Lolitas at Brooklyn Botanic Garden; Body in Sunset Park; Magic in Cobble Hill; and More Brooklyn Briefs

JACOB PRIESTLEY KICKING OFF THE FIRST EVER BROOKLYN NORTH CHARITY 5K! @NYPDnews @ABC7NY @News12BK pic.twitter.com/SMAEOEZ4Ku

— NYPDBrooklynNorth (@NYPDBklynNorth) April 29, 2017

- Fans of the Japanese style known as Lolita fashion flocked to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden for the BBG Parasol Society Fashion Show. [Yahoo]

- Brooklyn connections run deep for Kentucky Derby favorite. [NY Post]

- Body washes up on Brooklyn shore in Sunset Park — perhaps belonging to a woman who jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge. [Daily News]

- Cobble Hill’s magical independent bookstore opens today. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Sooo Brooklyn: to lie naked in a giant bird nest. [Pix11]

- The state Health Department “flagged” 52 hospitals for patient-infection rates that greatly exceeded the state average — and 15 of them are in New York City. [NY Post]

- Have you ever wished you could make internet trolls eat their words? Now you can, thanks to the new Brooklyn bakery Troll Cakes. [Refinery29]

- Pier 6 settlement talks fall through; back to court for Brooklyn Bridge Park and Brooklyn Heights Association. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- A very wonky look at a Brooklyn-Queens Con-Ed energy management program that seems to not be nearly as economical or efficient as the state, experts and Con-Ed say it is. [Greentechmedia]

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Brooklyn Dental Scam; Another Pervy Brooklyn Tech Teacher; Bogus No Parking Signs In Cobble Hill; Domino Park; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Endless flowers. By MK Metz

- Brooklyn Tech teacher busted asking student for ‘workout’ pics. [NY Post]

- Brooklyn dentist indicted for hiring unlicensed men to perform procedures on Medicaid patients. [Daily News]

- Some of the first votes in French presidential election were cast in an old church building near the Gowanus Canal on Saturday morning. [Slate]

- Bogus No Parking signs at LICH site piss off Cobble Hill residents. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- New York Rep. Yvette Clarke told a town hall meeting in Brooklyn that taxpayers “cannot continue to pay” for President Donald Trump’s family’s business and travel arrangements. [Roll Call]

-The Brooklyn Broadway Islamic Center was destroyed in a fire on Saturday. Now a LaunchGood campaign is crowd-sourcing funds to rebuild. [LaunchGood]

- The Brooklyn district attorney’s office has told prosecutors to avoid, when possible, the deportation or detention of immigrants charged with certain misdemeanors or nonviolent crimes. [NY Times]

- Developer releases big plans for Domino Park in Williamsburg. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Brooklyn Bridge Park announced the full lineup for its 18th annual outdoor screening series, "Movies with a View." Schedule here. [TimeOut]

- NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is investigating Trump’s possible ties to organized crime, which could involve RICO charges. [Bipartisan Report]

#Great Job #NYPD Harbor's Brooklyn Bridge launch #317 when they rescued a jet skier who fell into the East River in the vicinity of Wall St. pic.twitter.com/SX3FQs7bFG

— NYPD Special Ops (@NYPDSpecialops) April 24, 2017

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Park Slope, Brooklyn is as Big as Monaco

Map data copyright Google

 Once in a while we play with Wolframalpha.com, the computational knowledge engine, to figure out something pointless.

Today's useless exercise was computing the area of different Brooklyn neighborhoods.

We started with Brooklyn Heights. Wolfram Alpha quickly figured out the neighborhood's area is 180 acres, or .28 square miles.

What's nice is W/A then goes on to give us comparisons:

- The area of Brooklyn Heights is, for example, equal to 1.2 times the total floor area of the Pentagon.

- It's also 1.7 times the total area of Vatican City.

- It is also 13 times the area of the base of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Nice to know!

Plugging in different Brooklyn neighborhoods, we found that Cobble Hill's area is smaller than Brooklyn Heights, at 89 acres.

