Kidnapping at Adams and Tillary, and More Brooklyn Briefs

- A perp grabbed a woman's cell phone at Adams and Tillary Street in Downtown Brooklyn and used it as a lure to get her near his van. When she got close enough, he dragged her into the vehicle and took off. Brooklyn Paper UPDATE: The Brooklyn Heights Blog reports this was not a kidnapping attempt, but a domestic dispute. BHB

- A new database of Park Slope parking spaces hopes to connect circling drivers with open spots via text messaging. Brooklyn Eagle.

- Downtown Brooklyn is going Christmas Crazy! Lost City

- Here's how someone made a cloak of invisibility in Brooklyn Bridge Park. DumboNYC

- The percentage of pedestrians killed by cars in New York is nearly three times the national average. Bay Ridge Journal

- Early-bird deadline for the Brooklyn International Film Festival is Nov. 30. OTBKB

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