wsGQY-n1ozP-9uta6k-dSTfPC-p1in2L-81i96D-bDSgHP-oD8BwC-bkhzEr-7FhKPL-cjHY41-gu1yck-crs98w-duxLq-cUHn3b-buCK26-gsK6M2-7RxJWw-pMvsgL-336S73-4stwAR-67pPRv-5t1xHV-8bHMb2-6FnvaU-eUW6mj-GNges-7jDiN-6yh6p9-drxmsw-qCfXBh-wfYbV-fFDW7j-4THZp3-crrXVs] Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follo

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Man Stabbed In The Head, Robbed, Then Dumped Out Of SUV In Sheepshead Bay

The incident began at the Pay-o-Mastic at 2323 Mermaid Avenue. (Photo via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5759796,-73.9908394,3a,37.5y,334.32h,85.84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5GMP727gu7w2LWlEGOAryg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1] )A man fell prey to a pair of thieves and

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Rejected Kiss Leads To Bloody Punch In Sunset Park Bar, Cops Say

Cops say the suspect’s hair was styled in two buns. (Image via NYPD)A woman sustained a bloody nose after saying no to advances from another woman while out at a Sunset Park bar and hookah joint. According to police, the 30-year-old female victim and her 27-year-old female acquaintance

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The Down-Low: When Pokemon Go Owned Westboro Baptist Church And Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNERThe Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. –The Westboro Baptist Church Is Getting Owned In Pokémon Go (a 2016 flashback). [Atlas Obscura [http://www.atlasobscura.com/

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2016 Year In Review: Slope Eats & Drinks — Openings And Closings

Buddha Ramen with Naruto (Fish Cake) at Momo Ramen. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)2016 will be remembered for … well … quite a few things. And food and drink in our area will indeed be one of them. Big giants fell down, little engines that could have climbed the hill to

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The Down-Low: We Loved Carrie Fisher In Blues Brothers, Too, And Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

Photo via chimpomatic / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/chimpomatic/8354570962/in/photolist-dJgmSW-ag8uxT-8kuiAT-btKVFb-eqoxug-7x94kF-2rYrjF-fSbQNp-bn7uHY-6zDWoz-7omvGm-7ohAWt-7omvtS-7ohB2F-7omvCS-7ohB8i-7ohB3T-7omvwo-7omvB5-7ohB4M-7ohB1e-kSqddx-94Gwoe-aP4jgv-4thkpf-7PiY6a-7HKhZm-2jEX6P-53gpz2-37Rz51-McRqQ-dPM4Qa-x5UqDf-x6wrpV-x6Lvx6-wP2PPx-2ohXXe-3TxWdr-5NgBgk] The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. And a bit of eph