The Down-Low: The Sloppy, Drunk Santas Are Coming! The Sloppy, Drunk Santas Are Coming! 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.

–East Village Venues Playing Host Again To SantaCon. [East Village Grieve]

–70 Artists Losing Gowanus Studio Space as Arts Group Moves to Sunset Park. [DNAinfo]

–The Story behind Brooklyn’s Minerva Sculpture That Locks Eyes with the Statue of Liberty. [Artsy]

–Citi Bike Under Pressure to Expand to Low-Income Neighborhoods. [New York Times]

–More Swastikas Surface In Hell’s Kitchen, Newtown Creek Nature Walk. [Gothamist]

–“Infamous” Moshe Piller Owns Bronx Building Where Two Babies Died From Burns Yesterday. [Ditmas Park Corner]

–Mapping the Inundation of New York City. [CityLab]