Central Brooklyn
Photo courtesy of the Office of Carlos MenchacaThe Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -Sunset Park Block Renamed Cinco de Mayo Place [New 12 [http://brooklyn.news12.com/news/sunset-park-road-renamed-cinco-de-mayo-place-1.13578847] ] -FDNY Rescues Two Felines From
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Central Brooklyn
> UPDATED: See service changes and travel alternatives for B, D, N, Q and R train service. pic.twitter.com/K1dNAIwaDt [https://t.co/K1dNAIwaDt] — NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) May 9, 2017 [https://twitter.com/NYCTSubway/status/861927825665929218] [UPDATED: May 9, 10:10am—The MTA has posted a follow-up tweet stating
Animals
(Photo via W.I.L.D. / facebook [https://www.facebook.com/WILDforProspectPark/photos/a.340557755993024.74571.312075042174629/1269760306406093/?type=3&theater] )Last Wednesday, Parks Enforcement Officers caught a perp luring turtles out of the lake and stuffing them into bags, officials confirmed. Neighbors spotted five women being questioned by
Central Brooklyn
Groundbreaking at Kolbert Park, May 4. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)On a sunny spring day in May, officials and kids gathered to announce a massive and long-overdue renovation to Midwood’s Kolbert Park, a green space shared by three schools and hundreds of neighbors. The improved Kolbert Playground will
Business
Left to right: Corthaiyou partners Angie, Chef Nid, and Alina. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)The three partners at Corthaiyou, Ditmas Park’s new Thai restaurant, are ready to unveil something different than the typical pad thai haven. Corthaiyou [https://www.facebook.com/ThaionCortelyou/], which opens tonight in the former
Central Brooklyn
MTA workers found a dead body on the subway tracks in Brooklyn on Sunday morning, cops said. The man’s body was discovered on the Q train tracks between the Prospect Park and Seventh Avenue stations around 6:45am on May 7. A train was approaching the scene, but workers
Central Brooklyn
Photo via NYPDHelp cops find a man missing from his Flatbush home since Friday. Rashaand George, 29, was last seen at 7:45pm on Friday, May 5 on East 17th Street near Caton Avenue. George is described by police as six feet tall and 180 pounds with a medium build,
Central Brooklyn
Boombox Car (Photo by Nathan Haselby)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 our daily newsletter [/]. And if you ever
Arts & Culture
Imagination Playground and the exhibition hallJMP WoodCASA KIDSAphro ChicMakers MarketMarco Guglielmino Light DesignsAmerican Design Club’s Pop-up shopEmogayu Enitan VintageEnitan VintageGreenery NYCGreenery NYCBole Road TextilesStill Alive LIghtsStill Alive Lights Bear Light in 3D printerStill Alive LIghtsMK WorkshopMK WorkshopArt Center Pop-up StudioTextile Art Center Pop-up StudioArt Center Pop-up StudioKeep FurnitureLounge areaNaula
Central Brooklyn
85 Argyle Road. (Photo via Brooklyn Hearth Realty)A colorful, historically preserved Prospect Park South mansion hit the market this week for $3, blowing our $2 million club [/tag/2-million-club/]right out of the water. This Simplified Free Colonial-style mansion, at 85 Argyle Road between Church Ave and Albemarle Road,
Animals
Don’t Call Me Nellie!NYC Health [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/services/dog-licenses.page], the agency that provides dog licenses to New York City dog owners, released a fascinating map illustrating unique dog names by neighborhood. The 2016-Unique Dog Names map [https://nycdohmh.carto.com/u/nycdohmh-eaa/viz/
Bensonhurst
It’s the fifth of May, better known as Cinco de Mayo, and that means it’s a chance to celebrate the culture of our neighbor to the south. Why not consider a move of your own to the south… southern Brooklyn, that is! (Courtesy Zillow/Kelly Wu of EXIT