- Brooklyn Nets finally unveil Sunset Park practice facility. [Brooklyn Eagle]
" The Brooklyn Nets are currently one of the saddest organizations in all of professional sports..." [Fox Sports]
- They're smashing angels in Williamsburg again. [NY Daily News]
- A Brooklyn man punched a tourist in the
face, seriously injuring him, after he refused to buy Statue of Liberty tickets. [abc7]
- Brooklyn guy assaulting whites in honor of Malcolm X gets a history lesson. [NY Daily News]
- This guy attempted to snatch a 14-year-old girl in South Brooklyn. [NYPD]
- Brooklyn Heights Association Annual Meeting features Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Brush up on your survival skills at Brooklyn Bridge Park on Saturday. [BHB]
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Thursday, February 18, 2016
The Sad Brooklyn Nets, and More Brooklyn Briefs
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Bernie PLays B-Ball Like a True Brooklynite; Judge Mulls Pierhouse Case; and More Brooklyn Briefs
Now here's a newspaper front page for ya.New York Daily News calls voters "mindless zombies" over Trump win— The Hill (@thehill) February 10, 2016
https://t.co/N6hTTZVv8t #NHPrimary pic.twitter.com/Df5dcEste0
- Brooklyn Judge mulling Pierhouse penthouse arguments. At issue is 20-foot wedge of $6 million penthouse in Brooklyn Bridge Park. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Tuesday at high tide, the polluted waters of the Gowanus were level with the base of Lightstone Group's residential building. [PMFA]
- Brooklyn Nets TV ratings continue to drop. [Nets Daily]
- Lunar New Year symbols and customs explained. [Sheepshead Bites]
- Tax accountant sets up shop in a Brooklyn bar. [Fox5]
- Coney Island boardwalk landmark fight gains momentum, pols push to save the wood. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Caught on video: Crook robs liquor store on Fulton Street after crawling in through ceiling. [abc]
- How to shop at Costco without a membership (or a car). [Brokelyn]
And finally: Q: How is Bernie making every shot? A: "He's from Brooklyn."
"Is this a joke? How is he making every one?"— akhi DOOM (@eatinghalalfood) February 10, 2016
"He's from Brooklyn" #FeelTheBern @BernieSanders pic.twitter.com/uLHojOfqaQ
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Thursday, December 3, 2015
Brooklyn Board Rejects de Blasio's Housing, Zoning Proposals; the Cat King of Columbia St.; and More Brooklyn Briefs
Brooklyn Borough Board Rejects Mayor’s Affordabilty and Zoning Proposals: Brooklyn officials and politicians met… https://t.co/2msZKqAWvv
— Brooklyn News (@brooklyn_news) December 2, 2015
- Brooklyn Borough Board rejects the mayor's affordable housing and zoning proposals. [Brownstoner]- Report: Bruce Ratner is selling Barclays Center and Nets stakes to Mikhail Prokhorov. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Former 2013 mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis is offering an $1,000 reward for the safe return of Arthur the subway cat. [DNAinfo]
- The Cat King of Columbia Street is getting crazier. [Gothamist]
- Brooklyn activist slams NYC’s hoverboard ban as a tax on the poor. [Daily News]
- Video shows cops running down a Brooklyn man with their squad car as he tries to take photo of their license plate. [Daily News]
- An insanely colorful bird who normally winters in Central America is currently hanging out in Prospect Park, freaking out bird-watchers. [wnyc]
- Brooklyn subway riders attack MTA worker over out-of-order MetroCard machine. [Patch]
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015
De Blasio Pays Off Bet (Ouch), Protests at the Brooklyn Museum, and More Brooklyn Briefs
We have to give it up to @BilldeBlasio for keeping his end of the bet with @MayorSlyJames! https://t.co/3D80nQs0iz pic.twitter.com/qqxMpm9OT5
— Royals (@Royals) November 17, 2015
Somehow we thought he could sing better than that...
