Deck Collapses in Mill Island, Brooklyn Musician Impaled, and More Brooklyn Briefs

- A family who moved into a rental house in Mill Island / Mill Basin, Brooklyn one week ago was celebrating Memorial Day out on their deck. The deck suddenly collapsed and the family fell into the water. Two of the kids, including a 4-year-old and a 9-year-old were injured but are lucky to be alive. The landlord, it turns out, has at least 12 violations. The above video is from Fox News.

- Layoff notices have gone out to hundreds of employees of the city’s three library systems – including about 350 to employees of the Brooklyn Public Library.  Brooklyn Eagle

- Surgeons at Bellevue Hospital removed a metal rod from a young Brooklyn musician whose head was impaled on a steel fence after he fell from a balcony. Gothamist and NY Daily News


- What's going on at Lief Erickson Park?  Bay Ridge Blog

- Hidden Brooklyn Heights Walking Tour coming up June 6.  BHB

- Families sue after daughters die from lap-band surgery. Gothamist

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