The Down Low: Rikers Closing, Road Rage & Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss
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]
-Two Sanitation Workers Beaten Unconscious With Brass Knuckles. [NY Daily News]
-The Segregation Of NYC Elementary Schools. [City Limits]
–Two Males Fall To Their Deaths From Brooklyn Buildings. [New York Times]
–Activists Argue Affordable Housing At Bedford Union Armory Will Continue The “Whitening” of Crown Heights. [Voices of NY]
-The History Of Bay Ridge’s Hospitals. [Hey Ridge]
–An Ode To Midwood’s No-Frills Kent Theater. [New York Times]
–Wegman’s Supermarket To Open In Brooklyn Next Year. [NBC New York]
–Fancy Rugs & Furnishings Coming To Industry City. [The Real Deal]
-A Fight Over Parking Gets Ugly In Columbia Waterfront District. [Brooklyn Paper]
