Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at Barclays; Serial Police Impersonator; Brook-Krasny's Fall; and More Brooklyn Briefs

The time has come, the time has come, the time has come today. Fantastic @lcdsoundsystem show at beautiful new venue Brooklyn Steel. pic.twitter.com/cvrkTc7u6T

— Casey Landman (@ChickPhilA) April 11, 2017

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- Police impersonator steals thousands from Brooklyn businesses. [CBS]

- Barclays Center hosts 32nd annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Brooklyn’s development boom will likely resume soon as lawmakers pass a 421-a tax break. [Brownstoner]

- An employee of an East Williamsburg building supply company died Monday after a flatbed truck struck him in a parking lot. [Daily News]

- A woman was grazed by a bullet in Brownsville after a fight broke out nearby on Monday night. [abc7]

- Mom and grandma fight off maniac who tried to grab baby in Brooklyn subway. [Daily News]

- Inside Alec Brook-Krasny’s stunning fall from grace. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Brooklyn Bazaar is relaunching its night market for the season. [Time Out]

- Alec Baldwin at BAM this Sunday. [BAM]

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Feds Probe de Blasio, Again; BHA: Pier 6 Unnecessary; Did Prison Feed Inmates Rat Poison? And More Brooklyn Briefs

Speeding Motorcyclist On Belt Parkway In Brooklyn Tackled By Passing Driver pic.twitter.com/wCIfK3VZ2Q

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 26, 2017

- Feds probe possible de Blasio role in re-opening troubled Brooklyn school run by fund-raiser. [Daily News]

- Brooklyn prison is sued for $16 million for 'feeding inmates Thanksgiving cake laced with rat poison.' [Daily Mail]

- A 12-year-old boy from Weeksville, Brooklyn has gone missing. [Patch]

- Infant who survived in 1920s Coney Island sideshow incubator dies at 96. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Lifelong motorcyclist dies after slamming on brakes and skidding on road in East Williamsburg. [Daily News]

- Brooklyn Heights Association: New data from city shows Pier 6 development unnecessary. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- This new bar is all about Mezcal.  [Grub Street]


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The Boa Constrictor on the B12 Bus, and Other Brooklyn Briefs

Mural by artist Alex Cook in Greenpoint. Photo: MK Metz

  - Giant boa constrictor found inside the B12 bus in Brooklyn. [NY Post] 

- Tucker Reed thinks the Jehovah's Witnesses should leave Brooklyn a $50 million going away gift. [Crain's] 

- Adorable tree lighting ceremony on Montague Street takes place for 65th year, with 6th-generation Brooklyn girl flipping the switch. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- New residents want to get rid of garbage transfer station which has been in East Williamsburg for 25 years. [NBC]

- A woman walking on Sands St. near Gold St. in Vinegar Hill was punched in the neck and held up at gunpoint. [Daily News]

- Here's a picture of the brute who punched a woman in a Brooklyn Heights subway station. [abc7]

- A teen who took part in a hate crime attack on a transgender woman was given a slap-on-the-wrist punishment. [Daily News]

- Bunk Sandwiches brings its savory pork belly Cubano sandwich to Brooklyn. [Voice]

- Here's where you can meet Santa in Brooklyn [Brownstoner] and [Mommy Poppins]


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