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Photo via blancabob / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BLmllB1lzHf/?tagged=seltzerbottle&hl=en]The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. –The Medical Origins of Seltzer. [The
Central Brooklyn
Assemblymember Dov Hikind. (Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites)Assemblymember Dov Hikind is not messing around [/blog/politics/hikind-asks-cuomo-to-stop-ocean-parkway-changes-until-he-comes-to-see-the-road-himself/] in his attempt to stop the traffic changes to Ocean Parkway. He had a meeting yesterday
Police & Fire
Screenshot from Google Maps.Police are asking for the public’s assistance in finding two men who pretended to be cops in order to search a food vendor and rob him of $550, according to police. The robbery took place on Wednesday, September 14 at around 12:15am, on Avenue
Police & Fire
Screenshot from Google Maps.Police are asking for the public’s assistance in finding two men who pretended to be cops in order to search a food vendor and rob him of $550, according to police. The robbery took place on Wednesday, September 14 at around 12:15am, on Avenue
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Source: mikey_k via FlickrThis is a blotter of this past week’s crime in the 60th Precinct, which includes Coney Island, Brighton Beach, and Gravesend. We’ve divided the crimes up by type: robbery, assault, burglary, and larceny. For those who aren’t familiar with the police jargon, robbery
Police & Fire
The crash happened Monday, December 12 near the corner of 5th Avenue and 3rd Street. (Credit: Gordon Eriksen)Just hours after a livery cab smashed into a glass window at D II Deals & Discounts [/livery-cab-smashes-into-glass-window-of-discount-store-at-5th-avenue-9th-street-injuring-
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13The 1980s weren’t a pretty time for Coney Island. Both the residential and amusement portions of the neighborhood were wracked with poverty and property disinvestment. Indeed, the People’s Playground became scarier for its crime rates and abandoned buildings than for its horror attractions. Looking back now, though, photos
Bensonhurst
The 1980s weren’t a pretty time for Coney Island. Both the residential and amusement portions of the neighborhood were wracked with poverty and property disinvestment. Indeed, the People’s Playground became scarier for its crime rates and abandoned buildings than for its horror attractions. Looking back now, though, photos
Bensonhurst
Assemblymember Dov Hikind. Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites.Assemblymember Dov Hikind is not messing around [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/12/hikind-asks-cuomo-stop-ocean-parkway-changes-comes-see-road/] in his attempt to stop the traffic changes to Ocean Parkway. He had a meeting yesterday with the
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(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Last night, members of Community Board 14 passed a rezoning proposal [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/DECEMBER-2016-Agenda1.pdf] for the Caton Flats Development, paving the way for the 166-unit mixed affordable housing building at the Caribbean commercial epicenter,
Central Brooklyn
(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Last night, members of Community Board 14 passed a rezoning proposal [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/DECEMBER-2016-Agenda1.pdf] for the Caton Flats Development, paving the way for the 166-unit mixed affordable housing building at the Caribbean commercial epicenter,
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Assemblymember Dov Hikind. Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites.Assemblymember Dov Hikind is not messing around [/hikind-asks-cuomo-stop-ocean-parkway-changes-comes-see-road/] in his attempt to stop the traffic changes to Ocean Parkway. He had a meeting yesterday with the NYS Department of Transportation (NYS DOT)