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Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopThe 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. –Hero dog stops rape. [NYPost [http://nypost.com/2016/11/30/hero-dog-saves-owner-from-attempted-rape/]] –’Scooter Cops of Bed-Stuy’ Documentary
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Photo via Flickr.We’ve reported on quite of few crimes in our neighborhood recently [/61st-precinct-crime-blotter-robberies-break-ins-naked-photos/], making it easy to think that criminal activity in the neighborhood has gotten out of control. However, reported crimes in the 61st Precinct are down, with few exceptions, relative to the same point last
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The Daily News dug this photo up from Jaden’s mother’s Facebook page.The Administration for Children’s Services was tipped off about possible abuse coming from the home of 3-year-old Jaden Jordan, who was brutalized to the point of losing brain function three days later [/man-charged-putting-feces-covered-child-hospital/]. In the
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The Daily News dug this photo up from Jaden’s mother’s Facebook page.The Administration for Children’s Services was tipped off about possible abuse coming from the home of 3-year-old Jaden Jordan, who was brutalized to the point of losing brain function three days later [http://www.sheepsheadbites.
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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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Photo via Google Maps.Applications have been filed for a six-story mixed-use apartment building at 179 West End Ave in Manhattan Beach, according to New York YIMBY. [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/11/six-story-eight-unit-mixed-use-building-filed-at-179-west-end-avenue-manhattan-beach.html] The property is currently occupied by a single-story building for which demolition permits have yet
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Photo via Google Maps.Applications have been filed for a six-story mixed-use apartment building at 179 West End Ave in Manhattan Beach, according to New York YIMBY. [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/11/six-story-eight-unit-mixed-use-building-filed-at-179-west-end-avenue-manhattan-beach.html] The property is currently occupied by a single-story building for which demolition permits have yet
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Photo by Anthony Arrigo [https://www.facebook.com/ArrigoPhotography/]What southern Brooklyn news did you miss this week? Find out and catch up with The South BK Beat: De Blasio to Boost Vision Zero Efforts as Pedestrian Deaths Jump 5 Percent [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20161130/civic-center/vision-zero-de-blasio-nypd-oneill-traffic-pedestrian-deaths] [DNA]
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There haven’t big any big protests in Sunset Park or Bay Ridge yet, but here is an image from a rally held in Brooklyn Heights this weekend in response to swastika graffiti found on a children’s playground. (Photo by Pamela Wong / BKLYNER [/check-your-hate-senator-squadron-beastie-boys-ad-rock-lead-rally-after-hate-graffiti-found-at-adam-yauch-park/] )According to a letter sent
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(Dyker Heights home photo by Will Caruso / Bensonhurst Bean)We have it on the record from a very reliable local source that NYPD Brooklyn South Chief Steven Powers has decided to revise controversial plans to reserve holiday parking along 86th Street for tour buses. Now, instead of the original plan
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(Rendering via IMC Architecture)Earlier this week, a Midwood-based LLC filed applications to build a four-story apartment building on an empty lot at 62 Martense Street, between Bedford and Flatbush Avenues, reports YIMBY. [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/11/revealed-62-martense-street-flatbush.html] The building would hold 10 apartments at an average
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Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNERThe 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. –There’s a 30 hour Fuck Donald Trump comedy marathon coming to Williamsburg. [ Free Williamsburg [http://freewilliamsburg.com/theres-a-30-hour-fuck-donald-trump-comedy-marathon-coming-to-williamsburg/