Brooklyn's 'Coolest Hotels';15-yr-old Shot in Eye; New BQX Video and More Brooklyn Briefs

Barry Sternlicht gives us all the details on his new hotel, 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge https://t.co/06e436Xgyg pic.twitter.com/nABxoldo0j

— Bloomberg (@business) February 20, 2017

- East Flatbush gunman shoots 15-year-old in eye, 18-year-old in leg. [Daily News]

- City plugs contested Brooklyn-Queens streetcar proposal in new video. [Curbed]

- CNN's take on Brooklyn's coolest hotels and hottest hangouts. [CNN]

- No more early morning demolition at the former Long Island College Hospital (LICH) site. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Two young women have vanished from the same community near Sunset Park, and the NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in locating them. [Breaking 911]

- Carjacking gang hitting business owners in Brooklyn, makes off with $86G. [Daily News]

- Cops on Saturday morning busted 24 people and seized five handguns during a raid on an afterhours Gowanus motorcycle club. [NY Post]

- Kushner-owned former Jehovah's campus added to DUMBO BID. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- The Bachelor is coming to Brooklyn. [Observer]

Song Sparrow, #Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 6. #nyc #birding pic.twitter.com/ckHNhvS3AO

— Heather Wolf (@heatherwolf) February 20, 2017

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New School Opens in DUMBO; Naked Man Takes a Stroll; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Locked out @LIUBrooklyn faculty picket campus on first day of fall classes. https://t.co/TiM3y84U6X #Brooklyn pic.twitter.com/Qq2y672lLN

— Brooklyn Daily Eagle (@BklynEagle) September 7, 2016

- Ex-Bloods gangbanger says J’Ouvert is Brooklyn’s ‘Purge.' [NY Post]

- A new middle school opens in DUMBO, and people are pretty excited about it. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- The MTA is looking for artists to design some new murals for a few Brooklyn stations. [Brokelyn]

- Brooklyn prosecutor eyed in possible coverup leading to man’s conviction for 1983 murder. [Daily News]

- NYPD refutes "deeply flawed" Inspector General’s Quality-of-Life report. [NYPD News]

- Surveillance video captured a naked man’s leisurely stroll through the streets of Brooklyn. [NBC]


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Murder at J'Ouvert; Antisemitic Truther Speaking at Brooklyn Commons; and More Brooklyn Briefs

See photos from the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn https://t.co/azLJtOXIoY pic.twitter.com/C7kOoEfrjI

— Newsday (@Newsday) September 6, 2016

- Despite 200 light towers and double the number of cops, violence erupted at the start of the J'ouvert celebration in Crown Heights Monday morning, leaving two people dead and four others injured. [abc7]

- ‘Law and Order’ actor will run for NYC mayor in 2017. [NY Post]

- Outcry over Brooklyn Commons hosting "antisemitic truther" Christopher Bollyn. [JewSchool]

- Police need help finding a 60-year-old Brooklyn man who went missing nearly a month ago. [Pix11]

- Everything you ever wanted to know about a Brooklyn building called “Turn Verein." [Brownstoner]

- Thai restaurant Samui opens soon in Brooklyn Navy Yard. [News12]

- Is Rudy Giuliani losing his mind?  [Politico]

Apartment Broker Recommends Brooklyn Residents Spend No More Than 150% Of Income On Rent https://t.co/fJdBE2nB6L pic.twitter.com/L15k7xNQLM

— The Onion (@TheOnion) September 5, 2016

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HuffPost Mini-Documentary Shines Light on Wrongful Conviction Cases in Brooklyn

There are currently more than 100 wrongful conviction cases under review in Brooklyn. In HuffPost Originals mini-documentary, "Stolen Time," Alyona Minkovski talked to three men whose lives were upended by wrongful convictions.

Sundhe Moses, Kevin Smith and Derrick Hamilton all spent years in prison after being convicted of heinous crimes. However, despite all the facts pointing to a wrongful conviction, formal exoneration for these victims is a long and arduous process.

