Central Brooklyn
Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst BeanThe Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -Filthy Building In Bensonhurst Park Shut Down At Last [CBS NY [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/07/28/bensonhurst-park-filth/]] -Brooklyn Police Shooting: NYPD Officer
Central Brooklyn
Stuyvesant Avenue between Bainbridge and Chauncey Streets. (Photo via Brooklyn Botanic Gardens [https://www.bbg.org/community/greenestblock])Congratulations to gardeners who won formidable accolades in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden’s annual Greenest Block in Brooklyn [https://www.bbg.org/community/greenestblock]awards — including first place winners in Bed-Stuy, Boerum
Announcements
Neptune/Sixth (Via Cammebys)Coney Island is not all fun and games. While still known for its famed boardwalk brimming with amusements and entertainment attractions, today’s Coney Island is evolving into a ‘live, work, play’ community, as evidenced by new commercial and residential developments that are infusing vitality into
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182 Flatbush Avenue (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Vacant since 2013, the former Triangle Sporting Goods [/whats-next-for-triangle-sporting-goods-parkslopestoop/] building located at 182 Flatbush Avenue across from the Barclays Center will be getting a modern transformation. RedSky Capital recently unveiled renderings by AA Studio [http://aastudio.com/work/182-flatbush] that show a
Central Brooklyn
National Night Out 70th Precinct, 2016. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Tomorrow, August 1, marks the NYPD’s annual National Night Out event, where precincts throughout the city throw a massive block party to strengthen police-community relations. The annual event, held in thousands of precincts nationwide, aims to build awareness
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38 Sixth (Photo taken July 31, 2017 by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital is expanding to Prospect Heights. The hospital recently signed a lease for a 26,462-square-foot space at 38 Sixth Avenue [http://38sixth.com/] between Pacific and Dean Streets, according to the Commercial Observer [https:
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Police & Fire
Six women and two men were arrested after a brawl broke out in Coney Island on Friday night. The fight, captured on cellphone video and posted to Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/papito.cortez.5/videos/1894471810873559/], started around 11pm at Bowery Street and West 12th Street near Luna Park,
![Help Police Find Two Suspects Who Robbed A Woman In Windsor Terrace [Video]](/content/images/size/w600/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1960-17-72-SQD-07-03-14-Photo.jpg)
North Western Brooklyn
Police are asking the public’s assistance in identifying the two males seen in the above video in connection with a robbery that occurred earlier this month in front of 467 Prospect Avenue, on the border of South Slope and Windsor Terrace. The two males approached the 37-year-old female victim
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Police & Fire
Avenue Z and East 12st Street. (Screenshot via Google Maps)A Sheepshead Bay man died after he was stabbed in the chest in broad daylight near his home on Sunday, said cops. Maxim Doukhan, 48, was found with a knife wound in his chest outside his apartment building on Avenue
Central Brooklyn
Mural going up on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER) Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and sign up for
Kids & Family
How can you be sure you’re being a good boss to your kiddie’s caregiver? Park Slope Parents’ 6th Nanny Compensation Survey can help. Conducted in March and April of this year, the survey is based on information collected from 870 Brooklyn parents who employ a “live-out” nanny to
Central Brooklyn
> Midday on the @NYCTSubway [https://twitter.com/NYCTSubway]. Guy walks onto a train with this. pic.twitter.com/Ca67la8Dvv [https://t.co/Ca67la8Dvv] — Matthew Chayes (@chayesmatthew) July 27, 2017 [https://twitter.com/chayesmatthew/status/890627391344840705] The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as