Panic in Coney Island; Schneiderman Leads Trump Opposition; Machete Attack on Fulton Street and More Brooklyn Briefs

Paul Manafort's Brooklyn neighbor... pic.twitter.com/HnATDTvVe1

— Eric Umansky (@ericuman) April 16, 2017

- False reports of gunshots being fired at Coney Island's amusement park set off a stampede on Sunday, with screaming crowds racing in all directions. [Daily News]

- Fight Back Bay Ridge: With Donovan absent, Brooklyn constituents plan town hall. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Dem AGs, with Eric Schneiderman in the lead, join front lines of Trump opposition. [The Hill]

- Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man wanted in connection to a machete assault on Fulton Street. [News 12]

- Two thieves break into Midwood synagogue, beat caretaker with broomstick. [Daily News]

- ICYMI: City memo suggests BQX may not be financially feasible after all. [Politico]

- ICYMI: Brooklyn Heights Association's Pier 6 lawsuit to stay in Manhattan. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- A 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with the murder of a Brooklyn man whose body was found buried in a snowbank last month. [Daily Mail]

- Rep. Dan Donovan has asked the MTA to study the impact of reestablishing a two-way toll on the Verrazano Bridge. [Brooklyn Paper]

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Brooklyn Judge's Political Payback; Eating in Bay Ridge; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Brooklyn: @NYPDSpecialops Harbor units operating near the Williamsburg bridge for an EDP in the water. pic.twitter.com/Dg9fBlsKvY

— New York City Alerts (@NYCityAlerts) August 31, 2016

- A longtime state judge in Brooklyn is being essentially forced off the bench, and she says in a lawsuit it’s political payback for refusing to do the bidding of the Brooklyn Democratic party. [NY1]

- Terrible news: They have built so many new apartments in Brooklyn that rents might not go up as fast as they usually do. Damn. Crap. [Deadspin]

- Brooklyn gun runner who used Chinatown buses to bring 112 firearms to New York sentenced to 17 years. [NY Daily News]

- Here are ten things you need to eat in Bay Ridge. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Water main break under Brooklyn Bridge on Manhattan side laves hundreds without water. [DNAinfo]

- New development proposed for Brooklyn's Broadway Triangle. [Gothamist]

- A naked man attempted to rape a woman on a Brooklyn street late Monday night. [Pix11]

- When your laptop breaks: How to pull off a full workday on the BK Public Library’s free computers. [Brokelyn]


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Nude Shakespeare; 'Love Pimpin' Gets Slammed; BBQ'd Eel Thieves; and More Brooklyn Briefs

This morning #Harbor #SCUBA pulled this dog from the waters of Gravesend Bay. If you recognize him, call @NYPD62Pct pic.twitter.com/X149K5XRdJ

— NYPD Special Ops (@NYPDSpecialops) August 19, 2016

- Female Shakespeare troupe bringing a free, all-nude Tempest to Prospect Park. [Brokelyn]

- Former Thomas Jefferson H.S. basketball star sentenced to 15 years in prison for shooting his friend and basketball rival in Sheepshead Bay. [Sheepshead Bites]

- A Brooklyn man known as ‘Love Pimpin’ was sentenced to 30 years Monday for prostituting minors and producing child pornography. [Pix11]

- Man found dead in Bay Parkway home with cuts on neck and arms. [Bensonhurst Bean]

- 108 Wycoff Street isn’t your typical Brooklyn brownstone. It delights people from all over and has become a wall of hope and beauty. [CBS local]

- Three men caught in Brooklyn with $360G worth of -- what else? -- stolen barbecued eels. [Daily News]

- Gross: An X-ray technician was arrested Saturday on suspicion of groping two female patients at Kings County Hospital. [Pix11]

- The “healthy food chain” Honeygrow will be opening its first New York City restaurant on Joralemon St. in Brooklyn Heights. [BHB]

- Jalapa Jar breakfast taco shop opens in the arcade at the St. George Hotel and Clark Street subway 2/3 station Tuesday morning. [Gothamist]


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That Brooklyn K2 Zombie Video; Buy Some Pokeman Go Help; and More Brooklyn Briefs

'It looked like a scene out of the Walking Dead'... Brian Arthur Spmg captures shocking footage on his cell phone of multiple people overdosing on the synthetic marijuana K2 in the streets around Brooklyn Community Garden.

