Health
[L-R] Avraham Schick, Executive Director, Jonathan Cohen, Manager, Special Projects, Kirk Chisholm, Clinical Director of NYCATS. (Photo by Pamela Wong / BKLYNER)The Youth/Human Services/Education Committee [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/committees/youth.page] of Community Board 6 held a meeting Wednesday evening to review a proposal by
Bensonhurst
Photo by aschul [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMEcsf6D3QP/]What southern Brooklyn news did you miss this week? Find out and catch up with The South BK Beat: Workers Injured After Car Knocks Them Off the Verrazano Bridge, MTA Says [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20161020/fort-wadsworth/verrazano-bridge-workers-injured] [DNAinfo] MTA
News
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. –NYPD, Secret Service Detain Williamsburg Bargoer For Vaguely Threatening Trump Joke. [Gothamist [http://gothamist.com/2016/10/
Central Brooklyn
Yeshiva Torah Temimah, Ocean Parkway. (Screenshot via Google Maps)A Kensington Yeshiva reached a historic $2.1 million settlement with two former students who accused a teacher of sexual molestation, the NY Post reports [http://nypost.com/2016/10/23/brooklyn-yeshiva-settles-with-sexual-assault-victims-for-2-1m/] this week. The settlement, originally made in secret, was
Arts & Culture
The internet age has caused significant damage to Brooklyn’s landscape of bookstores, and the borough’s southern portion is something of a literature desert today. In the past decade, southern Brooklyn has seen its only Borders and Barnes & Noble outlets, both in Kings Plaza, shutter. A few indy
News
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. –The Eye Of SantaCon 2016 Has Cast Its Terrible Gaze Upon Williamsburg. [ Gothamist [http://gothamist.com/2016/
Central Brooklyn
66th Precinct Community Council meeting. In white: Lt. Michael Andreano (R) and Capt. Kenneth Quick (L) and members of Brooklyn Asian Civilian Observation Patrol. (Photo by Jole Carliner / Kensington BK)Lieutenant Michael Andreano of the 66th Precinct has been stripped of his badge and gun over links to an alleged
Health
[L-R] Judy Willig of Heights and Hills, Jeannette Rodriguez of Local Roots, Council Member Brad Lander, Matt Kantack of JuiceLand, and Greg Bernarducci of O Live Brooklyn. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)Pay attention to the stickers that are being applied in glass windows all over Park Slope. And we
News
(Photo: Luna Park NYC [https://www.facebook.com/LunaParkNYC/photos/pb.375624901061.-2207520000.1445881843./10153797560511062/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)It’s finally here; Halloween is a week away. Start planning your ghoulish week of frights, and terror with our Halloween events roundup: Luna Park’s Halloween Harvest [/halloween-harvest-luna-parks-free-fall-festival-opens-this-month/] When:
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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. –Why Being A City Geek Is So Cool Today. [Fastco Design [https://www.fastcodesign.com/3064580/slicker-city/
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Photo via Flickr/Sam ButlerParking is hard enough as it is in Brooklyn these days, and that’s when everyone obeys the rules of the road. When people don’t follow the laws, driving and parking become increasingly difficult. The good people of the Flatlands neighborhood are dealing with parking
Announcements
Source: katerha via flickrLast week stores citywide began receiving the first official notices reminding them that, as of February 15, 2017, they will need to charge customers five cents for all plastic bags. The notice reads, as per a photo of it published in the Brooklyn Eagle [http://www.brooklyneagle.