But the area of Bedford-Stuyvesant, at 4.2 square miles (a whopping 2,700 acres), is equal to one eighth the area of Manhattan.

Whereas Park Slope is 639 acres, equal to one square mile or .... the area of an adult male cougar's home range! Or the total area of Monaco!

To research weird factoids or perform calculations yourself, visit Wolfram Alpha and type in an English language query, such as "area williamsburg, brooklyn, nyc."

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Get Ready for More 'Planned Flyovers' Over NYC

A Cessna 208B SKS Caravan by Shawn from Airdrie, Canada

Notify NYC tells us that we can expect "planned flyovers" in the wee hours of the morning (between the hours of 1 a.m. and 6 a.m.) from now until August. The city says  a low-flying Cessna 208 aircraft will be conducting "laser mapping of the NYC shorelines in all five boroughs. The aircraft will be flying at an altitude of approximately 1,475 feet and will be using a laser to measure erosion."

At the same time, Notify NYC also warns us of another set of planned flyovers that started April 8 and will continue until April 15, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., centered over Midtown Manhattan. In this case, the flyover will be conducted by a tan/brown/yellow PA 27 Piper Aztec aircraft with tail #N170TA.

Recent Activity

There have been numerous flyovers in recent months. There was a flyover on March 30: "Three helicopters at low altitudes conducting aerial photography," we're told.

And on March 25, eight Alpha Jets conducted a flyover in the vicinity of the Hudson River and the Statue of Liberty.

Just the day before, on March 24, we were told to expect "three helicopters at low altitudes conducting aerial photography."

Another flyover was set for March 13, this one with 10 military helicopters which were conducting an "exercise over NYC at an altitude of 500-1,000 feet."

And another one on March 5: the same tan/brown/yellow PA 27 Piper Aztec aircraft with tail #N170TA, flying over.

Wow, what a lot of flyovers! (We're assuming that some of this activity has to do with Trump, since it picked up with his election as president.)

So there's no need to be alarmed. If you see a plane buzzing your building, it's likely just your government (and your taxes) at work.


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BB Gun Shootings; Dine in Brooklyn Kicks Off Monday; Sunset Park Landmarking and More Brooklyn Briefs

Line to get into Trader Joes in Brooklyn right now #blizzard2017 pic.twitter.com/NMO6rGhqkn

— JohnyActionSpacePunk (@JohnyAction) March 14, 2017

Hahaha we just saw this one.

- Three people — including a 13-year-old boy — have been shot with a BB gun in Brooklyn this week, apparently by the same attacker. [Daily News]

- The future of urban farming is in shipping containers. In Brooklyn, of course. [Motherboard]

- Three Brooklyn Web series to watch. [Brownstoner]

- What's next in Sunset Park residents' landmarking quest? [Brooklyn Eagle]

- 37-year-old victim speaks out Wednesday, after he was brutally beaten by four men inside a Brooklyn restaurant after offering them a gesture of kindness. [CBS]

- 2017 Dine In Brooklyn kicks off Monday, and its shaping up to be delicious. [Brooklyn Eagle]

-  Sorry, Fabolous, you're not getting a Brooklyn street. [Steriogum]

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1000 NYC Bodegas Go On Strike Today; That Nazi-Punching Film Fest; a Poopy Kind of Love; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Hold the coffee: NYC’s Yemeni bodegas go on strike today to protest Trump’s travel ban. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Bizarre video: Man smoking crack sets himself on fire in Brooklyn. [Daily News]

- There’s a Nazi-punching film festival going down in Brooklyn. [AV Club]

- Celebrate your Valentine's love with a visit to a wastewater treatment plant in Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Over a dozen tech company leaders in Brooklyn have signed a letter criticizing Donald Trump's Muslim ban. [Patch]

- Former Brooklyn math tutor gets just three years’ probation in sexual assault of his 6-year-old pupil. [Daily News]

- Brooklyn protest to call for boycott of Israeli dance company. [Mondoweiss]