Retired Detective Louis Scarcella is connected to 72 of the cases that are being reviewed by the Brooklyn DA, including those of Sundhe, Kevin and Derrick.

Witness coercion, false confessions and violence are just some of the allegations brought up when discussing the detective and according to Hamilton it's time for Scarcella to pay the price. "He deserves to go to jail. He deserves to see what he did to so many other people. What it feels like to be isolated from your family."

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Brooklyn Boxer On the Run; Bernie Sanders in Prospect Park; and More Brooklyn Briefs

We're Doomed. Photo by MK Metz

 - Brooklyn boxer on the run after beating girlfriend, sending her to hospital in critical condition. [NY Daily News]

- Police responded to Boro Park where a trailer was allegedly being used as an illegal day care. [abc7]

- Bernie Sanders is holding a star-studded rally in Prospect Park this week. [Brokelyn]

- The By Brooklyn boutique is closing its doors as Smith Street experiences a loss of foot traffic. [DNAinfo]

- Brooklyn man sets TV-binge-watching world record at 94 hours. [Vulture]

- The Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association is defending an NYPD officer who was caught on video telling a driver that Mayor Bill de Blasio wants cops to give out summonses. [CBSlocal]

- The more the U.S. government learns about the Zika virus, the more risks it seems to pose. [Slate]

- David Brock boasted that his researchers had assembled a trove of research on Donald Trump that Democrats could use to “knock Trump Tower down to the sub-basement.” [Politico]

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'Funny Business: Writing for Late Night' TV Panel in Brooklyn

Writers from The Daily Show, The Nightly Show and Late Night with David Letterman will gather in Brooklyn Heights at St. Francis College – Founders Hall on April 26 at 7:30 p.m. to pass on their wit and wisdom.

In an election year, we're reminded how much we look to comedy and late-night television to provide perspective and give voice to frustrations and absurdities of the political process. Three of the people who put those jokes on TV are coming to St. Francis College.

The event features Zhubin Parang (The Daily Show with Trevor Noah), Franchesca Ramsey (The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore) and Joe Toplyn (Comedy Writer / Producer).

FREE for All Students and Faculty (from any institution) – $10 for all others

The writers will discuss their impact on politics and the national conversation in this election year as well as their process of thoroughly researching and fact-checking each segment.

The event is presented with the NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment and St. Francis College. Organized by the Center for Communication.

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Boy Detective of Carroll Gardens; Cobble Hill's Problems with LICH; and More Brooklyn Briefs

#Brooklyn will celebrate Biggie's birthday w/ @barclayscenter concert featuring @iamdiddy https://t.co/49cuLaQL8d pic.twitter.com/o8Sr986yjr

— Brooklyn Daily Eagle (@BklynEagle) March 30, 2016

- Meet the boy detective of Carroll Gardens. [DNAinfo]

- Cobble Hill still awaiting answers from Fortis and NYU about LICH development plans. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- The city on Tuesday bought a seven-acre lot along the Williamsburg-Greenpoint waterfront for $53 million, to be used for the expansion of the long-promised Bushwick Inlet Park. [Brownstoner]

- A Brooklyn realtor has been arrested for allegedly pocketing deposits on apartments. [Gothamist]

- New York City bridge climbers may soon be faced with up to a year in the slammer. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Karate championship hopes dashed after Bushwick fire destroys dojo. [DNAinfo]

- Meet the guitar repair king of Greenpoint. [Brooklyn Magazine] 

- Join the Prospect Park Alliance for Opening Weekend in Prospect Park on April 2 + 3, with food, festivities and family fun. [Sheepshead Bites]

- New York native's brilliant performance on "Wheel of Fortune" is going viral. [abc7]

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Gowanus-Based Software 'Genius' Stirs Up Controversy

An annotated article as it appeared in News Genius.

