Animals
Prospect Park Zoo’s Red Panda via Twitter [https://twitter.com/prospectparkzoo] The Down-Low is our round-up of stories as well as other curiosities throughout Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. Prospect Park Zoo Steps Up to the #CuteAnimalTweetOff Challenge. [DNA Info [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170126/upper-east-side/
Police & Fire
Help cops find four suspects accused of ambushing a teenage girl and punching her in the face on 4th Avenue near Gowanus yesterday. The 17-year-old victim was standing in front of 88A 4th Avenue when she was surrounded by about 20 people on Thursday, January 12 at 7pm, said cops.
Arts & Culture
(Photo by Joshua Eichenbaum / Katra Film Series/facebook)Tomorrow may be your last chance to grab tickets for the Katra Film Series [http://katrafilmseries.com/] Grand Finale, an acclaimed international short film festival featuring some gorgeous films shot in Ditmas Park, Park Slope, Sheepshead Bay, and Greenpoint. The Katra Film
Police & Fire
66 Boerum Place (Photo via Google Maps)A woman is in critical condition after she set herself on fire outside a child welfare agency in Downtown Brooklyn on Friday. Reportedly, she was distraught over losing custody of her children. On January 13, a woman in her twenties left her kids
Business
Via Brooklyn Navy Yard Development CorporationThe list of tenants at the Epicurian-delighting Building 77 [http://brooklynnavyyard.org/leasing/bldg-77/] continues to grow after the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation announced the newest half-dozen diverse food and drink palate-pleasers to join the manufacturing hub and on-site food hall. Building 77 is
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Brendan J. Dugan, President of St. Francis College. (Photo via St. Mary Star of the Sea Church Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/stmarystaroftheseabrooklyn/])The president of St. Francis College [https://www.sfc.edu/], Brooklyn native Brendan J. Dugan, is being mourned today by students, faculty, friends and family. Dugan,
Events
Via A LEGO® Holiday Experience presented by Brick Fest LiveI don’t usually take my toddler with me when covering events. However, to get an idea of what Brick Fest Live [http://events.brickfestlive.com/] really is, my young assistant became somewhat of a necessity. The full title of the
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Video via NYPD Police have released a video of three suspects who robbed and hurled a bottle of unknown liquid at a victim in Downtown Brooklyn. According to the police, the incident took place on Wednesday, November 9 at approximately 6:30pm near the corner of Bridge Street and Willoughby
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Police are searching for a suspect who forced himself on to a woman in a subway elevator at the Jay Street-MetroTech train station. The assault occurred on Tuesday, November 22, 2016, at around 5am when the 50-year-old female victim entered the elevator and an unidentified individual approached her. According to
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Good advice. Photo via Flickr/Marcela. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/marcelamcgreal/17344962940/in/photolist-sqHtcb-uj6bxW-cjiXCL-6v26yB-4qppN8-8quJ5P-9KBRry-eyD1Az-nVRjwq-81dnit-jq65vt-7GPusm-fjwbq-82WGZ-4XFLPA-ygMGti-6bmBpm-4ZLSQz-tcopFk-7Vga1-4XDZAc-73eBCG-6SMTax-5Bhjek-f8ZMmh-eWTqr-n1tCN2-mYLFdE-4TKwkH-8x4KRF-73beNH-6SRLAY-mwTgbz-4AD4vH-neqUmn-MrpFS2-7dr62x-4SZ2er-73c2Gi-74XC95-EGqCgL-aeEoii-ndJbrn-73zALi-EYw6GU-eeM2ve-dqHyED-9mnQMA-9v8G44-9rtQaE] We don’t expect you to keep up on all of th
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Rendering of a possible BQX streetcar station at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, at Clinton Avenue. (Courtesy New York City Economic Development Corporation)It’s been at least six decades since you could hop a streetcar [http://www.brooklynstreetcar.org/the-streetcar/] and ride it from Queens to Brooklyn. That’s going
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620 Fulton St. in Downtown Brooklyn. (Photo via Tectonic [http://tectonicphoto.com/])Workers are installing a curved facade on a 12-story office and health center for New York City Hotel and Motel Trades Council’s Employee Benefit Funds [http://www.hotelfunds.org/] at 620 Fulton St. in Downtown Brooklyn, according