- Anti-gentrification activists protest real estate summit at the Brooklyn Museum. [Hyperallergic] and [Gothamist]
- Brooklyn the brand vs. Brooklyn the mega-city: Are we killing the goose? [Brownstoner]
- Just in time: Elite NYPD anti-terror squad deploys following Paris attacks. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Two people were taken to a hospital after a shooting at a Bedford-Stuyvesant subway station Tuesday that caused disruptions in train service. [NBC]
- Brooklyn man sentenced to 4 years in divorce scheme. [Times of Israel]
- Some people just have it: R&B icon R. Kelly showed up to sing the national anthem at Tuesday's Brooklyn Nets game . . . sinking a 3-pointer while wearing sunglasses, with a cigar in his mouth. [Billboard]
- Meet CAM, the DUMBO artist who is responsible for all your favorite Brooklyn murals. [Brooklyn Magazine]
- Levi’s has opened a new store in Williamsburg that will contain a tailoring shop where you’ll be able to customize your denim. [StyleFashionNews]
- Beware of ads that use inaudible sound to link your phone, TV, tablet, and PC. [Ars Technica]
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Thursday, October 15, 2015
Overcrowded Schools in Cobble Hill, Booze in Brooklyn Bridge Park, and More Briefs
- The meteoric price rise of the Brooklyn penthouse. [NY Post]
- Booze in Brooklyn Bridge Park: CB2 approves Pierhouse hotel’s rooftop bar liquor license. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- In case you haven't seen the terrifying Williamsburg rat vs. pigeon video yet.... [Patch]
- How to be a successful billionaire, according to Brooklyn Nets Owner Mikhail Prokhorov. [GQ]
- Pilot program aims to save Jamaica Bay’s shrinking marshes. [NY Times]
- SAT, AP test scores up for NYC students. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Fall festival and movie night in Kaiser Park Saturday, October 17, hosted by Councilman Mark Treyger. [Sheepshead Bites]
- Costume free-for-all 80s- and 90s-themed Halloween party in Brooklyn on Oct. 30. [Brokelyn]
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Thursday, June 25, 2015
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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Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Barclays to Lose Entrance Plaza? Pervert Suspect Arrested in Bushwick; and More Brooklyn Briefs
8 little fellas were rescued from an abandoned building today & on their way to Bklyn AC&C. Kudos to #nypd #AC&C pic.twitter.com/Vhir1eVMfi
— NYPD 61st Precinct (@NYPD61Pct) February 9, 2015
After the cops rescued them, these little puppies were taken to the NYC Animal Care and Control unit in Brooklyn.- Will Brooklyn Nets fans lose Barclays Center entrance plaza? [Nets Daily and Atlantic Yards Report]
- Brooklyn pediatrician Dr. Edna Pytlak: An unvaccinated child can develop “a horrific case of the measles if they catch it when they get older.” [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Taxi driver of the Brooklyn Orthodox couple killed on their way to Long Island College Hospital in 2013 said in court he was not rushing. [NY Times]
- A man suspected of perverted activity has been arrested in Bushwick. [WPIX]
- Williamsburg residents gave DOH a petition saying they want answers about the health effects of the big Williamsburg fire last week. [CBS] ... DOH told the Brooklyn Eagle last Thursday that the fire posed no immediate health risk.
- Think this is cold? New England got two feet of snow Monday, and Boston's subways, trolleys and commuter rail trains have ground to a halt. [AP]
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Thursday, January 29, 2015
Cutbacks at the Brooklyn House of Detention; Stop Work Order at Pierhouse, and More Brooklyn Briefs
- The Department of Correction is paring back the number of inmates housed in the Brooklyn House of Detention in Atlantic Avenue to cut costs. [Daily News]
- Everything you need to know about DOB's stop work order on Pierhouse in Brooklyn Bridge Park. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- My Little Pony convention coming to Downtown Brooklyn. [DNAinfo]
- The Brooklyn Nets are a mess. [Fan Sided]
- WTF? Domino’s launches bondage-themed 'Fifty Shades of Grey' ad. [Daily News]
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Thursday, January 22, 2015
Al Qaeda in Brooklyn Court, Airbnb Gets Blasted, and More Brooklyn Briefs
- An al Qaeda operative appears before a judge in Brooklyn. Among other charges, he plotted to attack the LIRR. [The Daily Beast]
- City Council blasts Airbnb executives in contentious hearing. [NY Daily News]
- Renderings: The Cobble Hill Association has gotten copies of the modified plan for the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Henry Street (where the Shell gas station now stands). [CHA]
- Brooklyn and Barclays are a logistical and ethical minefield for the Democratic Convention, says Norman Order. [NYT]
- Forbes: Brooklyn Nets valued at $1.5 billion, 6th most expensive NBA team. [NetsDaily]
- More than 130,000 pages of declassified documents relating to Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) from the U.S. Air Force have been published online by man who spent 20 years filing Freedom of Info Act requests. [abc7]
- "The unemployment rate among recent IT graduates at the moment is actually twice that of theater majors." [WSJ]
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Brooklyn Nets Lost Over $140 Milion Last Year
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| Image: Landry Heaton |
The team has lost $144 million "and it’s hard to tell how they can ever become profitable," FJ writes.
