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# The Down Low: Rikers Closing, Road Rage & Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss
- URL: https://bklyner.com/low-rikers-closing-road-rage-stories-shouldnt-miss/
- Published: 2017-03-31T21:16:46.000Z
- Updated: 2017-03-31T21:16:46.000Z
- Author: Pamela Wong
- Tags: Central Brooklyn, News, Nonsponsored, North Western Brooklyn, Southern Brooklyn, Western Brooklyn, ABC Carpet, Bay Ridge Hospitals, Bedford Union Armory, down-low, Kent Theater, rikers island, Wegmans, #wp

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Rikers Island Photo by ksu\_nyc via [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/BSHNuitDOv1/?taken-at=227993118&ref=bklyner.com)

**The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn.**

–Mayor de Blasio Announces Plans to Shut Down Rikers Island. \[[ABC7](http://abc7ny.com/politics/it-will-happen-mayor-vows-to-close-rikers-island-jail/1828139/?ref=bklyner.com)\]

\-Two Sanitation Workers Beaten Unconscious With Brass Knuckles. \[[NY Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/exclusive-garbage-men-attacked-brooklyn-road-rage-incident-article-1.3013795?ref=bklyner.com)\]

\-The Segregation Of NYC Elementary Schools. \[[City Limits](http://citylimits.org/2017/03/28/policies-shift-neighborhoods-change-but-elementary-school-segregation-holds-on/?utm%5Fsource=Master+Mailing+List&utm%5Fcampaign=07e49ba09d-EMAIL%5FCAMPAIGN%5F2017%5F03%5F28&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fterm=0%5F23e3b96952-07e49ba09d-75748865)\]

–Two Males Fall To Their Deaths From Brooklyn Buildings. \[[New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/nyregion/one-boy-is-killed-and-another-critically-injured-in-a-fall-from-a-brooklyn-building.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&ref=bklyner.com)\]

–Activists Argue Affordable Housing At Bedford Union Armory Will Continue The “Whitening” of Crown Heights. \[[Voices of NY](https://voicesofny.org/2017/03/the-whitening-of-crown-heights/?ref=bklyner.com)\]

\-The History Of Bay Ridge’s Hospitals. \[[Hey Ridge](http://www.heyridge.com/2017/03/the-fights-for-bay-ridges-first-hospitals/?ref=bklyner.com)\]

–An Ode To Midwood’s No-Frills Kent Theater. \[[New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/21/nyregion/kent-theater-brooklyn.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&ref=bklyner.com)\]

–Wegman’s Supermarket To Open In Brooklyn Next Year. \[[NBC New York](http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Wegmans-Grocery-Store-New-York-City-New-Jersey-Opening-Date-Supermarket-416734433.html?%5Fosource=SocialFlowTwt%5FNYBrand&ref=bklyner.com)\]

–Fancy Rugs & Furnishings Coming To Industry City. \[[The Real Deal](https://therealdeal.com/2017/03/31/abc-carpet-finds-a-home-in-industry-city/?ref=bklyner.com)\]

\-A Fight Over Parking Gets Ugly In Columbia Waterfront District. \[[Brooklyn Paper](http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/40/13/dtg-woodhull-street-dispute-2017-03-31-bk.html?ref=bklyner.com)\]