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Three-Story Building Collapses In Carroll Gardens

Photo: FDNYCARROLL GARDENS – A three-story building that was home to Body Elite Gym collapsed yesterday. There were no serious injuries. On Wednesday, July 1 at around 4:45 p.m., a building located at 348 Court Street (on the corner of Union Street) for reasons yet to be determined fell

Boerum Hill

One Person In Custody Following Incident That Closed Atlantic Avenue & Court Street For Hours

COBBLE HILL/BOERUM HILL – The NYPD closed the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Court Street to pedestrians and drivers Tuesday morning after receiving reports of an armed individual in the vicinity. According to a tweet posted by the 76th Precinct at approximately 9:30am, some locals believed there was a

Downtown Brooklyn

Scaffolding Collapse Injures 3 In Brooklyn Heights

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Scaffolding surrounding a building on the corner of Court and Joralemon Streets collapsed on Saturday morning, injuring three people. The corner of Court and Joralemon Streets via Google MapsThe scaffolding erected outside the Starbucks located at 50 Court Street, as well an entrance to the Brooklyn Borough Hall

Downtown Brooklyn

Court Street Jewelry Thieves On The Loose

Court Jewelers, located next door to Eyvette boutique at 60 Court Street in Downtown Brooklyn was burglarized yesterday afternoon at around 5 pm. According to the NYPD, over $500,000 worth of jewelry was stolen by four black men, dressed as construction workers. Thieves escaped into the subway at City

Central Brooklyn

Help Cops Find Missing Flatbush Woman [Updated]

Photo via NYPDUpdate 5/26 9am: Richards has been reported found by the police. Cops are searching for Jeanine Richards, pictured above, who has been missing since yesterday afternoon. East 18th Street resident Richards, 32, was last seen on Wednesday, May 24, leaving the United Artist movie theater at 106

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Asking Rents For Prime 7th Avenue Retail Space Up

Photo by BKLYNERThe Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) released its Winter 2017 Brooklyn Retail Report [https://www.rebny.com/content/rebny/en/research/REBNYRetailReport/Winter_2017_Brooklyn_Retail_Report.html] yesterday, revealing that the average asking rents for available ground floor retail spaces have increased in seven of

News

Water Main Break Disrupts Evening Commute

Image by Charles Beck viaTwitter [https://twitter.com/charlesbeck]After a fallen tree caused major delays [/downed-tree-ensnares-b-train-causing-massive-delays-cortelyou-road/] on the B and Q lines this morning, it’s now being reported that a broken water main at Montague and Court Streets in Brooklyn Heights is wreaking havoc on Q and R

Animals

The Down-Low: Crack-Smoking Man Accidentally Sets Self On Fire & Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

Dog Parker Located in Front of Brothers Bagels at 285 Court Street (Photo by dogparker_via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BP_ViQgh_lc/?taken-by=dogparker_])The Down-Low is our round-up of stories as well as other curiosities throughout Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. Man Smoking Crack

Business

Recent Openings and Closings In and Around Carroll Gardens

Image via doverbrooklyn.com [http://www.doverbrooklyn.com/]As Pardon Me For Asking’s [http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/] Katia Kelly has been diligently reporting, there have recently been several stores opening and closing in and around Carroll Gardens. The neighborhood has had to say a fond farewell to quite a

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Brooklyn Book Festival This Sunday

Pete Hamill (from petehamill.com)If you happen to be available and/or broke this Sunday, New York’s largest free literary event awaits. The Brooklyn Book Festival takes place this Sunday at Borough Hall (209 Joralemon Street) in Downtown Brooklyn, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Authors