- A rash of K2 overdoses that swept through a Brooklyn neighborhood Tuesday has been linked to two shops in Bed-Stuy. [Daily News] Plus: the victims looked like the Walking Dead. [Market Watch]

- That didn't take long: New Yorkers are now offering their Pokemon Go services on Craigslist, for money. [Brokelyn]

- Brooklyn family worries missing mom is being held against her will as her baby marks 1st birthday.[Pix11]

- 3 places to rent affordable camping gear in Brooklyn. [Brokelyn]

- Police are asking the public for assistance locating a Coney Island teenager who went missing last week. [Sheepshead Bites]

- Bay Ridge Summer Stroll starts July 15. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- A list of stupid or dumb places people have wandered into while playing Pokeman Go. [Brooklyn Eagle/AP]

- Trump's VP search enters frenzied phase. [CNN]


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Brad Lander's Gowanus Plan; BQX Meeting Tonight; and More Brooklyn Briefs

A new citizen humbly asks two women passing by, who happen to be federal judges, to take his pic outside courthouse. pic.twitter.com/Gl1mLeDYTh

— John Marzulli (@marzullij) June 17, 2016

In Cadman Plaza Park, Downtown Brooklyn ...

-  Uh oh: Without public announcement, Councilman Brad Lander "stepping up" Gowanus community planning process. [PMFA]

- Meeting at St. Francis in Brooklyn Heights tonight to discuss the proposed Brooklyn-Queens Connector (“BQX”) streetcar. [BHB]

- MTA to extend R train shuttle. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Tucker Reed, the president of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and a champion of Atlantic Yards, will leave his post in August after four years. [Atlantic Yards/ Pacific Park]

- A rally was held Saturday in honor of a murdered Brooklyn teenage girl days after an arrest in the decade-long cold case. [NY1]

- Brownsville residents seek answers after mentally ill ex-convict is fatally shot. [NY Times]

- Have you seen this perv? Cops released a photo Saturday of a creep they say groped a 13-year-old girl in Brighton Beach. [Daily News]

- Judge considers controversial Brooklyn CB9 rezoning case. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Cops are turning to the public for help in locating a 21-year-old man who went missing from Bay Ridge this week. [Bensonhurst Bean]

 - Cheeto fans object to Donald Trump's new nickname, #CheetoJesus, calling it an "unforgivable, mean-spirited attack on Cheetos." [Twitter]

#DonaldTrump Some fine artist finally came up with what I believe is the very best #CheetoJesus ... no idea how. pic.twitter.com/Ss0BAun4C9

— John Moffitt (@JohnRMoffitt) June 19, 2016

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So Much to Do This Weekend in Brooklyn (June 4 and 5)

The weather Saturday is expected to be nice, so why not get out there and have fun? (Sunday's forecast is for rain...) Here are a few of the fests in the works:

- Spike Lee is throwing a Prince Purple People Party in honor of the musician's birthday this weekend. The party stars at noon on Saturday, June 4 at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration. See "Spike Lee on WhoSay."

- Also this Saturday Go Green! Brooklyn Festival is taking over McCarren Park. Participants can engage with and learn about sustainability initiatives while sampling local food, participating in live-action art projects, music performances, and more. [Greenpointers]

- On Saturday at 7 p.m., enjoy stargazing at the World Science Festival in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Includes a meet-and-greet with astronaut Anna Fisher, an interactive light show, soccer-playing robots, skateboard demonstration and “Star Chat” conversations about the cosmos with leading scientists. [BBP]

- Bay Ridge is the place to be this Sunday if you like food, live music, dance performances and pizza-eating contests. The Fifth Avenue Spring Festival takes place from noon to 6 p.m. along Fifth Avenue from Bay Ridge Avenue (69th Street) to 85th Street. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Art of Brooklyn Film Festival, focused exclusively on the borough of Kings, will kick off on Saturday with a free outdoor showing on Sunset Park’s central lawn. [Brooklyn Daily]


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Cop Caught in Friendly Fire in Bushwick; Transgender Bathroom Access; 36-Hour Party and More Brooklyn Briefs

- A New York City police detective was shot on Tuesday, apparently in a crossfire with a sergeant, as they sought to make a drug arrest in Bushwick. [NY Times]

-  Troubling allegations about Bay Ridge's new top cop. [Bensonhurst Bean]

- New York City sheriffs have seized control of a troubled Bay Ridge hotel — and the hotel may get shut down after the owner failed to pay more than $100,000 in fines. [Daily News]

- De Blasio orders transgender bathroom access in NYC. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Brooklyn pol Brad Lander wants you to have to pay for your plastic bags at the store by Earth Day. [Patch]

- Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Brooklyn properties see price surge. [Post]

- Police search for missing 13-year-old Brooklyn girl, Dijenay Nelson. [Brooklyn12]

