News
City Councilman Chaim Deutsch. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)A hateful Internet troll has targeted City Councilman Chaim Deutsch. The news site JP Updates reports [http://jpupdates.com/2015/12/05/nypd-investigating-nasty-emails-sent-to-councilman-deutsch/] the NYPD is investigating two mean-spirited emails sent to Deutsch’s government account over Thanksgiving weekend. The first,
News
The Lexus involved in the fatal crash on Emmons and Nostrand avenues. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/] Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood
Police & Fire
Photo by Erica ShermanPolice are investigating a possible hate crime at Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz’ district office where some anti-Russian graffiti was found after Thanksgiving weekend, the news site JP Updates reports [http://jpupdates.com/2015/12/01/assemblyman-cymbrowitz-office-vandalized-with-anti-russian-graffiti/] . The vandalism was reported Monday afternoon when staffers discovered that a hammer
9/11
Photo by dtanist [https://www.flickr.com/photos/dtanist/21795253155/]Cops handcuffed a teenager Sunday for defacing part of the 9/11 memorial at MCU Park, the Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/teen-desecrated-brooklyn-9-11-memorial-graffiti-cops-article-1.2402449] . A witness spotted the 15-year-old vandal spray painting “JD SMU” on part
1832 86th st
Graffiti associated with a local branch of the Mexican gang La Raza was found on the walls of Marshalls (1832 86th Street).More gang-related graffiti has been spotted around the neighborhood, this time on the walls of Marshalls on 86th Street near Bay 19th Street. The white markings read “86
beautification
Volunteers at Saturday’s neighborhood clean-up, including Flatbush Development Corporation Executive Director Robin Redmond, sitting center; Anthony Finkel, of the FDC, second from right; and community leader Nathan Thompson, third from right.An enormous thank you to everyone who came out to pick up trash, paint over graffiti, plant flowers,
graffiti
Spotted [https://instagram.com/p/1RIVU2So8V/?taken-by=southslopenews] on 7th Avenue. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Share it with us! Add it to our Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope] group, tag it #southslope on Instagram, or email it to editor@bklyner.com, and we’ll post
graffiti
Photo by caylinnieto [http://instagram.com/p/yKIciNo59k/?modal=true]When your laces match the graffiti, you’ve got no choice but to stop your stride, as caylinnieto [http://instagram.com/p/yKIciNo59k/?modal=true] was wise to do here. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Share it with
Bensonhurst
Source: Instagram/candi_cee_girlSome very arrogant street art. Spotted on 86th Street and 25th Avenue. Take any photos in Bensonhurst recently? Send them to editor@bensonhurstbean.com , or tag them #Bensonhurst on Instagram, and we’ll post them here. Also, follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/BensonhurstBean], Facebook
graffiti
Photo by itinplace [http://instagram.com/p/r3ChTXAIbY/?modal=true]. Take any photos in Park Slope recently? Send them to editor@bklyner.com, add them to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/parkslopestoop/], or tag them #parkslope on Instagram, and we’ll post them here.
graffiti
Neighbor Christine shares a photo of the old McDonald’s [/blog/business/mcdonalds-closes-on-4th-avenue-to-make-room-for-apartment-building] on 4th Avenue, recently re-dubbed Joe’s. Seen something unusual in Park Slope recently? Send photos to editor@bklyner.com , add them to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/parkslopestoop/], or tag
Clovers
A trail of three-leaf clovers spotted in Gowanus by etymologyjewelry [http://instagram.com/p/k0O0HYy7Fn/], who asks, “Does a copious amount of 3 leaf clovers equal a lucky 4 leaf?” Take any photos in Park Slope recently? Send them to editor@bklyner.com, add them to the Park Slope Stoop