Bensonhurst
The windows are covered in wall to wall sale signs. (Photo by Hannah Frishberg / Bensonhurst Bean)The Annie Sez [https://www.yelp.com/biz/annie-sez-brooklyn] and Mandee [https://www.mandee.com/apps/store-locator] retail branches that share a storefront at 6401 18th Avenue will be closing for good on Tuesday,
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Photo by Sheepshead BitesThe Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. –The Murder Of Santa Claus film returns, and it may be à propos for 2016. [ Spectacle [http://www.spectacletheater.com/
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The re-named New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)A name change and new leadership has arrived at New York Methodist Hospital (506 6th Street at 7th Avenue) in Park Slope after the announcement of its merger with New York-Presbyterian healthcare network. The merger, which was recently
Bensonhurst
(Photo by adambayoumi [https://www.instagram.com/p/BOUFUiSBout/] / Instagram) What southern Brooklyn news did you miss this week? Find out and catch up with The Southern BK Beat: California Newspaper Interviews Cranky Dyker Heights Residents About Lights [http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/us/article/Over-the-top-NYC-Christmas-displays-draw-some-10805257.php] [San Francisco Chronicle]
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via NYPD)Yesterday, ten people were arrested and charged with multiple counts of criminal weapons possession when cops found a battery of loaded assault rifles and handguns — some of them stolen — in two separate Flatbush and East Flatbush apartments. Police discovered six loaded guns — including an AK-47 assault rifle
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Photo via midquel / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/39151655@N00/708731530/in/photolist-25Crc9-9nGetJ-4JMcyh-qRY8Yg-imafBW-i2tiGx-6c9pg8-8HxJco-qEwBBw-fFvaMk-ar6Knn-8KTqEk-9z9dLt-csFj3Q-8ETEJc-c5MUW3-cPdm67-9TiNke-9DYoAB-a3zqW8-c2nwfC-cupV5Q-7rB7Vb-acjMgu-awVxsv-81PLno-7tikcz-9Yh9b1-a8CTsg-qeXksR-bZC2jj-ibQKUg-fwFJds-cv7Fjs-9DYdZM-gqNW4R-eiVQgW-abq8Yp-bc3vcz-JuGRY-qW6rJZ-7ygPSy-aKSVbi-cJvUNy-bLxPdn-7x77rQ-d1i7PG-oPGa5y-7uAk6b-cXjr3m] It’s All the Boos That’s Fit to Print! Puns have made a
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916 Albemarle Road. (Photo from Pinterest via Curbed NY)A landmarked home on Albemarle Road sporting a backyard Koi pond is on the market, set to join the burgeoning $2 million club [/?s=2+million+club] in Prospect Park South’s historic district. The 3,338 square foot home at
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Video via NYPD. A daylight robbery at a Clinton Hill drugstore yielded cash without the desired drugs demanded by the suspect, who is currently at large. According to the police, an unidentified individual tailed an employee into the Danish Pharmacy (443 Dekalb Avenue, between Classon Avenue and Taaffe Place) on
Holidays
Gif via Assemblymember Steven Cymbrowitz’s office.Our beloved Sheepshead businesses joined together to pitch in and install holiday lights above Sheepshead Bay Road and Emmons Avenue. This is the first time Sheepshead Bay has had holiday lights in the center of town in 15 years, according to State Assemblymember
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We know these aren’t NYC parking meters, but they’re fun and vintage and look similarly frustrating and dysfunctional. (Photo via Pixabay)At last: thanks to a new app announced by the de Blasio Administration yesterday, you can now pay the meter from your phone. In addition to eliminating
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Photo via PixabayBeginning in January 2017 National Grid customers in Brooklyn, Staten Island and some parts of Queens can expect to see higher heating bills following a unanimous vote by New York State’s Public Service Commission to raise bills so the company can pay for the utility, DNAinfo first
Central Brooklyn
(Photo by brooklynny [https://www.instagram.com/p/BLEzD4MA7Zl/?taken-by=brooklynny&hl=en] / Instagram)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn and beyond. –Morbid Anatomy Museum In Gowanus Has Closed; ‘Rebirth’ Promised. [BKLYNER [/morbid-anatomy-museum-in-gowanus-has-closed-rebirth-promised/]] –Second