Feature
Sheepshead Theater building / BKLYNERTwo movie theaters opened on Sheepshead Bay Road in 1920s. First to open was the Sommer Theatre at 1648 Sheepshead Bay Road. It had about 600 seats, one screen, opened on a rainy evening on November 24, 1921 [https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/57097720/?terms=sommer%2Btheater]
Police & Fire
Maurice Walker (Image via NYPD)Cops are searching for a 12-year-old boy who went missing from his Gravesend home on Sunday. Maurice Walker was last seen on February 26 at his home on Avenue X, at 10pm, and was reported missing yesterday, February 28. Walker is described by police as
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104 West End Avenue. (Rendering via Rybak Development)Take a peek inside The Wave [http://www.104wavecondo.com/building/rybak/], a luxury condo development in Manhattan Beach that has sold out every unit in the seven-story building for up to $1.6 million. The building’s 48 units were sold-out
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Announcements
City Council Member Mark Treyger (L), Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, and DMV Exec. Dep Terri Egan(Photo via Kathy Hochul / twitter [https://twitter.com/nysdmv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw])The Coney Island DMV, which has been shuttered for major renovations [/major-renovations-and-temporary-closure-announced-for-the-coney-island-dmv-bensonhurst/] since October, is now open with modern features and
celebrity
John Travolta filming “The Life and Death of John Gotti” in Bath Beach (Photo via Gina Miraculous)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -Portions of the Kosciuszko Bridge to be dynamited [Curbed [http://ny.curbed.
Central Brooklyn
“We need to act up! We have overcome tyranny before,” U.S Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke shouted to the hundreds packed into her town hall event last night, addressing Donald Trump’s first 32 days in office. An estimated 1,000 people packed into the Union Temple of Brooklyn
Announcements
(Photo via repyvettedclarke [https://www.instagram.com/p/BP3ecWTFuTk/?taken-by=repyvettedclarke]/instagram) Join Democratic U.S. Congressmember Yvette Clarke of District 9 for a community Town Hall [https://www.facebook.com/events/575731249282728/] on Donald Trump’s First 30 Days in office, with policy experts to discuss immigration, healthcare, and
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> #WheresThePlan [https://twitter.com/hashtag/WheresThePlan?src=hash] @dandonovan_ny [https://twitter.com/dandonovan_ny] we need #CareNotChaos [https://twitter.com/hashtag/CareNotChaos?src=hash] – step up and save our health care and meet with your community! pic.twitter.com/khppPaRa5h [https://t.co/khppPaRa5h] — david cohen (@davecohenm) February
Central Brooklyn
Red Lights in Fort Greene (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and sign up for our daily newsletter
Police & Fire
60 Precinct headquarters (Photo via Wikimedia commons)The 60th Precinct, which covers Coney Island, Brighton Beach, and parts of Gravesend, led the entire city in crime reduction for 2016, according to year-end reports. Out of 77 NYPD precincts, the 60th reported the lowest overall crime in recently recorded history, which
Business
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