Central Brooklyn

Today’s Links: Caped Roof Climber, Fare Beating Dog & More

Bond Street, Gowanus (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)

NYPD Setting Up Security Training Facility At Bedford-Atlantic Armory Shelter [NY1]
Occupational Therapist At Bergen Beach School Sues Principal For Religious Discrimination [New York Daily News]
DOE Wants To Rename Crown Heights’ W.E.B. Du Bois High School [Kings County Politics]
Brooklyn-Based High School Sports-Media Startup Gets Major Funding [Variety]
Williamsburg’s Brooklyn Bowl Ranked Busiest NYC Venue Of 2017 [AM New York]
Businesses Started In Brooklyn [The Bridge BK]
Movies Filmed In Red Hook [The Culture Trip]
DOT To Remove Troublesome Citi Bike Dock In Red Hook [Patch]
Cops Coax Man Wearing A Black Cape, And Little Else, Down From Crown Heights Rooftops [New York Post]
F Train Delayed Last Friday By Dog Running On Tracks Between York and Bergen Street Stations [New York Times]

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