The Down-Low: Massive Manhattan Hospital Fire And Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

The 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.

–Massive fire breaks out at NYU Langone Medical Center in Midtown. [Daily News]

–Protesters Rally Outside Russian Mission To Denounce Aleppo Carnage. [Gothamist]

–Is Brooklyn the New Venice? Study Shows Sea Level Rise Could Inundate Borough [Brownstoner]

–Bed-Stuy Eighth Graders Tell Their Stories in Published Book. [DNAinfo]

–Flawed Environmental Laws Threaten to Preserve Parking and Block Housing. [Streetsblog]

–Streetcar’s promo video misquotes activist. [Brooklyn Paper]

–Meet Mochi, the Bushwick Pug, of Instagram Fame. [Bushwick Daily]