Woman's Burnt Body Found in Gerritsen Beach /Marine Park

Atrocity: A young woman’s burnt body was found along Brooklyn's Gerritsen Beach shoreline on the border of Marine Park, near Gerritsen and Lois Aves. on Sunday morning.

More at the Daily News and the New York Post.

Related: Body Found at Point (2011) GerritsenBeach.net

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Men Hoist Car Off Girl; Admiral's Row; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- It took seven men and two tries to hoist a cab off a girl pinned underneath a three-car collision in Brooklyn. NY Post

- Admiral's Row supermarket takes a big step forward. Brooklyn Eagle

- Crab Spot restaurant plans to open this week at 833 Union Street in Park Slope. They’ll be serving pots of crab, lobster and other seafood. Here’s Park Slope via Brownstoner 

- A wrap-up of the uneven state of the recovery of Gerritsen Beach. Brooklyn Bureau

- Seedco, one of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s favorite non-profit contractors has agreed to pay a $1.725 million fine for falsely claiming to place 1,400 New Yorkers in jobs. NY Times

- Attack turns Android phones and devices into "spam-spewing botnet." Information Week

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Swastikas at Gerritsen Beach; Too Much Sex; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Possibly rabid, one-eyed raccoon captured in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Gothamist

- Someone peppered a Gerritsen Beach corner with swastikas — but no one in the community seems to care. Brooklyn Daily

- Brooklyn tenants tell tales about neglectful landlords and apartments full of rats. NY Daily News

- Does this mean that everybody who took the scrap lumber from the Coney Island Boardwalk has to bring it back now? NY Times

- One of the coolest aerial views of Brooklyn we've seen. Brooklyn Eagle

- Why we are so damn tired: New Yorkers have sex five times more than the national average. NY Daily News

- Hidden government scanners will instantly know everything about you from 164 feet away. Gizmodo

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Buy Us Liquor, Or Else. And More Brooklyn Briefs

- The owner of White Wave Laundromat is being threatened with violence by local teens, if she does not buy them liquor from the next-door liquor store. Gerritsen Beach

- Tuesday's Gowanus “scoping session” revealed that the proposed rezoning could create "5,479 new dwelling units, more than 400 of which would be affordable." Brooklyn Eagle

- New York Magazine has pictures that suggest that Bernie Madoff has been using some of his downtime to get fit and tan. And maybe darken his hair. And the nose looks a little different, too. NY Magazine

- "We don't want Costcos. We don't want no Wal-Marts in Coney Island." NY Daily News via Curbed

- It seems that certain people would benefit if the New York Times collapsed. Newser

- Say it's not true, Big Bird! Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit producer of "Sesame Street" is cutting about one-fifth of its work force because of the economic downturn, according to Huffington Post.

- Michael Jackson concert tickets sell out in minutes. Huffington Post


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The Most Fascinating Story Tellers in Brooklyn Heights?

- The national oral history project StoryCorps is coming to Brooklyn Heights, and wants your suggestions of who they should talk to next. The person is interviewed and the tapes are archived at the Library of Congress. Brooklyn Heights Blog

- Local artists are planning to live aboard an eco-friendly barge. They say they will survive on only what they can grow on their boat, what they can catch in the water, and the water they can collect from rain and rivers. Brooklyn Paper

- Leaders gathered Thursday at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to denounce the elimination of the state’s Zoos, Botanical Gardens and Aquariums Grant Program. The upshot? Kids in Brooklyn are basically screwed. Brooklyn Eagle

- There's a bit of a pot problem at Seba Park in Gerritson Beach. Gerritson Beach

- Rebranding the Catskills: Mark Greene of Kingston has submitted a proposal to the mayor that essentially rebrands the city as a tech hub, a sort of “Brooklyn of the Catskills.” OTBKB

- It's time to rename Park Slope. Got any ideas? Brownstoner

- For shame: The owners of five Brooklyn daycare centers stole $60,000 from the state that was intended to fund slots for disadvantaged kids, the Brooklyn DA says. NY Daily News

- Many of Comptroller Bill Thompson's friends have found lucrative positions with the Bloomberg campaign. Room Eight

- Protest march to save the Fulton St. B25 bus: Charles Barronis planning a march along the B25 route on Saturday, Feb. 21,to tell the MTA that the route’s elimination is “unacceptable.” It's just getting crazy. Brooklyn Eagle

- A sneak peek at Prime Meats and its cocktail menu in Carroll Gardens at A Brooklyn Life

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The Mysterious Disappearing 'Drug Dealing Russians,' and More Brooklyn Briefs

- New York's phone and Internet unemployment claims system started to buckle on Monday afternoon and was out of service completely for part of Tuesday -- while as many as 10,000 people per hour tried to get in. ABC News via NY Magazine

- Are rents actually getting cheaper in Brownstone Brooklyn? Many commenters on Brownstoner have their doubts. Brownstoner

- We didn't know you could get pho on Atlantic Avenue! A Brooklyn Life

- What the heck is that silvery mass growing out of the bottom of a Sunset Park building? Best View in Brooklyn

- Did the New York Times really screw up their Real Estate Classified section? Brownstoner

- The city has drastically revised its Red Hook waterfront plans. Brooklyn Eagle

- A Stop Work Order was issued at 192 Water Street in Dumbo -- that's the one with residential, a theater and a gallery. DumboNYC

- Were a group of drug dealing Russians arrested in Gerritsen Beach last weekend? Why isn't anybody talking? Gerritsen Beach


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Online Petition to Stop Brooklyn House of D, and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Trout on Smith Street (pictured left) goes belly up. Gowanus Lounge

- A little roadside memorial to a guy killed in a motorcycle crash is causing a whole lot of controversy on the Gerritsen Beach blog.

