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Today’s Links: Gifted Students, Ghost Sign, Sightseeing Seal & More

Pamela Wong

Feb 9, 2018 — 1 min read

#UnderhillWalls, Underhill Avenue & St Johns Place, Prospect Heights (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)

Couple Sues NYCHA For $10M Following Ceiling Collapse At Crown Heights Building [NY Daily News]
Sunset Park High School Moves Student Artwork Depicting Cop Pointing Gun At A Black Child [NY Post]
17 Gifted Bed-Stuy 4th Graders Attend The “SOAR With STEM” Program At Medgar Evers College [BK Reader]
Brooklyn High Schoolers Make Short Films About Cyberbullying [News 12]
A Clinton Hill Mansion Sweet Enough For The Founder Of The Brooklyn Sugar Refining Company [Brownstoner]
Cobble Hill Comics Store Slated To Close Later This Month [Bleeding Cool]
15 Old-School Businesses In Brooklyn [The Bridge BK]
PA Tourist Gives Her Take On Three Brooklyn Breweries [Lancaster Online]
Ghost Sign Discovered At Park Slope Construction Site [Brownstoner]
Adorable Seal Lounges Around Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 2 [Patch]

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