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# The Down Low: Ponies Run Free, Bishop Kearney Goes To Hollywood & Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss
- URL: https://bklyner.com/the-down-low-ponies-run-free-bishop-kearney-goes-to-hollywood-other-stories-you-shouldnt-miss/
- Published: 2017-03-14T19:35:32.000Z
- Updated: 2017-03-14T19:35:32.000Z
- Author: Carly Miller
- Tags: Central Brooklyn, News, Nonsponsored, North Western Brooklyn, Southern Brooklyn, Western Brooklyn, brooklyn news, #wp

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Across from P.S. 217 in Ditmas Park. (Photo by Carly Miller)

**The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn.**

\-Ponies Run Free In Icy Streets of Staten Island During Snowstorm. \[[DNAinfo](https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170314/eltingville/ponies-staten-island-hylan-boulevard?utm%5Fsource=Breaking+News&utm%5Fcampaign=14f7e90248-EMAIL%5FCAMPAIGN%5F2017%5F03%5F14&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fterm=0%5F2d7fd7fa28-14f7e90248-138297281)\]

\-‘La La Land’ casting director graduated from Bishop Kearney High. \[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle](http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2017/3/7/la-la-land-casting-director-graduated-bishop-kearney-high?ref=bklyner.com)\]

\-City Sues Verizon For Failing To Provide Citywide High-Speed Internet By 2014\. \[[Gothamist](http://gothamist.com/2017/03/14/nyc%5Fsues%5Fverizon.php?ref=bklyner.com)\]

\-Property Owners Spend on Quality of Life (But Is That Fair?) \[[New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/13/nyregion/nyc-business-improvement-districts.html?%5Fr=0&ref=bklyner.com)\]

\-Winter Storm Stella transformed my subway ride into a peaceful spa-like oasis \[[New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/winter-storm-stella-turned-subway-ride-peaceful-oasis-article-1.2997603?ref=bklyner.com)\]

\-Mapping the Achievement Gap. \[[City Lab](https://www.citylab.com/housing/2017/03/a-us-dot-map-of-educational-achievement-segregation/519063/?ref=bklyner.com)\]

\-Why Pi Matters. \[[The New Yorker](http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/pi-day-why-pi-matters?ref=bklyner.com)\]