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The Down Low: Unemployed Goats, Pop-Up Porn Theater & Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

Pamela Wong

Sep 29, 2017 — 1 min read

Atlantic Antic 2017 (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)

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

-Remains Of WWII Marine From Brooklyn Heights To Be Buried In Borough After 74 Years [NY Post]

-31 Immigrants Arrested In NYC Courthouses Since February [DNA Info]

-DUMBO Resident Campaigns To Return Washington Street To One-Way Road [Brooklyn Paper]

-A Final Peek At The Watchtower Sign Before It’s Gone [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]

-Veterans Angered By Clinton Hill Post Office’s Tattered American and POW Flags [Brooklyn Paper]

-Will The Islanders Leave Brooklyn? [CBS New York]

-Queer Porn Theater Sets Up Shop For 24 Hours In Crown Heights [Art News]

-Carroll Gardens’ Red Rose Italian Restaurant Closes After 34 Years [PMFA]

-Were Feral Cats And Opossum Abused At Industry City? [DNA Info]

-The Prospect Park Goats Are Looking For Work [Brooklyn Daily]

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