- The Brooklyn Eagle sent a reporter to Cuba, and he brought back photos of amazingly preserved American cars from the 40s and 50s. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Calling all techno fiends: Unter and the Bunker are throwing a 36-hour party in Brooklyn. [Thump/Vice]

- House Of Cards doesn't know where the Brooklyn Bridge goes. [Gothamist]


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Shot in the Butt in Crown Heights; Brooklyn Perv; Brooklyn Influencers and More

Spring Crocus explosion at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. pic.twitter.com/fzHYA7Yi6B

— Rob Jett (@thecitybirder) March 2, 2016

- A man was shot in the butt across the street from two Crown Heights school yesterday afternoon. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Borough Board approves sale of Brooklyn Heights Library, but advocacy group files a federal complaint. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Women-owned businesses are gaining ground in Brooklyn, with a 39 percent increase in the borough over a five-year period. [DNA info]

- An upstate father's horrible discovery has led to the discovery of Brooklyn man who police say preyed on children. [13Wham]

- On May 14, hundreds of cyclists will ride en masse along 7.5 miles of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway at the inaugural Brooklyn Bike Rave, a glowtastic night ride with lights and music. [Brownstoner]

- Interesting list: 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture. [Brooklyn Magazine]

- No need for Con-Ed: Brooklyn-based LO3 Energy is running a platform that lets anyone sell energy to their neighbors using blockchain technology. [BizJournals]

- A little-known Newtown Creek access point takes shape. [Greenpointers]

- Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton weigh in on important Brooklyn issues. [Brokelyn]

- Shimmy ‘Til Her Garters Break’: Drag Queen Visury Fox heats up Bay Ridge. [Bensonhurst Bean]

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Gourmet Supermarket Coming to Greenpoint; Iron Maidens Female Weightlifters to Gowanus; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Parents say Brooklyn Tech feels like the "ugly stepchild" of specialized schools. [WNYC]

- ‘Iron Maidens’ all-female weightlifting competition coming to Gowanus. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Hit-and-run epidemic as three people killed, one hurt in three boroughs. [NY Daily News]

- A gourmet supermarket is coming to the north end of Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood, where thousands of rental apartments are planned. [WSJ]

- New Orleans 'most modern third-world country,' Brooklyn transplants tell website. [NOLA]

- Artists gathered last Sunday for a special nude drawing class with a guest model, rock legend Iggy Pop. The class was organized by the Brooklyn Museum. [e-Flux]

- The circus comes to Barclays, and creates a trailer park along Atlantic Avenue. [Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park]

- Centennial of Jackie Gleason's birth celebrated in Bay Ridge tribute. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- A U.S. Air Force veteran heads to Brooklyn federal court this week as one of the first suspected Islamic State supporters in the country to go on trial. [WSJ]

- A man was shot on a subway platform in Crown Heights on Sunday. [NBC]  Another guy was shot in the leg during a robbery in Bed-Stuy on Saturday. [NY Post]

- Oscar winners here. [LA Times] Chris Rock's hi-larious opening monologue. [LA Times]


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Brooklyn's Condos Falling Apart; Gowanus Souvenirs; and More Brooklyn Briefs

2 men wanted in NYC card skimming conspiracy: police https://t.co/vXFJbqFyPP pic.twitter.com/BOpsxYXSXz

— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) December 1, 2015

These guys installed card skimmers at locations across Brooklyn and Queens.


- Brooklyn is leading the U.S. in apartment construction. [Forbes]

- Brooklyn's hastily-built condos are now falling apart. [Brooklyn Magazine]

- Bed Stuy’s historic Slave Theater and two adjacent lots were sold to developer Eli Hemway for $18,500,000. [Brownstoner]

- Cops rescue suicidal man from Bay Parkway ledge with giant net. [Bensonhurst Bean]

- Bay Ridge board rejects de Blasio's affordable housing re-zoning plan. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Gowanus Souvenir Shop sells canal-inspired keepsakes . . . including handcrafted mutant action figures. [Brooklyn Paper]

- Park Slope animator makes web series about growing weed. [Village Voice]

- A man who robbed the Chase bank in Williamsburg on Monday is a serial bank robber. [JPUpdates]

- 8 of NYC's top 20 BBQ restaurants are in Brooklyn, including no's 1 and 2.  [Eater]


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Brooklyn: Harris First African-American to Represent Majority White District; Persaud in Canarsie

Congrats 2 Assemblymember Pamela Harris. 1st #nonWhite 2 rep majority #White district ever in #NYS @MarkTreyger718 pic.twitter.com/0QRAIFSynm

— Jumaane (@JumaaneWilliams) November 4, 2015

Democrat Pam Harris enjoyed a "bigger than expected victory" in the race to succeed former Assemblymember Alec Brook-Krasny, the Brooklyn Eagle reports.