Good thing they're not something useless like a hospital!
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
Villiage Voice Has a Problem with D.A. Hynes; BP Markowitz's Swag; and More Brooklyn Briefs
- The Village Voice says Brooklyn D.A. Charles Hynes needs to be replaced.
- Outgoing Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is going to auction off most of his office swag for charity. NY Daily News
- A 40-year-old man wielding scissors was shot in the chest by the police after he threatened a woman in a building across the street from City Tech H.S. NY Times
- An education commission appointed by Gov. Cuomo recommended the creation of statewide full-day pre-kindergarten. Brooklyn Eagle
- Overheard on Boomer and Carton's morning show: "Brooklyn is a joke." CBS Local
- MTA dismisses Koo’s proposal for subway station safety barriers.City & State
- The Three Kings will be riding live camels along Graham Avenue this Sunday in Williamsburg. Brooklyn Eagle
- Stop everything and watch this video of a baby going for a ride on a Roomba. Gawker
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Now It's Called "The Brooklyn Malaise'
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| By In Pastel |
We like the term "The Brooklyn Malaise" so much we've decided to use it to describe a certain syndrome afflicting more and more of Brooklyn. You know what we're talking about:
People who live in Park Slope in an apartment that costs $300 a month because they have no bathroom and have to use chamber pots. This being Brooklyn, they don't use just any chamber pots. They use artisanal chamber pots.
They also give chamber pots as presents to their friends because they want to share the love. (Expect to find Brooklyn-branded chamber pots on sale everywhere within the next three months.)
That (parody or not) is The Brooklyn Malaise.
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
We Have to Get One of These Nets T-Shirts
The black shirt has the word “Love” inside the Brooklyn Nets logo; and the blue shirt bears the word “Hate” inside the Nets logo.
We know which one we're going to buy.
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Monday, November 5, 2012
Brooklyn Nets Mascot: Comic Book Villain 'Dr. Doom'
But don't expect Marvel to sue for copyright infringement any time soon, since they "designed" the mascot and a matching comic book.
"BrooklyKnight is a superior combination of strength, power, and confidence," Brett Yormark said in the team's press release. "Sounds just like Brooklyn to me."
Ummn, if you say so Brett.
We say it's Dr. Doom.
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Here are a few other reactions:
- Brooklyn Nets mascot needs a safe word SBNation
- LOL: lawsuit, comments New Deal on NetsDaily -- seeing as there is already a soccer team called the Brooklyn Knights.
- And a Brooklyn Knights album by Sene.
- Posted by Cheeze: "He's the !!ty mascot Brooklyn deserves and the one it needs right now." Slumz
- Then there's this little problem: The Brooklyn Nets’ New Mascot Basically Has The Same Name As A Porn Star Deadspin
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Thursday, October 4, 2012
What Happens If the Brooklyn Nets Are a Disappointment?
New stadium, new Brooklyn Nets team, and expectations are running high.
“We’ve gotta be in the top 10, that’s one of the barometers for us defensively," coach Avery Johnson told ESPN.
But after all the hoopla, budget-busting PR campaigns, mobile basketball trucks and major palm-greasing -- what happens if the Brooklyn Nets don't live up to expectations next season?
NBA lead writer Ethan Strauss says he eyes the Nets "as perhaps ranking among the most disappointing teams next year."
Sure, Deron Williams' was re-signed. But Williams has already played 67 games for the Nets, "and the results have not been especially inspiring," Strauss writes. The Nets have "an awful defense," and the backcourt of Johnson and Williams -- who should be fun to watch -- may not combine especially well.
Worst case scenario? Will Leitch writes for New York Magazine: "Look at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, or the Palace in Detroit, or Power Balance Pavilion in Sacramento, buildings constructed with the idea of Instant Urban Status that almost never reach full capacity, albatrosses, cursed by teams that can’t contend and ownerships that constantly shift hands. At one point, those buildings and their teams were the hot new item in town, with their own slick new logos and stadiums. Then a few years passed and the teams floundered and everyone moved on to the hot next thing or, worse, moved on to nothing at all.
"Because if you think there was public outcry when apartments were razed and homeowners were evicted for the building of this new arena," Leitch says, "wait until you see the uproar if Barclays Center isn’t a success."