Jackie Robinson, the pioneer who broke the game’s color barrier, signs his contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945. #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/c7oqcSdhtX

— MLB (@MLB) February 1, 2017

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Toxic PCB Lighting Fixtures Removed from NYC Schools; Brooklyn Food and Beer Festival; and More Brooklyn Briefs

. @NYPDTransit needs your help identifying this guy- Wanted for robbery on Jan 3rd at Brooklyn Bridge station- Call 800577TIPS w/ any info. pic.twitter.com/ZIHEvdKbEE

— New York City Alerts (@NYCityAlerts) January 5, 2017

- Good news for kids: Thousands of PCB-contaminated lighting fixtures finally yanked out of NYC schools. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Brooklyn train was speeding before crash, say U.S. investigators. [Reuters]

-  Clear video shows two guys jumping a woman on 16th Ave. in Borough Park on Dec. 27. [Daily News]

- Muslim teen tracks down a guy who assaulted an Orthodox Jewish woman on a Q subway train. [CBS]

- Get ready for the first-ever Best of Brooklyn Food and Beer Festival. [Time Out]

- Meet Brooklyn's WBO Women's Junior Featherweight world champion Amanda Serrano and her sister WBO Women's Featherweight champion Cindy Serrano, the first sisters to concurrently hold world titles. VIDEO. [Fox5]

- Somebody at Yahoo Finance misspelled a tweet.  Big time. [Mercury News]

- Less shrinkage: This is your aging brain on the Mediterranean diet. [LA Times]


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High School Lockdown; De Blasio Grand Juries; BQX; Electoral College Craziness and More Brooklyn Briefs

 - A school bus overturned in East New York Thursday afternoon, injuring seven people. [Daily News]

- Conversation with Brooklyn’s Jeff Strabone on how his Electoral College website went crazy viral. Print and VIDEO. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- A Williamsburg high school was briefly put on lockdown Thursday afternoon after a student threatened another student with a gun and took his cell phone. [PIX11]

- Man nabbed at JFK Airport in $100M JPMorgan Chase customer data hack. [Daily News]

- A 25-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after shooting his ex’s boyfriend in Bed-Stuy. [DNAinfo]

- You can barter stuff for a cup of coffee at El Museo de Los Sures in Williamsburg. [FOX5]

- A 1-year-old boy died Wednesday from injuries he suffered when flames broke out at a high-rise apartment building in Brownsville. [PIX11]

- Brooklyn Queens Connector: To build a trolley, or not? Pros and cons. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Two grand juries hearing testimony linked to criminal probes of Mayor de Blasio’s fund-raising tactics. [Daily News]

- Apple's AirPods finally head for shelves. [CNBC]

- Amuse yourself with New York Verification Questions on Twitter. Example:

Have you ever been to Times Square for New Year's? #NewYorkVerificationQuestions

— Odell Porzingis Jr. (@_payDay) December 15, 2016

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Electoral College Letter Writing Site Goes Viral; Sex Crimes on Subways Jump; Uber Stalking and More Brooklyn Briefs

Gone viral: #Brooklyn man's website helps people contact #ElectoralCollege before #Trump vote. #TheResistance https://t.co/Hxkt94UohP pic.twitter.com/drUnt0DA5f

— Brooklyn Daily Eagle (@BklynEagle) December 13, 2016

- Brooklyn shop owner's son hit with stun gun by cops after threats to kill himself, tense standoff. [Daily News]

- Sex crimes on the city’s subways jumped 28 percent so far this year compared to the same period in 2015. [NY Post]

- More details emerge about southern Brooklyn's Backwards Wheelchair Lady (read the comments). [Bensonhurst Bean]

- Brooklyn man convicted of raping 82-year-old woman in her Brighton Beach home. [Pix11]

-  Now anyone can track affordable housing in NY using this new data mashup. [Brownstoner]

- Internal Uber employees helped ex-boyfriends stalk their ex-girlfriends and searched for the trip information of celebrities such as Beyoncé. [Reveal News]