It had been expected to be a close race. But instead, Harris easily defeated Republican Lucretia Regina-Potter, 63 percent to 37 percent.

The 46th AD includes parts of Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Coney Island.

Harris is the only African-American to represent a majority white district in New York City, the Observer says.

In another Brooklyn race, Democratic Assemblymember Roxanne Persaud won a landslide victory in the special election in the 19th state Senate District (Canarsie-Crown Heights-East Flatbush).

Persaud will take the seat formerly held by Democrat John Sampson, convicted.



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The Best Restaurants in Brooklyn; Bay Ridge Insurance Flim-Flam Man; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Brooklyn Bridge Park's new Environmental Education Center. Photo: MK Metz

 - Shiny new Environmental Education Center opens at Brooklyn Bridge Park. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- The City Council will vote next week on the proposed site of an elementary and middle school as part of the Pacific Park/Atlantic Yards development.  [Brownstoner]
- Photos of Brooklyn before and after the hipsters. [Wired] 

- Bay Ridge insurance agent indicted for allegedly swindling seniors out of millions. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- A celebration of the Mets takes place Saturday on Pier 2, Brooklyn Bridge Park. [BHB]

- Business Insider lists what it calls the 25 best restaurants in Brooklyn. [Business Insider]


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Big Rent Vote Tonight; Real Estate Doubts Creep In; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- New York City’s Rent Guidelines Board is scheduled to vote on Monday evening on whether to increase rents for more than one million rent-stabilized apartments. [NY Times]

- Did you miss the Make It in Brooklyn Innovation Summit? See video here. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Four people were stabbed when a crazed man pulled a knife in a Bay Ridge bar early Sunday. [Daily News]

- The mother of seven children who died in a March fire in their Brooklyn home was released from the hospital. [Forward]

- NYC bill would require some bathrooms to be gender-neutral. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Looks like there might be some funny business on those rescored Regents exams at Automotive High School in Greenpoint. [NY Post]

- [Blast from the past: 2006] Some doubts creeping in on Brooklyn real estate, says broker -- who says people are asking, “Am I really going to pay $600,000 to live next to an abandoned building?” [TRD]

- This week, Guernsey’s will auction the spectacular World War I poster collection of Colonel Edward H. McCrahon, a Brooklyn-born soldier passionate about the Allied cause. [Guernsey's]


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LICH Act Passes Assembly; Sen. Sampson in Court; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Anyone else noticing more swallows swooping over BK this year? http://t.co/p0Z7tqS8VA @SlopeNews @BirdingDaniel pic.twitter.com/Ynvw9zYEBw

— Corner Media Group (@CornerMediaBK) June 23, 2015

- Brooklyn state Sen. John Sampson ‘thought he was above the law’: prosecutor. [Daily News]

- A Brooklyn family is grateful for their neighbors, Good Samaritans seen on cell phone video risking their lives to rescue them from a massive fire. [7Online]

- NY Assembly passes ‘LICH Act,' designed to prevent another hospital closing debacle like LICH in Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Al Sharpton to protest Brooklyn street named for Confederate army leader. [Business Insider]

- Ratner unveils design of 8-acre park at Brooklyn’s Pacific Park mega-development. [Daily News]

- Brooklyn pols blast plans to close VA Medical Center unit in Bay Ridge. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- New Brooklyn Nets practice facility to open in February. [PIX11]

- The Brooklyn Peace and Justice Fair, initiated by Brooklyn For Peace and organized by Brooklyn based progressive and community organizations, will take place from 11 am to 5 pm on Saturday. [Brooklyn Reader]

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Brooklyn Comes in First Place for Loud Sex Complaints. Especially that Bay Ridge Couple. You Know Who You Are.

From DNAinfo; Map Data ©2015 Google

The loudest sex in New York last year has been traced to a Bay Ridge couple at 7201 Ridge Blvd., based on the number of complaints registered by 311.

According to 1010WINS, since the report came out, the couple is running from reporters seeking interviews.

Another couple, at 735 Gates Ave., also had a hard time containing themselves last year.

DNAinfo supplies a handy interactive Loud Sex Complaint Map, showing complaints to 311 about what is obviously bigger problem than we realized.

As you might expect, Brooklyn comes in first place for the most loud sex complaints last year, with 42 complaints — compared to 37 in Queens, 31 in the Bronx, 23 in Manhattan and not a single complaint in Staten Island.



