The Down Low: Sludgie’s Song, Two-Person Capacity Bar & 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.

29-Year-Old Former Investment Banker Challenges Yvette Clarke For District 9 Congressional Seat [New York Times]

Council Member Robert Cornegy Is Allocating $1M For Statues Of Four Prominent African-Americans [Kings County Politics]

The Key Food-Replacing 120 5th Avenue Development Is Now Called 680 Baltic Street [New York Yimby]

Joyriding Car Thief Injures Eight On Belt Parkway [New York Daily News]

Park Slope Band Pays Tribute To Sludgie, The Whale Who Died In The Gowanus Canal [Brooklyn Paper]

Russian Billionaire Is In Talks To Sell The Brooklyn Nets For $2 Billion [New York Post]

Not Everyone Is Thrilled About The Changes In Gowanus [New York Times]

New Exclusive Bushwick Bar Fits Only Two Guests At A Time [Gothamist]