The Down-Low: The Real Freaks Of Coney Island And Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

The Down-Low is our round-up of stories as well as other curiosities throughout Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too.

• The Real Freaks of Coney Island: Jake Flores talks to Erik Sprague aka The Lizardman and Black Scorpion. [BrokeAssStewart]

• The Last affordable Brooklyn neighborhood with park views. [NY Post]

• Controversial Bragg Street Halfway House Proposal Withdrawn. [Kings County Politics]

• Two 17-year-old girls sue NYPD for $3M, claim cops roughed them up close to their Brooklyn school [Daily News]

• IHOP Coney Island to open on Tuesday. [The Coney Island Blog]

• City Schools Could Lose $500M in Funding Under Trump, Teachers Union Fears. [DNAinfo]

• The Hechinger Report profiles math teacher Aaron Kaswell and highlights use of technology at South Slope’s MS88. [The Hechinger Report]

• School Construction Authority updated local parents on its five-year plan this week: CEC 15 still overcrowded, not enough money allocated for new seats. [Patch]