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# The Low-Down: Tiny Redwood Forest, Fishy Mayoral Staffers, Lady Gaga In Red Hook, And More
- URL: https://bklyner.com/low-tiny-redwood-forest-fishy-mayoral-staffers-lady-gaga-red-hook-sheepshead-bay/
- Published: 2016-10-04T21:00:54.000Z
- Updated: 2017-03-06T17:16:49.000Z
- Author: Sean Egan
- Tags: News, Nonsponsored, Sheepshead Bay, Southern Brooklyn, bill de blasio, Lady Gaga, low down, Mayor de Blasio, the low down, #wp

![Photo via Facebook/Southern Brooklyn Scrapbook.](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/12628583_1954223038136780_1471819921992230143_o.jpg)

Photo [via Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1954223038136780&set=gm.453291988193067&type=3&theater)

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

Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson to take time off to battle cancer. \[[DNA Info](https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20161004/downtown-brooklyn/ken-thompson-cancer?ref=bklyner.com)\]

An art installation in Downtown Brooklyn features a tiny version of the Redwood Forest. \[[Gothamist](http://gothamist.com/2016/10/04/a%5Ftree%5Fgrows%5Fin%5Fno%5Fstoppppp.php?ref=bklyner.com#photo-7)\]

A deaf, mute Orthodox was raped early this morning in Crown Heights while celebrating Rosh Hashanah. \[[Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/deaf-mute-orthodox-woman-tells-cops-raped-holiday-article-1.2817134?ref=bklyner.com)\]

Mayor Bill de Blasio stocked up on campaign staffers on the taxpayer’s dollar. \[[New York Post\]](http://nypost.com/2016/10/03/de-blasio-padded-city-hall-with-264-special-assistants-report/?ref=bklyner.com)

Lady Gaga promotes her mini diver bar tour at Sunny’s in Red Hook. \[[DNA Info](https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20161004/red-hook/lady-gaga-joanne-album-dive-bar-performance-bud-light-brooklyn?ref=bklyner.com)\]

Dealers unite against rare book thieves. \[[New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/05/nyregion/we-are-a-big-family-dealers-unite-against-thefts-of-rare-books.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fnyregion&action=click&contentCollection=nyregion®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront&ref=bklyner.com)\]

The intrinsic value in neighborhoods that are targeted for gentrification. \[[City Limits](http://citylimits.org/2016/10/03/cityviews-the-intrinsic-value-in-neighborhoods-targeted-for-gentrification/?ref=bklyner.com)\]

What happens when police take urine samples by force. \[[The Marshall Project](https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/10/03/when-the-cops-take-your-urine-by-force?ref=hp-1-121#.oMATT39A0)\]

The risks of not letting your kids walk to school. \[[StreetsBlog](http://www.streetsblog.net/2016/10/04/the-risks-we-take-by-not-letting-kids-walk-to-school/?ref=bklyner.com)\]