- Will the Brooklyn-Queens streetcar benefit developers more than locals? [Curbed]


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Correction Officer Shot; Little Jaden Jordan Dies; Brooklyn Filmmaker Missing in Oakland Club Fire and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Police are investigating the fatal shooting of an off-duty correction officer, who was killed while sitting in her car in Brooklyn. [abc7] and [Daily News]

- Three-year-old Jaden Jordan died after being taken off life support following an alleged beating. [Daily News]

- Brooklyn filmmaker among those missing in horrific Oakland club fire. [NY Post]

- 'Hero' Muslim cop, her son harassed by bigot in Brooklyn who shouted 'I will cut your throat.' [Daily News]

- Grim photos of gritty gang life in Brooklyn in the early 2000s. [Vice]

- Watch this tiny NYPD Smart Car zip around Brooklyn Bridge Park. [NYPD News]

Ride along with us through Brooklyn Bridge Park to see what the NYPD Smart Car can do.

More: https://t.co/W3F1wCdoPD @smartcarusa pic.twitter.com/ggGVngCo7t

— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) December 4, 2016

- A man who was severely burned when an e-cigarette exploded in his pocket was released from the hospital Sunday. [CBS]

- House Speaker Paul Ryan slammed the Army Corps of Engineers’ decision Sunday to deny the final permits required for the Dakota Access Pipeline project in North Dakota. [The Hill]

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Celebrity Brooklyn Rapist Nabbed in Paris; Jeffries Turns on Hillary; and More Brooklyn Briefs

The @Brooklynettes are HERE for @Barbados Culture Night in Brooklyn! #Nets pic.twitter.com/QHF7uOdH7Z

— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) November 30, 2016

- A Moroccan pop star who fled rape charges in Brooklyn was arrested in Paris on similar charges. [DNAinfo]

- Brooklyn Congressman Hakeem Jeffries turned blame for the Democrats’ rash of recent defeats on Hillary Clinton—the woman he supported for president—and her lack of a “clear and decisive economic message.” [Observer]

- From iPads to laptops to Lego Robotics and Little Bits kits, every library in Brooklyn will soon be receiving an shipment of technology equipment. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Ex-Brooklyn assistant principal gets six months in jail for having sex with 17-year-old student in his office. [Daily News]

- Brooklyn mother claims special needs daughter was left at bus stop multiple times. [Pix11]

- Here's how you and your kids can donate gifts to Brooklyn children in need. [Patch]

- Judge halts eviction of mentally disabled man as Brooklyn landlord seeks to boot tenants with disabilities. [Daily News]

- Oh, oh ...  Study shows disrupting sleep routine triggers cancer in mice. [Brooklyn Eagle]


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New Apple Store Coming to Brooklyn; BQX Route; Spike Lee's 'She's Gotta Have It'; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Proposed BQX route. NYC

 - Here's the city's report on the proposed Brooklyn-Queens Connector streetcar. [BQX]

- Apple locked in a deal for its next Brooklyn store location --  in Fort Greene. [TRD]

- Where to find free bar food in NYC. [Gothamist]

- This neighborhood has the cheapest rentals in Brooklyn. [NY Post]

- One by one, students have been getting sick at a Brooklyn school, and teachers are wearing face masks. [CBS]

- A student was hit by a car outside a Bedford-Stuyvesant school Wednesday afternoon. [DNAinfo]

- Spike Lee's "She's Gotta Have It" filming locations and street closures in Brooklyn. [Patch]

- 22 Brooklyn schools have been awarded by the Walentas [Two Trees] Family Foundation. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Park Slopers have banned a developer from replacing the Fifth Avenue Key Food with upscale grocery chains like Whole Foods, Citarella, Balducci’s, Grace’s Marketplace, or Eataly. [Brooklyn Paper]

Final word from Louis C.K.: "If you vote for Hillary you're a grownup; if you vote for Trump you're a sucker; if you don't vote for anybody you're an asshole."