- Brooklyn Nets Party at Borough Hall Quite a Scene
Photo by MK Metz
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Monday, July 30, 2012
More On Church Lightening Strike; 6 Shot in Brownsville; and More Brooklyn Briefs
- Six people -- including two children -- were shot Sunday night in Brownsville. NY Daily News
- Many more details about the church in Cobble Hill hit by lightening, the man who died, and the continuing investigation of structural damage. Brooklyn Eagle
- Brooklyn's Lia Neal, 17, took home a bronze medal in the women's 4x100 meter freestyle relay in London. NY1
- A Brooklyn high school lost a bunch of Regents exams, dashing the hopes of some students to graduate in June. NY Daily News
- Coney Island's Zigun wants Shore Theater taken away from owner through eminent domain. Brooklyn Daily
- A "killer fern" that can double in size every four or five days is eating Prospect Park Lake. Brooklyn Eagle
- A Brooklyn politician drove upstate to buy an assault rifle equipped with a high-capacity magazine — then drove to The Bronx border yesterday to show how easy it would be to sneak it in. NY Post
- Glenn Markman on Dellarocco’s, the Beach Shack, the Nets, and Brooklyn’s future. (Video) BHB
- Some Williamsburg locals hope Friday's shooting scares all the hipsters back to Manhattan. NY Times
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Friday, July 27, 2012
Lightening Causes Death in Cobble Hill; $100 Rat Dinner; and More Brooklyn Briefs
- Lightening hits Cobble Hill church steeple, resulting in the death of a man. NY Daily News
- Brooklyn artist serves $100 rat dinner. NY Eater
- Video of dramatic Verrazano Bridge suicide rescue surfaces. Bensonhurst Bean
- Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir has been invited to perform at the presidential inaugural ceremonies next January. Brooklyn Eagle
- MTA proposes $1 "green fee" for new MetroCards. NY Magazine
- Here's the Nets' season schedule. NBA
- Attention, Brooklyn: Stop blingin' out your babies! Village Voice
- New trolley tours offer an insider's view of Brooklyn. Brooklyn Eagle
- Video: NYPD cop bodyslams Brooklyn teen in subway station. NY Daily News
- A Brooklyn Hasidic newspaper Der Yid says Orthodox Jews will fight the government's attempt to regulate mouth-to-baby-penis sucking done by mohels. Failed Messiah
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Some People Are Excited About Knicks /Nets Season Opener in Brooklyn
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| Photo credit MK Metz. Joe Johnson, number 7, and the recently re-signed Deron Williams at Brooklyn Borough Hall on July 15. |
A number of people are working themselves up into a state at the thought of the Nets opening the season in Brooklyn against the Nicks.
According to Newsday, the Knicks will be the Brooklyn Nets' first regular-season opponent in their new home, the Barclays Center, on Nov. 1.
It's all part of a calculated program to build the hysteria. The Brooklyn Eagle describes Nets owner Prokhorov's billboard outside Madison Square Garden, proclaiming the Nets' 'Blueprint for Greatness,' featuring a photo of himself and minority owner Jay-Z. The Knicks responded with a TV promo claiming, "Hey Nets. You can walk like us, you can talk like us, but you ain't never gonna be like us."
Commenters at SlamOnline express their opinions as to who is the better team.
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Monday, July 23, 2012
Nets Want to Trademark Phrase 'Brooklyn's Backcourt'
Another merchandise goldmine? Or, as one commenter on Nets Daily said, the merchandise equivalent of a straight-to-DVD movie?
- Brooklyn Nets Party at Borough Hall Quite a Scene
Photo by MK Metz
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Thursday, July 19, 2012
Pavilion Theater's Seats Are Where? And More Brooklyn Briefs
- The Park Slope Pavilion may have gotten rid of their infamous, stained, bed-bug infested purple seating, but some of their other seats have resurfaced in the Cobble Hill Cinema. Gothamist
- Brooklyn brownstones are commanding higher prices. TRD
- Matisyahu, Brooklyn's Hasidic reggae superstar who performs with a black beard and wearing tzitzit (fringes), has done a 180. Brooklyn Eagle
- Brooklyn Nets street art: graffiti or slick marketing campaign? AnimalNY
- Secret plan would move the controversial Civic Virtue statue from Queens to Brooklyn. NY Daily News
- Mother of girl who fell off the air conditioner had her kids taken away in March. Gothamist
- Why the weather catastrophe happening in Brooklyn, Iowa, affects us in Brooklyn, New York. Brooklyn Eagle
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