 An online tool from the Gowanus-based Genius and a new chief for its News Genius product, ex-Gawker editor Leah Finnegan, have people asking whether strangers should be allowed to annotate online articles.

As Technical.ly Brooklyn reports, the tool is Genius’s Web Annotator, which allows Genius users to highlight sections of articles published in the Internet and offer "context/opinions/reactions/whatever" right in the text.

News Genius editors highlight sections of text they have something to say about and leave comments.

This doesn't sit right with some authors, especially those who write small, private-ish blogs -- like  Ella Dawson,  who writes about living with herpes.

"Seeing your thoughts over my words feels like a violation," she wrote to News Genius.

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Brooklyn Drag Queens on RuPaul; Pakistani Community Mourns; and More Brooklyn Briefs

PHOTOS: Opening day @LunaParkNYC in #ConeyIsland. @SenSchumer and @BPEricAdams were there https://t.co/Nw6wjDY0IZ pic.twitter.com/E4uvwZ65Px

— Brooklyn Daily Eagle (@BklynEagle) March 28, 2016

- How will the Mayor's zoning changes affect Brooklyn’s residents, historic areas, and transitioning neighborhoods like East New York? [Brownstoner]

- Brooklyn's Pakistani community mourns after Lahore terror attack kills dozens. [CBS]

- A guide to the Brooklyn drag queens on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ this season. [Brokelyn]

- Participatory budgeting takes place this week, and Brooklynites can vote in their neighborhood or at Borough Hall. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Sam Talbot’s passion for food will be on display come summer, when his new venture, Pretty Southern, opens on Bedford Avenue. [Brooklyn Magazine]

- Trump's week of errors and falsehoods. [Politico]


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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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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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Mother Not There As Brooklyn Blaze Kills 2-Year-Old; Another Slashing; and More Brooklyn Briefs

So @GreenWoodHF won't be landmarked, but 3 buildings on the property will be considered https://t.co/CBD8QWCLkp pic.twitter.com/qB61vjFs39

— Brooklyn Daily Eagle (@BklynEagle) February 24, 2016

- Brooklyn blaze leaves 2-year-old girl dead, mother not there when fire broke out. [Daily News]

- A person was slashed across the face in Brooklyn Tuesday night, on Autumn Avenue in Cypress Hills. [NBC]

 - After 10 years in prison, Vanessa Gathers, 58, first woman exonerated by conviction review unit. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- The 13 best coffee shops for working in Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Magazine]

- A new radio station is now streaming live from a Brooklyn shipping container. [Time Out]

- Brooklyn Brewery is looking for 60,000 square feet to relocate its brewing operation. The Brooklyn Navy Yard and Industry City are in the running. [TRD]

- Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings will kick off the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival with a free show at Prospect Park Bandshell on June 8. [Brooklyn Vegan]


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Brooklyn Public Library's Fuzzy Figures; Slate Coming to MetroTech; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Sweeping snow from the steps of the Brooklyn Bridge. Photo by MK Metz

 - The Brooklyn Public Library has more money than it’s letting on, according to a new organization called Love Brooklyn Libraries. [Brooklyn Eagle]
 
- Forget Per Se. Brooklyn Fare has transformed itself from a lean, underdog chef's counter into one of the city's most comfortable and compelling expressions of haute cuisine. [Eater]

- Slate Magazine is ditching the West Village for Brooklyn. Slate signed a 21,000 square-foot lease at Metrotech Center. [TRD]

- Update: Behind the scenes at the Pineapple Walk vote in Brooklyn Heights: Property values at 75 Henry St. ballooning. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Here's a map of every pinball machine in Brooklyn. [Brownstoner]

- Police have identified the woman whose body was found floating in the East River in Williamsburg Tuesday morning. [NBC] Another woman's body floated up in Greenpoint. [Daily News]

- An inside look at Brooklyn's Asian food scene. [BK Magazine]

- Bookie tied to mob found dead two days after Brooklyn DA raids homes. [DNAinfo]

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'El Chapo' Trial in Brooklyn? And More Brooklyn Briefs

Here's the video that got more than 5.8 million views on Facebook before it was blocked. It shows a New York strap-hanger literally giving the shirt off his back to a shivering homeless guy on the A train. More details at the Daily News.