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Huma Abedin in Bk Heights; BQX Route Update; Bk Heights Library Work Starts Today; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Huma Abedin is off the trail for the fourth day in a row. She's working out of Clinton HQ in Brooklyn instead. [Twitter]

- And more: a video tour of Hillary Clinton's campaign HQ in Brooklyn. [NY Magazine]

- City unveils possible routes for streetcar in Brooklyn and Queens. [NY Times]

- Man in wheelchair clipped by train after falling onto tracks at Brooklyn subway station. [Daily News]

- Famous Brooklyn Heights firehouse doors headed to 9/11 Memorial Museum. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- NYU is building a real holodeck. [technical.ly]

- Developer files plan to demolish Brooklyn Heights Library; Asbestos removal begins Wednesday. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Photo shows $20K portrait Trump bought with foundation money. [The Hill]

You have the right to vote free from harassment on #ElectionDay - make sure you know all your #votingrights before November 8th. pic.twitter.com/mZmycSVTsS

— Tish James (@TishJames) November 1, 2016

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Atlantic Antic; 19 New Ferries; Things to Do in This Weekend and More Brooklyn Briefs

The mysterious yellow train pulls into the station. Photo: MK Metz

- Atlantic Antic this Sunday. [BHB]

- Full steam ahead: Construction begins on 19 new citywide ferries. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Man found dead in water near  Verrazano Bridge. [Bensonhurst Bean]

- A miniature redwood forest grows in Downtown Brooklyn. [CityLab]

- When a cow wandered onto Montague Street. [Brownstoner]

-  Last chance to see four kinda weird new media digital artists at Digital Museum of Digital Art (DiMoDa). [Greenpointers]

- The 20 best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this weekend, Americana edition. [Brokelyn]

- Nine defendants, including Joseph Percoco, former Executive Deputy Secretary to Governor Cuomo, and Alain Kaloyeros, President Of Suny Polytechnic Institute, charged with federal corruption and fraud offenses. [Dept. of Justice]

Share your vision for the future of North Brooklyn! 9/28 Wednesday, 5:30 - 7pm, join @NYCPlanning and North #Brooklyn community! pic.twitter.com/6GGLUVFgVN

— Stephen Levin (@StephenLevin33) September 22, 2016

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Presidential Debate Watch Parties in Brooklyn; Mysterious Google Statue; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- You’re gonna need a beer for this: 15 bars showing the presidential debates in Brooklyn. [Brokelyn]

- Mysterious Google statue appears in Brooklyn Bridge Park, foreshadowing Oct 4. event. [Android Authority]

- A new initiative will help Brooklyn military veterans launch and grow their own businesses, with incubator space in DUMBO. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- The Wall Street Journal reviews the Pierhouse condos in Brooklyn Bridge Park. [WSJ]

- Formula E will race in Brooklyn in 2017. [The Verge]

- Robots, 3D printers, Hyperloop pod: New MakerSpace opens at NYU Tandon. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Enormous craft ber festival returns to Greenpoint on Saturday. [Gothamist]

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Jumbo Sized Buildings in D'town Brooklyn? Myer Departs Brooklyn Bridge Park; Bike Lane Blues and More Brooklyn Briefs

Hazel Scott (with Paul Robeson in the background) performing at a dinner in Brooklyn in honor of Hugh Mulzac pic.twitter.com/GEBM0Hwjb5

— Franck Biyong (@franckbiyong1) September 20, 2016

- More on the proposal that would allow construction of new buildings of any size in densely populated areas like Downtown Brooklyn. [Brownstoner]

- Look who left Brooklyn Bridge Park: Downtown Brooklyn Partnership names Regina Myer as new president. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- A 20-year-old man was fatally shot on a Bed-Stuy street Monday night. [Daily News]

- Why Mayor de Blasio was wrong about cars standing briefly in bike lanes. [Brooklyn Spoke]

- The 10 best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this week, skee-ball edition. [Brokelyn]

- Screenings, parties and talks in Brooklyn for IFP Film Week.  [IFP]

