TV Pilot 'Guilty' of Taking Over DUMBO Streets Today

Bonanza Productions ("Alcatraz," "The Vampire Diaries") will be filming a new television pilot called "Guilty" in DUMBO today from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.

'No Parking' signs are posted on John, Adams, Front, Jay, Water, Plymouth, Pearl and John Streets along with Anchorage Place.

According to Hollywood Reporter, Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. has been cast as the lead of the legal drama. In the pilot, William “Billy” Remz (Gooding), an ethically challenged defense attorney has been stripped of his license to practice law after being falsely accused. He solves cases he’s been banned from handling while avenging himself on his acusers.

"Californication’s" Eva Amurri Martino will play attorney Lily, according to Eva Amurri Online.


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Greening the Gowanus; Heroic Brooklyn Teacher; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Cobble Hill high school employee busted for touching student. Carroll Gardens Patch

- DEP has issued a Request for Proposals to create millions of dollars worth of green infrastructure for the Gowanus Canal, Newtown Creek and Flushing Bay in Queens. Brooklyn Eagle

- A heroic Brooklyn teacher saves life of unconscious woman on the floor of a public restroom. Upon regaining consciousness, victim flips her savior the bird. NY Daily News

- Naked yoga class for men only in Park Slope studio. Gawker

- Hotel Williamsburg sells for $33 million, setting record. TRD

- Pies n' Thighs BBQ may be denied a liquor license renewal because of two benches they installed in front of the Williamsburg eatery. Gothamist

- More doubts about NYPD's conclusion that cyclist Mathieu Lefevre caused the October 2011 crash that took his life, as family says photos and videos were withheld. Brooklyn Eagle

- Lost boy uses Google Earth to find his way home after 25 years. Gizmodo

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Cuckcoo for the LIU Blackbirds; Mohel Still Sucks; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Infected mohel still sucking penises. Failed Messiah

- Here's a good photo of the damage to the scaffolding under the Brooklyn Bridge caused by a crane pushed by a tug boat last night. NY Daily News

- Brooklyn has gone cuckoo for the Blackbirds. NY Daily News

- BPL addition on track to open next year. Brownstoner

- Parts or all of the Domino Sugar factory site on the waterfront in Williamsburg may be available for sale. Brooklyn Eagle

- Here's the list of the Dine In Brooklyn restaurants. NY Daily News

- Why did we never know this? Buy movie tickets in bulk from corporate website and save half! Brokelyn

- Sad: The city’s Public Design Commission decided Monday to approve the plan to repave part of Coney Island’s wooden boardwalk with a combination of plastic planks and concrete. Brooklyn Eagle

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Best Time to Shop At the New Gap in Downtown Brooklyn

In spite of hearing about crazy lines at the new Gap outlet store at 400 Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn, McBrooklyn decided to check out the sales yesterday.

Here's what we learned: 10:30 in the morning is the time to shop. We breezed in, had our pick of the dressing rooms, got all the help we needed from the sales staff, and flounced out the door with two shirts -- one 30 percent off and one some other ridiculously low price.

Time to shop: 20 minutes. Waiting time at cashier: 0 minutes.

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Panera Bread in Downtown Brooklyn Has Free WiFi and Meeting Room

Business is "brisk" at the new Panera Bread bakery/ cafe in Downtown Brooklyn, according to the Brooklyn Eagle.

We didn't realize that the cafe offers free WiFi and a "comfortable wood-toned dining room" upstairs, along with a free meeting room. Lots of soup and salads -- looking forward to trying it out.

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Sad, Colorful Map of Pedestrian Deaths in Brooklyn

The pastel colored markers look so pretty until you realize that this is a map marking the location of the 139 pedestrian deaths in Brooklyn from 2008-2010. (Green markers = children under 15; blue = people ages 16 - 59; purple = people over 60.)

The Tri-State Transportation Campaign released this analysis of federal traffic fatality data with a fact sheet  and a map showing when and where pedestrian were killed.

Kings Hwy, Atlantic Ave, Brighton Beach Ave, Ocean Pkwy, Eastern Pkwy, Avenue U, and 4th Ave were Brooklyn’s most dangerous roads for pedestrians.

Details about Fourth Avenue specifically at Carroll Gardens Patch.

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City's Best Bus Driver; LIU-Brooklyn Opens NCAA; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- The city's best and most beloved bus driver drives the B25 in Brooklyn. NY Daily News

- March to Madness: LIU Brooklyn will square off against top-seed and Big Ten champion Michigan State on Friday night for the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. Brooklyn Eagle

- NYPD accident investigation blames dead cyclist for Williamsburg crash. Gothamist

- Confidential memo: Brooklyn GOP chair wants Turner vs. Gillibrand. NY Daily News

- The traveling subway-repair show known as Fastrack brings it shut-down-the-trains-at-night madness to the A, C and E lines this week. NY Times

- Panera Bread opened on Adams Street yesterday. BHB

- Three new retail tenants moving into 1 Main in DUMBO. Brooklyn Eagle

- Brooklyn motorcycle driver benchpresses while doing wheelie. Gothamist

- Is pink slime in the beef at your grocery store? abc

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Birds Agree: The Best Plot in Brooklyn

Nine out of ten birds agree: the worms in this plot in Brooklyn Heights are juicer than than the worms in any other plot in Brooklyn.

