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Updated: LIRR Train ‘Derails’ At Atlantic Terminal; Mayor de Blasio Absent From Scene

The scene outside the Atlantic Terminal after the derailment. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)A Long Island Rail Road train carrying approximately 430 passengers at rush hour slammed into the end of the platform at Atlantic Terminal Wednesday morning. More than 100 commuters were injured, although Governor Andrew Cuomo said

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The Down-Low: ‘Closing The Pleasure Gap’ And Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

Photo via bourgeosbee / flickr [hhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/bourgeoisbee/2216794248/in/photolist-4nTDGu-8cytY-4vFMGA-4nPz96-hASpu9-dJEMY1-8ZnE4F-iYMs4e-bG5Tap-8cytX-8cytV-xCkT4-8czjc-dgnFk3-5Ri9Js-9xD5ig-dwndkm-8cytW-6DFnPk-7YmPd-dRe1Bz-qEokob-7qseXx-tZreQ-qGARr7-qGARy1-qGvhpK-9eYe4V-pKU4dk-7wnDZn-qpmnsq-5L1vYA-qGEUGa-pLLku9-9dTd52-qrccJ5-pLLdBS-BWPtQU-5S2sjD-qpxhzZ-91Kt9c-qMnci8-aNYSWr-qMnj28-b739GM-D651HJ-5S2rTa-qv5JQz-5M22gG-5M2E1U] The Down-Low is our round-up of stories as well as other

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BKLYNER To Expand Borough Coverage In 2017

Happy New Year to all of you. We begin with exciting news. As we welcome 2017, we will be starting a new phase of local news by merging in our other news sites into one, large, Brooklyn-wide site — BKLYNER.com [/] — under the stewardship of Donny Levit [donny@bklyner.com] on

Police & Fire

Body Of Teen Found In Prospect Park Lake; Second Instance In Two Months

Photo by BKLYNERThe body of a 19-year-old male was found floating in Prospect Park Lake on Monday night, police say. Exactly two months ago, another 19-year-old male was found dead floating in a different section of the lake. On Monday, January 2, 2017, at approximately 6:50pm, police arrived at

Arts & Culture

Shuttering BookCourt Space Sold For $13.6 Million; One Developer In Deal Terminated Leases Of Gowanus Artist Studios

Image via BookCourt/ Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bookcourt/photos/a.10150697384896048.389027.11680301047/10152831557866048/?type=3&theater]> ‘Then I celebrated my Wall of Books. I counted the volumes on my twenty-foot-long modernist bookshelf to make sure none had been misplaced or used as kindling by my subtenant.

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Developer Of Long Island College Hospital Site Files Construction Plans For Two Towers

An example of what can be built as-of-right, according to existing zoning, on the Long Island College Hospital site. (Courtesy: FXFOWLE Architects)More information is now available about what is coming to the area that was home to Long Island College Hospital for decades. As first reported by New York

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Park Slope 5th Avenue Key Food Developers Part Of Team Planning Mixed-Use Tower At Brooklyn Law School Building

One Boerum Place (Image via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/place/1+Boerum+Pl,+Brooklyn,+NY+11201/@40.6916316,-73.9890621,3a,90y,97.02h,97.25t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1svYAfTNNflmR9-4bfkjyW7g!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DvYAfTNNflmR9-4bfkjyW7g%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.TACTILE.gps%

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After 35 Years, Cobble Hill’s Cherished BookCourt To Close; Author Emma Straub Announces Possible Neighborhood Replacement

Image via Shinya Suzuki / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/shinyasuzuki/17867297140]The independent bookstore institution BookCourt [http://www.bookcourt.com/] will be closing its doors at the end of this month. BookCourt owners Mary Gannett and Henry Zook released a statement this morning, writing that “after 35 years of

Food & Drink

Southern Brooklyn’s Famed Nargis Cafe Coming To Park Slope

Courtesy of Nargis CafePark Slope is about to get a taste of Uzbek food. The noted restaurant, Nargis Cafe [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2015/12/yelpers-place-nargis-cafe-list-brooklyns-top-100-eateries/] in Sheepshead Bay, will open another location at 155 5th Avenue [/quintet-of-new-restaurants-playing-soon-on-slopes-5th-avenue/] (Lincoln Place and St. John’s Place) in March 2017. It is

Food & Drink

Fresh Off The BBQ: f.o.b. Brings Filipino Barbecue To Smith Street

7-Up Shrimp. (Photo by Michael Tulipan)While Carroll Gardens certainly doesn’t lack in restaurants, there is a definite dearth of options for Filipino food in the neighborhood. The recent opening of f.o.b. [http://www.fobbrooklyn.com/] (271 Smith Street between Degraw and Sackett Streets) by Armando Litiatco

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Public Hearing This Monday On Housing Development Planned For Industrial Zone Near Navy Yard

376-378 Flushing Avenue (Photo: Google Maps)(This story was updated on 12/2/16 at 1:25pm.) Developers have filed initial plans to construct almost 300 apartments in an area zoned for manufacturing near the Brooklyn Navy Yard. As first reported by YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/11/first-look-two-building-296-unit-residential-project-on-flushing-avenue-near-brooklyn-navy-yard.

Holidays

Donate To A Toy Drive At Council Member Levin’s Office

Photo via Christmas Presents [https://www.flickr.com/photos/blackunigryphon/15878989657/in/pool-christmas_present/] Want to help make a child’s holiday a bit brighter this season? Council Member Stephen Levin [http://council.nyc.gov/d33/html/members/home.shtml], whose district covers parts of our area, and the Atlantic