- Cops arrest 4 suspects in gang rape of teen in Brownsville Park. They are ages 14 - 17. [NYT]

- The Brooklyn Heights Ten for 2015 have been announced. [BHB]

- Chicago and Brooklyn are leading contenders to host the first U.S. trial of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera if he is extradited from Mexico. [Yahoo]

- High-tech NYC subway? Cuomo unveils USB ports, Wi-Fi, station upgrades. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- The men who sell Brooklyn’s cool: Eric Demby and Jonathan Butler. [BBC]

- David Bowie has died of cancer at 69. [BBC] [WNYC] [Daily Mail]


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ISIS Can't Come to Brooklyn, and More Brooklyn Briefs

RT @DevCNY: ISIS Can’t Come To Brooklyn pic.twitter.com/UY1zcO6nDy

— Darleny López (@darlopez) November 16, 2015

- It's official: ISIS can't come to Brooklyn. (Memorable video above; language alert.)

- Help redesign city streets at the Atlantic Avenue Safety Improvement Workshop. [Brownstoner]

- A 70-year-old woman was killed after being struck by a vehicle on Atlantic Avenue Monday afternoon. [DNAinfo]

- Photos: Brooklynites march in candlelight vigil past French cafes and bistros to honor Paris. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Two taken to hospital after shooting at a bus stop in Canarsie. [ABC7]

- Brooklyn's Ample Hills just landed $4 million to launch an ice cream empire. [Eater]

- One person was stabbed and another was punched in the face Monday afternoon on a subway platform in East NY. [NBC]

- Wonderful video plays tribute to South Brooklyn's enduring mom and pop stores.  [PMFA]

- A bicycle delivery man was critically injured when a tree fell on him in Red Hook Monday afternoon. [ABC7]

- Still waiting for FIOS? Brooklyn BP Eric Adams will be hosting a public forum on Verizon's Brooklyn rollout Tuesday night. [Brownstoner]

- An ad that surfaced last week on Craigslist offering a tricked-out dumpster as a rentable apartment was phony. [Brooklyn Eagle] 

- Just once month before 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens,' Gowanus’ Halyards Bar is showing every ‘Star Wars’ movie in the nerdiest way possible. [Brokelyn]


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Michael Wright's Body Found in Midwood, and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Former Knicks draft pick Michael Wright found dead of head wound and covered in garbage bags in SUV in Midwood. Cops investigate theory it was a Grindr hookup gone bad.  [NY Daily News]

- Sad photo: Reward offered after abused dog found in East Flatbush parking lot. [ABC7]

- City students are skipping class once every 10 days. [NY Post]


- Carroll Gardens' Black Mountain Wine House on Forbes' top 10 cozy bar list. [Forbes]

- When the flashing red hand appears on crosswalk signs, pedestrians lose the right of way. Public Advocate Letitia James wants to change that. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Brooklyn man runs in charity race for Sandy Hook victim so he can question her family about truther theory. [NY Magazine]

- Someone from Vice had dinner with the Cast of 'The Bedford Stop,' the "most hated girls in Brooklyn." [Vice]

- Defend Brooklyn in this new Revolutionary War iOS game. [Technical.ly]

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7-Year-Old Girl Brain Dead After Choking at School; 'Dwight Schrute' Coming to DUMBO; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Watching the World Series Game 1 at Brooklyn Borough Hall. Photo: MK Metz

 - A 7-year-old Brooklyn girl has been declared brain-dead after choking on her public-school lunch. The EMT who tried to save her was suspended from his job. [NY Post]