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Effigies Hung in Borough Park; Tech Triangle Gets Funding; 'Brooklynized' Water a Fraud; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- NYPD collected information on businesses owned by second- and third-generation Arab-Americans -- even the well-known Damascus Bread and Pastry Shop on Atlantic Ave., owned by Catholics. Brooklyn Eagle

- Eleven effigies were hung across 12th Avenue in Borough Park by Jews in celebration of Purim, weirding out some non-Jewish neighbors. Failed Messiah

- Young Brooklyn chess player draws a crowd in downtown Austin after film premiere. Statesman

- Navy Yard/ DUMBO/ Downtown Brooklyn "Technology Triangle" idea gets $100,000 in funding for study. Brooklyn Eagle

- Brooklyn parents arrested after their 2-year-old was found wandering outside without a coat or shoes. NY Daily News

- State Senator Eric Adams calls for ban on saggy pants in school. NBC

- A Mexican immigrant who passed the New York bar exam and interned with the Brooklyn D.A. cannot work as a lawyer because he was brought to the U.S. illegally as a child. Brooklyn Eagle

- CUNY moves to ban student/professor relationships. “They’re trying to ban love!” one male professor complained. Gothamist

- Florida bagel company's 'Brooklynized' water is a fraud. Lawyer: "You want Brooklyn water, go to Brooklyn." Sun Sentinel

- Next Sunday: 7th annual Ghost Bike memorial ride. Gothamist

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March Over Brooklyn Bridge for International Women's Day

Hundreds of women and their male friends gathered in Cadman Plaza Park yesterday for International Women's Day. They heard from speakers about the campaign to improve the lives of women around the world, then marched over the Brooklyn Bridge to City Hall Park.

Issues faced by women worldwide include poverty, death from childbirth, rape, and income inequality.

Bridge walks were a theme of the day through the "Join Me On the Bridge" project, organized by Women for Women International.

"What Better Looks Like" was filming the event.

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Drunk Runs Down Woman; Shut Down Amnesia; Momofuko Coming? And More Brooklyn Briefs

- Intoxicated man driving in Brooklyn without license runs down 69-year-old-woman, flees, is tailed by a witness and arrested by police. CBS

- City's new livery cabs (the kind you will be able to hail legally) will probably all be green. Gothamist

- CB 10 recommends that Amnesia, scene of drunken, vomit-filled parties, be denied a cabaret license. Brooklyn Eagle

- Mounting evidence of CompStat statistics-tampering by NYPD, as city fails to disclose finding of investigation. NY Times

- "4 or 5 cop-like people walk out the front door of the Montauk Club. Then the fun started... 2 more guys came out behind them with guns and shot at them and then got shot and fell off the side of the stair case." WYDNKBYANM

- Is Carroll Gardens getting a Momofuku Milk Bar? Brooklyn Eagle

- Stolen $1,400 puppy returned to Brooklyn pet store. Gothamist

- New York Community Bank sells Bed-Stuy distressed mortgages at 50 percent discount. TRD

- New Yorkers were treated to a giant, gold naked man on the back of a flatbed truck Tuesday. Huff Post

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Great GoogaMooga Festival Coming to Brooklyn

On May 19th & 20th, 2012, Prospect Park will transform into "an amusement park of food and drink," The Great GoogaMooga. Approximately 75 food vendors, 35 brewers, 30 winemakers and 20 live music performances will be on hand.

The sponsors "envision a place where the best chefs and purveyors can serve their food and bring about instant elation. Where everyday food lovers can discover and share amazing new tastes, and where the right slice of pizza can be as treasured/praiseworthy as four-star fois-gras."

Entry is free but you must register online. Each participating restaurant will offer one signature item for $6-8 a small plate or a full plate for $9-12. An Extra Mooga -- a festival-within-a-festival -- costs $249.50 for the select few.

Contributors include Anthony Bourdain (author and host of No Reservations), David Rockwell (founder & CEO of the Rockwell Group), Tom Colicchio (chef & judge of Top Chef), Garrett Oliver (brewmaster of the Brooklyn Brewery), Paul Grieco (sommelier/co-owner of Terroir & Hearth), Eddie Huang (chef/owner of Baohaus) and others.

The festival will present both local and national food and drink in eight different themed pavilions. Two stages of music will feature 10 artists per day. Programming will be a mix of national and local artists from different genres.

Sponsors include Superfly Presents, the Prospect Park Alliance, and the New York City Parks Department.

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