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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. –’Welcome to Venice Jerko’ Graffiti Greets Gowanus Canal’s Luxury Tenants. [ DNAinfo [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/
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Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead BitesThe Sunflower Cafe is located at 1223 Quentin Rd and Kings Highway. They offer a wide array of fresh and delicious kosher Israeli food. The atmosphere in Sunflower is very relaxed with light rock Hebrew ballads playing softly over the chatter of people who are
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Some of the worst buildings in NYC, 2016. (Screenshot via Google Maps)Last week, Public Advocate Letitia James [http://pubadvocate.nyc.gov/] released the latest interactive map of the 100 worst landlords in New York City and 20 worst buildings, based on data from the Department of Housing Preservation and
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Photo via Google MapsOn Monday, the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles announced that the Coney Island DMV Office at 2875 West 8th Street will temporarily close for “extensive renovations” beginning this Friday, October 21. The renovations will “increase modernization and efficiency at the facility”, according to a press
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Photo via an anonymous source.Posters that appeared to be recruiting supporters of the terrorist organization, Hamas, were plastered on the Brooklyn College [http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/home.php] campus on Monday morning. The poster shows what looks to be a terrorist fighter holding an assault rifle, and
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Photo via an anonymous source.Posters that appeared to be recruiting supporters of the terrorist organization, Hamas, were plastered on the Brooklyn College [http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/home.php] campus Monday morning. The poster shows what looks to be a terrorist fighter holding an assault rifle, and wearing
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Graph via RentHop [https://www.renthop.com/studies/nyc/trump-leads-in-southwest-brooklyn]With just 20 days to go before the election, New York-based data-driven real estate startup RentHop [https://www.renthop.com/studies/nyc/trump-leads-in-southwest-brooklyn] has mapped out Brooklyn’s share of donors for presidential nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton by
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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. –Tracy Morgan Returns to TV With Show Set in ‘Gentrified’ Brooklyn. [DNAinfo [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/
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Photo via Google MapsOn Monday, the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles announced that the Coney Island DMV Office at 2875 West 8th Street will temporarily close for “extensive renovations” beginning this Friday, October 21. The renovations will “increase modernization and efficiency at the facility”, according to a press
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Photo via John QuaglioneIn perhaps the most adorable partnership of 2016, the New York City Parks Department teamed up with an observant five-year-old to fix a neighborhood hopscotch board. Natalie, daughter of lifelong Bay Ridge resident and State Senator Marty Golden’s Communications Director John Quaglione, noticed that the hopscotch
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Source: mikey k/flickrLyubov Gorbunova, 58, was murdered by her son, Roman, 21, on September 27. Two days later, he used Uber to transport his mother’s body, packed in a body bag and garbage can, to Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Ten days later, on Saturday, October 8, her body was
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Worst buildings in NYC 2016. (Screenshot via Google Maps)Last week, Public Advocate Letitia James [http://pubadvocate.nyc.gov/] released the latest interactive map of the 100 worst landlords in New York City and 20 worst buildings, based on data from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and