Crowd Flees in Bed-Stuy as Gunshots Fired by Tat-Faced Man Saturday

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 From the scanner:

The NYC 9-1-1 dispatcher reported that a large crowd started to run in Bedford-Stuyvesant as six shots were fired at roughly 5:35 p.m. on Saturday.

The shots were fired near the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and Marcus Garvey.

Cops are hunting for a man described as a black male in his early 20s, wearing a white T-shirt, black Nike hat, with a black tattoo on his face.

 Witnesses said he fled northbound on Myrtle.


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NYPD Search for Perp in Downtown Brooklyn Home Invasion

From the scanner:

Police are searching for the perp in a home invasion reported Saturday afternoon at roughly 4:40 p.m.

A caller to 9-1-1 reported that a black male with a handgun invaded a home on Livingston Street near Nevins. Details of the invasion are not yet available.

NYPD have mobilized at the location. The perp, who fled, was described as 6' tall, wearing a black sweater with a hoodie, and carrying a blue and gray duffle bag.


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A 'Step Street' in Bay Ridge; the Kentile Sign; and More Brooklyn Briefs

#Brooklyn state Senate candidates @RubainDorancy and @jesse4senate debated on #InsideCityHall: http://t.co/9v9XFhXokl pic.twitter.com/sBRzrBXWV9
— Inside City Hall (@InsideCityHall) September 4, 2014

- The NYPD is scheduled to release details Thursday about its pilot program for equipping officers with body cameras. [NY1]

- Who knew there was a "step street" in Bay Ridge? [Brooklyn Eagle]

- The Kentile sign has begun its rebirth. [CB6]

- Staubitz Market's owner explains Court Street real estate in Cobble Hill. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Homeland Security funds were used in New York to build fake cell phone towers to intercept your phone calls and spy on your phone conversations. [ACLU]

- Why you should answer online security questions with gibberish. [NY Magazine]

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Brooklyn Public Library Looking for Someone to Manage Lobbyists, Work Building Sales Through Land Use Approval Process

Updated:
Brooklyn Public Library is gearing up for some library real estate sales.  looking for someone to replace Josh Nachowitz (see commenter insight below).

In their employment listings, BPL says they're looking for someone to manage all aspects of BPLs Government and Community Relations strategy: Must create strategic partnerships with elected officials, and oversee and direct work of outside lobbyists.

Must also "provide strategic advice to the President and CEO on sensitive political issues."

Must have "extensive knowledge of the NYC budget process, the New York City Council, State Legislature and Brooklyn politics, and "demonstrated relationships with Brooklyn elected officials and community stakeholders."

Most importantly, the candidate must have:

"knowledge of the City’s capital budget and land use approval processes."

Looks like the library sales are still on.

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Fully-Equipped Skateboarder, Hot Dog Stand, Brooklyn

Outside Squibb Park, Brooklyn Heights. Photos by MK Metz

Fully equipped.

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Drunk Israeli Students Allegedly Beat Black Guy Walking Dog in Crown Heights, Brooklyn

Photo: Tex Texin

Two Israeli students studying in Brooklyn, Samuel Brendler, 21, and Ahrone Koskase, 22, allegedly attacked a 56-year-old Crown Heights resident out walking his dog on Saturday, according to several published sources.

According to Failed Messiah and DNAindo, they "threw garbage cans at him, punched him in the face and tried to steal his dog as they cursed and used racial slurs."

Failed Messiah, in another article, reports that Chabad has "a widespread problem with alcohol abuse, and it is not unusual to find 14- and 15-year-old Chabad yeshiva students who are already heavy drinkers."

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It's Going to Hit 92 Friggin' Degrees in Brooklyn Tuesday

From NOAA

Remember all summer how you said, "Wow, what a cool summer!"

Mother Nature is having the last laugh -- with today's high a hot, sticky 92 degrees in Brooklyn. In September!

It may rain very late tonight, according to the National Weather Service.

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Brooklyn's Hot Assembly Race; West Indian Parade, and More Brooklyn Briefs

Filling our mailboxes....Photo: MK Metz

- Bummer: Kings County Hospital loses man's thumb after promising to reattach it. [NY Daily News]

- Before the official West Indian Parade started, there was the J’Ouvert festival. [Gothamist]

- Multiple shootings precede the West Indian Parade [WSJ]

- Grieving Flatbush family needs financial help for funeral. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Police are looking for a man who attacked an 89-year-old woman as she sat on the front stoop. [CBS]

-The race for Joan Millman's Assembly seat is hot, and more key endorsements have come in. Another debate tonight at St. Francis College. [Brooklyn Eagle]


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Will de Blasio's Endorsement Backfire on Pete Sikora in Brooklyn?

Simon, Biviano, Sikora. Photo: MK Metz

 On Sunday Mayor Bill de Blasio endorsed Pete Sikora, running for the 52nd Assembly District in northeast Brooklyn, for a position that will be left open by the retirement of Joan Millman.

The endorsement may not help Sikora as much as he thinks, however, as he is running in a district that is not exactly enamored with de Blasio right now.

As a candidate for mayor, de Blasio received enornmous support in Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn and Red Hook for his firmly-stated opposition to the sale of Long Island College Hospital (LICH).

In what locals see as a shocking betrayal, after the election de Blasio backed LICH's closure and sale to real estate developer Fortis Property Group. Since that time, a long, slow burn has been kindling in the 52nd -- and if anything, it only seems to be heating up.

While Sikora has a good record on LICH, the environment and other issues, De Blasio's endorsement may be enough to push undecideds into voting for Jo Anne Simon -- a strong, reform-minded activist who has made a mark over the years working on issues like traffic calming in Downtown Brooklyn, fighting the closure of LICH and opposing eminent domain at Atlantic Yards. On Friday, Simon received the backing of the New York Times.

In a recent debate, Sikora said that people were being too harsh on de Blasio for allowing LICH to be closed, and that Cuomo should be the focus of Brooklyn's ire. But Sikora is linked with Cuomo through endorsements by the Working Families Party, and now through de Blasio, who is backing Cuomo.

Residents from Red Hook to Downtown Brooklyn and Williamsburg, who have no hospital, may not be in a forgiving mood.

(Johnnie-come-lately Doug Biviano is also running for Assembly in the 52nd. Biviano, however, was a no-show during the two year LICH struggle.)


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Rough Storms Hitting Brooklyn: Flooding, Thunder, High Winds on Sunday, Aug. 31

Here they come: storms moving into Brooklyn. Photo: MKMetz

The National Weather Service is warning that severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings are in effect for NYC as a line of storms are rolling in from the direction of New Jersey.

According to the NWS:
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

Northern Brooklyn is already getting soaked, and the storm is spreading towards the east. Thunder can be heard echoing over the canyons of the city.

High wind gusts are expected so remove small items from your balcony.  NWS said there may even be some hail.

NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

30-minute arrival delays at the airports.The tennis matches in Flushing, Queens at the U.S. Open have been canceled.

UPDATE: Queens seems to be getting hit harder than Brooklyn.

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