Teacher Beats Student at Westinghouse H.S.; Barclay's Walk of Shame; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Teacher caught on video beating up a student at Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School in Downtown Brooklyn. CBS

- City Council to cut pork on nonprofit founded by Brooklyn Democratic boss Vito Lopez. NY Daily News

- Empty your pockets: Barclay's Center to make patrons walk through metal detectors, in spite of BP Markowitz's "vehement" opposition. Gothamist

- A Brooklyn high school student wins prize for research showing that mustard greens might treat bacterial infections. Brooklyn Eagle

- The witness of a South Slope sexual assault claims cops threw him in jail on a trumped up charge as payback for criticizing their investigation. Brooklyn Paper

- Brooklyn author talks about the brighter side of fear at TED conference. Brooklyn Eagle  And more here.

- Scientists invent particles that will let you live without breathing. Gizmodo

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New York City 2010 Roach Map Shows Roach Density by Neighborhood

Sunset Park and southern Park Slope are just two of the Brooklyn neighborhoods where cockroach density shoots up into the red zone, according to the 2010 Roach Map released by The Great Urban Hack NYC.

According to the Roach Map, which is based on restaurant inspection results from the NYC Data Mine and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, evidence of cockroaches were found in almost 30 percent of the inspected restaurants in Sunset Park, the third highest number amongst Brooklyn neighborhoods.

See the map and the full story at the Brooklyn Ink. 

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Come All Ye Faithful: cHURCH OF MONIKA Opens In Brooklyn

Beginning Sunday, January 17 at 11a.m., the faithful are invited to the OPEN SOURCE gallery for the cHURCH OF MONIKA. 

The cHURCH OF MONIKA's mission is to use art as a surrogate for religion. They say they take "a non-denominational and tolerant attitude in our journey through life and our hope is to build an alliance with people of all faiths and world views. We suffer no delusions of grandeur, but seek only to inspire and be inspired by the art of life and community." 

The “Church” will be a moderated town hall type of meeting rather than a sermon with topics varying each week. Snacks and coffee will be served. 

On Jan. 17, Lily White will take the pulpit. On Jan 24th, The Union Street String Band will lead the inspiration. Open Call: artists, writers, etc. 

Open Source Gallery, 255 17th street between 5th and 6th Ave (street level) in South Slope, Brooklyn 

Photo: God's Grafitti, by Rodigo Paoletti, Creative Commons license

http://www.flickr.com/photos/paoletti/ / CC BY 2.0

 

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New Cohousing Project in Brooklyn: Meeting Tuesday

People interested in a modern, sustainable version of communal living may be interested in attending tomorrow's meeting about a new project planned by Brooklyn Cohousing.

Brooklyn Cohousing’s new property is in Greenwood Heights/South Slope. The circa-1929 factory and warehouse (sketch left) will be retrofitted as a 30-unit apartment building, according to the Brooklyn Eagle.

The Eagle reports that the project will have private apartments, but also large communal areas including a dining room and kitchen (“for sharing occasional meals together”), a living room and game room, kids room, guest room for visitors, a workshop and tool room, and outdoor space.

The meeting will take place tomorrow (Tuesday) at the Belarusan Church, 401 Atlantic Ave. More details here.

Sketch courtesy of Brooklyn Cohousing.

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Are We Not Famous Men? At Open Source Gallery

Opening Saturday May 2nd, 7pm - 10pm: Photographer Gary Baldwin's series of portraiture, Are We Not Famous Men? explores "both the necessity and impossibility of capturing the constant flux of life in a snapshot."

Baldwin is influenced by both Walker Evans' photography in Let Us Now Praise Famous Men -- and by Devo's Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!

Second Saturday Potluck Dinner

Saturday May 9th, 7pm - 10pm: Food at this potluck dinner will be provided by the artist and the subjects in the photographs on view. This event is free of charge and open to the public.

Open Source Gallery 251 17th street between 5th and 6th Ave (street level) in South Slope, Brooklyn. Map

Photograph: Mr Scheiderbauer, by Gary Baldwin

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