- Velázquez introduces gun bill that would tax sales, and fund anti-violence and mental health programs. The NRA is going to hate it. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Police are looking for a Canarsie man wanted for allegedly shooting his wife in the face. [NY1]

- A man was charged Tuesday night in a shooting in Bushwick that left one man dead and two others hurt. [CBS]

- Rainn Wilson -- beet farmer Dwight Schrute on “The Office” -- is coming to DUMBO to talk up new book. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- After a surge in ridership, Coney Island’s elected officials are calling on the MTA to restore F train express service. [Sheepshead Bites]

- A "mixed-race" wedding in 1907 in Bed-Stuy attracts unwanted attention. [Brownstoner]

- A list of all the weird things that happened during the first game of the World Series last night. [Slate]

- Florida man is in a coma after e-cigarette explodes in his face. [Daily News]

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Automatic Gunfire Near Brooklyn Bridge Park; Racist Journal Sold on Brooklyn News Stands; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Sign from art project in MetroTech says, "The truth is I love you." Photo by MKMetz

 - Automatic gunfire shatters calm at Brooklyn’s Fulton Ferry Landing, next to Brooklyn Bridge Park. 1 man hit. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- A racist Hasidic journal for teenage boys, on sale in Brooklyn book stores, calls blacks "lowly people" and "animals on two legs." [Failed Messiah]

- Pay $1,950 a month to live with 18 other people in Brooklyn for some crazy reason. [Gawker]

- Advertising for the New York Islanders, which covered the much-promoted "green roof" at the entrance of Barclays Center, disappeared soon after an article in Atlantic Yards Report. [Before] [After]

- Tomorrow, demonstrators protesting police shootings will march from Brooklyn Borough Hall at 2 p.m., headed to Barclays Center.  [Rise Up October]

- A completely intact apartment by American Postmodern architect Michael Graves has been in storage at the Brooklyn Museum since it was acquired in 1986. [Observer]

- A new game app brings the Battle of Brooklyn to your phone. [Village Voice]


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Scenes from NYC Comic Con 2015

Photos by MK Metz

NYC Comic Con at Javits Center this past weekend was swarming with fans of comics, video, film and TV shows.

Cosplayers dressed like their favorites and some of the costumes were eye-popping.

This is just one of several popes to bless the scene. His companion's name is Venom.

A mashup including Jurassic and Ninja Turtle overtones.

Characters from Daredevil.

A very convincing Dr. Octopus!

Nice costume, Harley Quinn!

Quite a crowd for the Iron Man panel...

Katherine Chavez, playing Lightning.

Progressive "protector-corns" kick up their heels.

Teen Titans Raven & Gamora, Guardian of the Galaxy. (Thanks very much to Phantom Zodak for these ID's and other info.)

Star Wars characters.

After a hard day of Comic Con, this frog-like guy found a good place to collapse.

Part 1.

The End.

More images at Collider.

Even more photos at Brooklyn Eagle.


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82-Yr-Old Raped; Bed-Stuy Building Collapse; Squibb Bridge Disappointment; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- The top three floors of a four-story building in Bedford-Stuyvesant collapsed Tuesday afternoon, injuring three people, including a passerby riding a bicycle. [NBC]

- Outrage: An 18-year-old sexual predator raped and sodomized an 82-year-old woman in Brighton Beach. [NY Daily News]

- Patience fades as Squibb Park Bridge in Brooklyn Heights remains shut. [NY Times]

- NY State Senator Martin Golden told a funny joke, and some people are upset about it. [NY Minute]

- Complaint was filed against unlicensed SoHo day care center months before Brooklyn Heights baby died there, but it wasn’t followed-up. [Daily News]

- Did a Brooklyn costume shop create Spider-Man 8 years before Marvel? [NY Post]

- Donald Trump frets about a tweet from someone calling himself El Chapo, which says, "I'm gonna make you swallow your [expletive] words..." [7online] 

- But maybe Trump should worry more about Israel, after his recent tweet featuring Nazis. [The Hill]

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