Today’s Links: A Dark Comic Book Explores Brooklyn’s Bloody Past, Party Poopers Dump Sewage From Yacht Off Red Hook & More

Today’s Links: A Dark Comic Book Explores Brooklyn’s Bloody Past, Party Poopers Dump Sewage From Yacht Off Red Hook & More
Vape life under the lights in Luna Park (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)

A shocking video has surfaced of a hit-and-run driver reversing into pedestrians in Borough Park. A local resident, Juan Paulino, was arrested, but the NYPD isn’t treating the incident as a hate crime.

An East Flatbush native and former head of DC comics is exploring the true bloody history of Brooklyn in a new comic book, “Brooklyn Blood,” which not only involves cops and ghosts, but also explores historical events like the Battle of Brooklyn, the Malbone Street train wreck and the Park Slope plane crash.

Sunset Park staple Johnny’s Pizza was honored by the local BID and a letter from Mayor de Blasio celebrating their 50 years in business! The family-run standby opened on 5th Avenue in 1968.

The beautiful new Domino Park on the Williamsburg waterfront has an ugly side-effect—bicyclists are racking up tickets on the new River Street, which they say doesn’t have clear signage or a bike lane—and cops have been staking the spot out to ticket cyclists.

In other transportation news: disability advocates are calling for the MTA to sign a court-enforceable agreement to back up their commitment to adding 50 ADA accessible stations in the next five years.

Jasi Robinson, one of this year’s State Senate primary challengers, seems to have had some inconsistencies in her petitioning—and her messaging: possibly asking off and then back on the ballot recently.

Check out the latest on design work for renovations to the 135-year old Brooklyn Bridge, which recently had a proposal approved by the LPC. Construction will likely start in March of 2019 and be finished by June 2022.

Gross! A party boat recently dumped 500 gallons of sewage into Red Hook’s Atlantic Basin.

Explore the long history of Park Slope’s Montauk Club, a Gilded-age jewel that’s survived through the ages and avoided the wrecking ball of redevelopment. The exclusive, but not restrictive, club has had quite the list of who’s who members over the years!