Announcements
With very short notice, neighbors and community members are encouraged to attend an informational meeting tomorrow, Saturday, March 4 at 11am at 1173 Bergen Street (between Brooklyn and New York Avenues) in Crown Heights addressing a homeless shelter proposed to open on the site on March 15. In response to
Events
Photo by Friends of Park Slope Library via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/FriendsofParkSlopeLibrary/photos/a.289605454502995.1073741827.289590644504476/482473631882842/?type=3&theater] Get a head start on your spring cleaning and donate your gently used books and media to the Park Slope Library’s upcoming Spring Book Sale
News
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
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A fog-infused night at Brooklyn College. (Photo via Brooklyn College/instagram) The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. –Where To Eat The City’s Best Hamentashen In Celebration Of Purim. [Gothamist [http://gothamist.com/2017/03/
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Photo via NYPD.A Brooklyn judge revoked the bail today of a suspect arrested in a shooting last July on Avenue X in Sheepshead Bay [/police-arrest-assailant-shot-teen-four-times-july-sheepshead-bay/] because of concerns about a Facebook post. Joseph Ackwood, 20, had been released on $25,000 bail following his August arrest in the shooting
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19th Avenue Slow Zone between 54th and 58th Streets. Via Google Maps.There should be fewer cars flying down 19th Avenue this summer, making the area a little safer for the students of FDR High School, neighborhood residents, and most prominently — sanitation workers. Last summer a number of residents voiced
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Sound advice from Bath Beach. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. –Movies filmed in Brooklyn, from ‘Goodfellas’ to ‘Uptown Girls’ [am New York [http://www.amny.com/entertainment/movies-filmed-in-brooklyn-from-goodfellas-to-uptown-girls-1.13183806]
Food & Drink
Alchemy (Photo by capucinedecourt via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BPDUApEjO6T/?taken-at=25774])Tomorrow is the first day of Lent, which means today is Pancake Day [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/features/pancake-day-2017-best-sweet-savoury-recipes-everything-else/] ! Traditionally, Christians served pancakes on the day before Lent as an easy and delicious way
Animals
Photo by ASPCA via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BBdPUQ4tvt2/?taken-by=aspca]Dorota Trec, the 36-year-old Gowanus resident convicted in November [/gowanus-rabbit-lady-convicted-of-100-counts-of-animal-abuse/] of 100 counts of animal cruelty, has been sentenced to 45 days in jail and 3 years probation. Since 2012, Trec has been reportedly keeping upwards of
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69th Street Pier (Photo by znamenski via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMKOWLGjRQn/?tagged=69thstreetpier])The long wait is almost over for Southern Brooklyn residents looking for an alternate way to commute into Manhattan. According to a message posted on Change.org [https://www.change.org/p/nyc-dept-of-transportation-nyc-economic-development-corp-bring-ferry-service-to-bay-ridge-bcdcf0ed-5ae6-4576-9548-14ba76d0701b/u/
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Cops found body parts inside Moses’ apartment at 185 Erasmus Street. (Screenshot via Google Maps)A Brooklyn man, who is a registered sex offender, has been indicted for murdering and hacking up his live-in girlfriend, whose remains were reportedly found scattered between a freezer and a waste station in January
Events
Photo via NYC Brewers via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ_XpvQDuR0/?taken-by=nycbrewers]New York City Beer Week [http://nycbeerweek.com/index/] kicked off this past weekend with a sold-out opening night bash [http://www.openingbash.com/] at the Brooklyn Expo Center in Greenpoint. Don’t fret if