- Now, an online petition to stop the Brooklyn House of Detention. Brownstoner

- Brooklyn Heights' PS 8 may have gotten an "F" on the city's school report card, but it was honored with a Blackboard Award anyway. Brooklyn Eagle

- The Danish Seamen’s Church in Brooklyn Heights will host its annual holiday season fair this Friday evening and Saturday day. Brooklyn Heights Blog

- Fun Atlantic Yards Deathwatch site. AYD

- Markowitz: Buy Brooklyn! Starting this Friday. Brooklyn Paper

- Brooklyn's demographic changes as reflected by the election night chaos in Williamsburg. Brooklyn Ron

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Shooting Near Jewish Girls' School in Williamsburg, and More Brooklyn in Brief

- Police are investigating a shooting near a Jewish girls’ school in Williamsburg Brooklyn. National Terror Alert Response Center

- Brooklyn dentist/body parts ghoul pleads guilty, faces up to 54 years. Brooklyn Eagle

- Ikea's signs are up in Red Hook. Photo gallery at Curbed

- The city has banned one of Brooklyn’s largest animal foster groups from saving dogs and cats from euthanasia, sparking an outcry. Brooklyn Paper

- Due to "concerns in the Brooklyn community," the date of the 2008 Brooklyn Half-Marathon has been changed from Saturday, April 26, to Saturday, May 3. What concerns? New York Road Runner via Travelographer

- Saturday night, after putting out a car fire near the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, firefighters found two bodies in the trunk. Gerritsen Beach

- Brownstoner scoffs at $1,200 a foot on Cadman Plaza West in Brooklyn Heights. But the broker has the wrong address listed -- the building is actually 75 Henry Street. Brownstoner

- As the economy cools, tenants are starting to dump Manhattan office space. Crain's New York

Stroller Mafia Alert in Downtown Brooklyn, and More Brooklyn in Brief, Presidents' Day Weekend

- Has the Belltel lofts' private Google forum been "hi-jacked by a bunch of stay at home moms with Entitlement Complex?" Should couples who contemplate having children even live in Downtown Brooklyn in the first place? Do we hate the Stroller Mafia? Is "imposing the will of your ovaries and whoever's sperm you're drunk on on the rest of the building in which you live beyond selfish and irresponsible?" Curbed

- Comment alert: A new, inexpensive, Indian buffet has opened in Dumbo. DumboNYC

- The nine luxurious Clocktower Residences at One Hanson Place are ready to roll. Prices range from $2.750 million to $5.875 million. Talk about views! Curbed

- Some idiots (for want of a better word) have destroyed seven trees at the Seba Avenue park, and they're not likely to be replaced. Gerritsen Beach

- The block is zoned residential only, so how is it that plans for an oyster bar at 303 Hoyt Street, next to the Black Mountain Wine Bar, are proceeding? Pardon Me For Asking

- So what is the reason for Schnack's "descent from glorious burger haven to rundown, just-about-to-be-closed burger shack?" A Brooklyn Life

- An assault takes place at the Pavilion movie theater. Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn

The Wrestling Ring in the Woods, and More Brooklyn News in Brief Monday

- Early next year, the city hopes to make a decision on which development team will get the nod to develop the Public Place, a more than six-acre site stretching from lower Smith Street to the Gowanus Canal. Brooklyn Eagle

- Apparently, there was a wrestling ring in the woods of Gerritson Beach, and it's really a mess. Gerritsen Beach

- Tourists can't afford Manhattan, so they're flocking to a "cheap" Brooklyn hotel -- only $400 a night. wcbstv

- The phone companies have allegedly been helping the Bush administration to illegally spy on American citizens, without warrants, since before 9/11. First and Court

- December 16th is Bay Ridge's "birthday." This year, Bay Ridge turns 154 years old, says the Right in Bay Ridge blog -- which also says the naming of the area "Bay Ridge" in 1853 had as much to do with a real estate deal as anything else.

- Williamsburg parent wants to bribe his child into a better school. Can you blame him? (If you can, do you have kids?) NewYorkShitty

- Death row doggie: A Brooklyn court freed Duke, the Long Island pit bull terrier who's been on "death row" for four years for attacking another dog. Brooklyn Eagle

- BCAT TV: Errol Louis of the NY Daily News moderates a discussion on the race for Brooklyn Borough President. Tonight, December 17 at 1pm; Tuesday, December 18 at 1:30pm & 9:30pm; and Thursday, December 20 at 2pm & 10pm.

- Paul Robeson Music Series: December 19th-22nd at the Paul Robeson Theater, Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Ticketweb. To Usher: send an email to info@meanredproductions.com

Brooklyn in Brief, Monday a.m.

- A "high-ranking city official" says that developer Joe Sitt's glitzy Coney Island redevelopment is "dead in the water." NY Daily News via Gowanus Lounge

- Assaults. leaks, broken elevators, live animals thrown from balconies: life as usual at Coney's Sea Rise. Brooklyn Eagle

- What can Develop, Don't Destroy Brooklyn (anti-Ratner) and the Carpenter's Union (pro-Ratner) agree on? Both oppose the NYC Economic Development Corporation's plans for Duffield Street. Duffield Street Underground

- Manhattan Bridge bikeway to reopen today. Streetsblog

- A neighborhood activist who would like to derail plans for a high-rise development at the old Domino Sugar site has erected a seven-story, red LED sign that screams, “SAVE DOMINO.” The Brooklyn Paper

- Lowes, the Big Box Home Supply store is coming to the outdoor parking lot next to Kings Plaza. The blue fencing is now around the property and the land is flattened. GerritsenBeach.net