- The Standish, a hotel-turned-condo in Brooklyn Heights launches sales. [Curbed]

- Experience a day at the races in 1904 with this footage from Gravesend’s long gone horse racing track. [Bensonhurst Bean]

- Man sues Samsung, saying Note 7 exploded in his pants. [CNET]

- Twitter's new character count, explained. [TechCrunch]

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Coney Island Stabbings; Exploding Smartphone Injures Child; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Cirque du Soliel, at Barclays Center. Photo by MK Metz

- Three people were stabbed early Sunday morning in Coney Island. [CBS]

- Prosecutors believe slain Brooklyn landlord Menachem Stark was victim of a hit. [Daily News]

- Galaxy Note7 smartphone explodes in hands of 6-year-old in Brooklyn. [Gothamist]

- Poll reveals enormous support for Brooklyn-Queens Connector streetcar. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Muslim leaders in New York are calling on the city to take action after two Muslim women pushing baby strollers in Brooklyn were attacked last week. [MetroNY]

- In Gowanus, gripes from all sides about the parole office. [Brooklyn Ink]

- Hillary Clinton’s health just became a real issue in the presidential campaign. [Washington Post]


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Free eBooks on Subway; L Train Alts; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- For 8 weeks, you can download free eBooks on subway wifi. [Brokelyn]

- There's other ways to commute after the L train shuts down. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- A 36-year-old man who works with homeless women and children was killed in broad daylight Monday in a drive-by shooting in Borough Park. [Bensonhurst Bean]

- Voting booth changes anger Brooklyn Heights residents. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Wahlburgers has been sued for wage theft and violating state and federal labor laws at its Coney Island location. [Sheepshead Bites]

- Sufferers of iPhone 6’s ‘Touch Disease’ may soon have a class action lawsuit [TechCrunch]


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Where to Find Harry Potter Parties in Brooklyn; De Blasio and LICH; Apple's First Brooklyn Store; and More Brooklyn Briefs

#Brooklyn residents speak out on the probe into #deBlasio's role in the closure of #LICH. https://t.co/OVuqLRWia6 pic.twitter.com/wIWle4aOFg

— Brooklyn Daily Eagle (@BklynEagle) July 29, 2016

- The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has reportedly lied about the horrific water quality of Newtown Creek in city reports—and former employees may sue. [Greenpointers]

- How to die in Brooklyn: This NYC woman gave her former teacher a powerful lesson on coping with mortality. [Daily News]

- Peek inside Apple's first Brooklyn store. [Fast Company]

- A string of brutal sex attacks took place in north Brooklyn over the past week. [NY Post]

- Online finance school opens branch in Downtown Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Mugglemania! Where to celebrate the new Harry Potter release in Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Paper]and [Brokelyn]

- Members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers were spotted shooting a music video for “Go Robot” on 86th Street wearing (almost) nothing. [Bensonhurst Bean]

- This Bushwick Pokemon Go party features a celebrity trainer and free booze. [Brokelyn]


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More on Brooklyn Pokemon Guy; Heights Library Closes; and More Brooklyn Briefs

#wherebkat
Brooklyn Native To Travel Around Globe To Capture All Pokemon Go. https://t.co/qY2279CMHW

— WhereBK@ (@wherebkat) July 28, 2016

- Brooklyn Heights Library closes, interim library opens on Remsen Street. (Photos) [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Man beaten with selfie stick in Downtown Brooklyn. [DNAinfo]

- In a feud between different sects of Jews, surveillance video captured footage that apparently depicts a vandal pulling down a controversial Brooklyn eruv. [Forward]

- Discussion about Mayor de Blasio's affordable housing achievements. [Atlantic Yards/ Pacific Park]

- Ikea food truck bringing free meatballs to Brooklyn all week. Check here to follow the truck. [Brokelyn]

- City pumps $64 million into cultural institutions; $12.7 million of this is coming to Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce seeks new hub, plans to open incubator and retail store. [Crain's]

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