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7th Ave in Park Slope. (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. Meet Peter Dorosh, Prospect Park’s Resident Bird Man. [Village Voice [http://www.villagevoice.com/news/meet-peter-dorosh-the-bird-man-of-prospect-park-9847663] ] Hillary Clinton
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Rendering via CookFox [http://www.cookfox.com/project.php?id=550-Vanderbilt]The new luxury condos [http://550vanderbilt.com/] rising at 550 Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights will offer a slew of amenities—concierge, doorman, gym, garage, playroom, roof deck, and a 1,600-square-foot rooftop farm. Residents of the 17-story, 278
Holidays
Senior citizens gathered at the 8th Annual Passover Food Distribution event at Restaurant National in Brighton Beach (Photo by BKLYNER)About five hundred seniors in Sheepshead Bay will have a brighter Passover celebration thanks to the caring of Be Proud Foundation and its small army of volunteers, who assembled bags
News
Photo by Daryl Lang via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151543656590140&set=basw.AbpTGzqwXPYDpdbuI_-CYEoGVnu_qN-cJNF2sgqvcLNOpC1JhT51q52Fafp6Ia5wdVPSFuEXXQsfESwYvNs_QE236wsjmcckgkh5rNkbMcK1dTcHti7MWsFV08TxXVCAEQ4EuDUSoGXvq-9fv87dfais.267454226767744.549276825095175.10151543656590140.10152994988553298.10152761709123298.592116234188263&type=1&theater] Squibb Park Bridge [http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/park/squibb-park-bridge], the bouncy, wooden pedestrian walkway that conne
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(Photo via metalsharkboats/instagram)Set sail for summer, Brooklyn! The South Brooklyn route of the citywide ferry [http://www.ferry.nyc/](now the NYC Ferry) connecting Bay Ridge, the Brooklyn Army Terminal, Red Hook, and Brooklyn Bridge Park to Wall Street, is set to launch on June 1, officials say.
Food & Drink
Clever Blend located at 97 5th Avenue (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Ciao bella! A bright, welcoming coffee shop has moved into the 97 5th Avenue corner storefront vacated by Gorilla Coffee in January [/caffeine-buzz-gorilla-coffee-to-shutter-5th-avenue-location-in-january/]. Luca Tesconi and Andrea Alimonta launched Clever Blend [https://www.facebook.com/cleverblendcoffee/] on Saturday,
Central Brooklyn
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Few things are more satisfying than unfriending someone who deserves it. We might not be able to slam phones when hang up on someone, but at least we can do something approaching the digital equivalent. But now, you can find a place that deserves you. (Courtesy Zillow/Nord East Realty
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(Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)“Stop Dumping On Us” shouted local pols, civic leaders, and advocates this morning near the site of a 27,000-gallon diesel oil spill into the Gravesend Bay last week [/breaking-oil-spill-dumps-27000-gallons-toward-gravesend-bay/] — shaming environmental protection agencies for failing to notify them about the spill. “The Gravesend Bay
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Rendering via Alloy Development [http://www.alloyllc.com/more/educational-construction-fund-ecf-designates-alloy-to-build-2-new-schools-in-downtown-brooklyn-as-part-of-a-mixed-use-development] On Monday, the real estate development firm Alloy Development [http://www.alloyllc.com/] revealed its plans to erect 80 Flatbush [http://www.80flatbush.com/], a massive new project consisting of two towers—one measuring 38 stories, and the other a
Events
Photo by BKLYNERThe Barclays Center will host the 32nd Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony [http://www.barclayscenter.com/events/detail/32nd-annual-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-induction-ceremony] tonight at 7pm. The event will honor the late rap star Tupac Shakur, along with Joan Baez, Electric Light Orchestra, Journey, Pearl Jam, and Yes.
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Photo by crownsidebk via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BR6ZlY6hQxG/?taken-by=crownsidebk]Here’s the latest for North of the Park. I’m sure we missed some, do let us know: * CLOSED: Plan b, sports bar/restaurant, had its final last call on Saturday, April 1, after nine years