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Four Indicted for Kidnapping 13-Year-Olds; Brooklyn Is Totally Unaffordable; and More Briefs

- Four people have been named in a 32-count indictment in connection with the 2014 kidnapping of two 13-year-old girls in Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Groups from oppressive countries and authoritarian regimes are among the candidates looking to acquire the Brooklyn Nets from a Russian oligarch.  [Sports Illustrated]

- Emotions ran high at a town hall meeting on illegal home conversions, a growing crisis in Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights, and Bay Ridge. [Bensonhurst Bean]

- This map shows you how unaffordable it is to live in NYC. Brooklyn is the worst, of course. [Curbed]

- Pacific Park/Atlantic Yards’ first condo building, 550 Vanderbilt Avenue, will launch sales this summer. Prices will start roughly in the range of $550,000 and go all the way up to around $5,500,000. [Brownstoner]

- Boerum Hill resident Ethan Hawke’s movie “Maggie’s Plan” will be shooting on Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights tomorrow and Wednesday, screwing up parking as usual. [BHB]

 - Friggin' inspirational Brooklyn guy. [WYDNKBYANM]

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Tolls on East River Bridges, and More Brooklyn Briefs

Invertebrates, St. Ann's School students. Photo: MK Metz

- Barclay's Center is about 63% behind its profit goals. [Atlantic Yards Report]

- Move NY plan to charge tolls on East River bridges gets airing in Boerum Hill. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Nothing official, but word is that Brooklyn City Council Member Vincent Gentile is the most likely to get the nod as the Dem candidate in the special election to replace Michael Grimm. [Gotham Gazette]

- Juice Press is coming to Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights. [Brooklyn Heights Blog]

- Billboard in ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood angers many of the locals. [Failed Messiah]

- Brooklyn Heights Association Annual Meeting on Tuesday features music & architecture critic Justin Davidson. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Brooklyn BP Adams launches Access-Friendly NYC, promoting more accessibility in public buildings across the city. [NY Daily News]

- The NYPD is searching for a woman accused of “handle surfing” cases in Staten Island and Brooklyn. [CBSlocal]

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Recchia Did Not Debate Grimm in Brooklyn Because Debate Moderator Was Grimm Employee

Democratic contender Domenic Recchia did not attend a candidate forum in Brooklyn on Tuesday because the debate moderator works in rival Republican Michael Grimm’s Brooklyn office: Ms. Vella-Marrone is Grimm's Brooklyn Operations Director and a vice chair of the NY State Conservative Party.

Despite this detail, Congressman Michael Grimm said Recchia was a coward for not debating, the Observer reports.

He also said that if re-elected he fully expects to return to the Committee on Financial Services. “In fact, the chairman has already said he’s holding my spot,” Mr. Grimm said. (Grimm had resigned resigned from the committee position in the wake of his 20-count federal indictment.)

Less than three weeks to the election.

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A 'Step Street' in Bay Ridge; the Kentile Sign; and More Brooklyn Briefs

#Brooklyn state Senate candidates @RubainDorancy and @jesse4senate debated on #InsideCityHall: http://t.co/9v9XFhXokl pic.twitter.com/sBRzrBXWV9
— Inside City Hall (@InsideCityHall) September 4, 2014

- The NYPD is scheduled to release details Thursday about its pilot program for equipping officers with body cameras. [NY1]

- Who knew there was a "step street" in Bay Ridge? [Brooklyn Eagle]

- The Kentile sign has begun its rebirth. [CB6]

- Staubitz Market's owner explains Court Street real estate in Cobble Hill. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Homeland Security funds were used in New York to build fake cell phone towers to intercept your phone calls and spy on your phone conversations. [ACLU]

- Why you should answer online security questions with gibberish. [NY Magazine]

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Brooklyn BP's China Travel Questioned; Moving to Bay Ridge; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Splitting coconuts at Smorgasburg on Sunday. Photo: MK Metz, McBrooklyn

 - Brooklyn’s BP Eric Adams and a top deputy spent 11 days traveling in China at the expense of a nonprofit run by one of their own volunteer staffers, The Post reports. The non-profit does sound pretty shady. [NY Post]

- Holy crap: Young people are moving to Bay Ridge. [Business Insider]

- Affordable housing forum at St. Ann's Church Tuesday. [BHB]

- Two Trees accused of discrimination in lawsuit. [TRD]

- Bed-Stuy's Fulton Art Fair celebrates the artists of the African diaspora. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- If something happens to BDB, Tish James becomes mayor . . . [NY Magazine]

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