- Newly elected Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson has delayed his inaugural bash until Feb. 9 because, he says, he needs a larger space for the event. [NY Daily News]
- Brooklyn composer opens up a school for baby DJs. [Datzhott]
- If you plan to ride the 2, 3 or 4 trains in Brooklyn between now and Jan. 31, better read this. [MTA]
- Golden outraged by Sept. 11 museum fee, calls it "absurd." [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Kiehl’s skin care products shop is opening at the corner of Montague and Henry in Brooklyn Heights this Friday. Free skateboard lessons! [BHB]
- If you are over 18 years old, sick, and have no health insurance, check out the Brooklyn Free Clinic. [BFC]
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Brooklyn School for Baby DJs, Free Health Clinic, and More Brooklyn Briefs
Report: 19 Year Old Jumps from Building in Sunset Park, Brooklyn
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| 4th and 34th. Photo: Google Streetview |
Brooklyn: 902 4th ave & 34 Street FDNY on scene with a 19 year old who jumped from a building, EMS requested on a rush.
— NY Scanner (@NYScanner) January 28, 2014
A report came in from the Twitter account of NY Scanner that EMS was asked to rush after a 19-year-old reportedly leaped from a building, about a block from Green-Wood Cemetery in Sunset Park.
This report iss unconfirmed.
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Shots Fired in Crown Heights, Monday at Midnight
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| Utica at St. John's Place. Photo: Google Streetview |
The man was reportedly wearing a green sweatsuit.
His reported location was St. John's Place at Utica Ave.
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Monday, January 27, 2014
In Brooklyn, We Learn to Never Open a Wriggling Bag
A worker in an auto body shop on Baltic Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn, called the cops on Monday after seeing in a dumpster a backpack and some bags -- moving. The worker was worried that a baby was inside, according to DNA.com.
If you ask why the worker did not open the bags himself and rescue the poor baby, you obviously don't come from Brooklyn.
Bags of boa constrictors found alive in dumpster at #Brooklyn auto body shop. pic.twitter.com/DEdjx3IBma
— Allison Papson (@AllisonPapson) January 28, 2014According to National Geographic, boas can grow up to 13 feet long and weigh more than 100 pounds. "Their jaws are lined with small, hooked teeth for grabbing and holding prey while they wrap their muscular bodies around their victim, squeezing until it suffocates."
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Some People Are Mad the Super Bowl Is In Cold NJ, and Are Praying That It Snows Hard
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| Photo: Erik Daniel Drost |
With great venom, one after another called on the Powers That Be to unleash the Blizzard of 2014, along with freezing rain and a polar Sharknado.
While weather forecasting is notoriously fickle, at least one news outlet, CBS Sports, says the initial forecast calls for temperatures between 24 - 38, with a small chance of snow and low winds.
The National Weather Service shows a similar forecast, so far.
In short, good football weather!
If this forecast holds, so many will be disappointed.
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Fireworks Over Brooklyn, NYC, NJ on Monday, Jan.27
Those fireworks you heard and maybe saw from Brooklyn around 9 p.m. tonight were part of the Super Bowl Kickoff Spectacular at Liberty State Park, which also included a concert by Goo Goo Dolls, The Fray and Daughtry.
Despite the cold, NJ.com says the concert was sold out.
The Spectacular was produced by the NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee and Macy’s.
For $40, you could stay in the Warming Lodge and drink hot chocolate while waiting for the free fireworks to start.
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Cuomo and de Blasio, BFF, Work to Get a Billion for Brooklyn Hospitals
One billion of this is earmarked to revamp Brooklyn hospitals.
While Cuomo said that Brooklyn has too many hospital beds, de Blasio pointed out that the emergency rooms at LICH and Interfaith are the “first point of access to health care” for a quarter of a million people.
More here and here.
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Brooklyn's Interfaith Hospital Saved Again, State Releases $7.5 Million
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| Photo: MK Metz |
More at Brooklyn Eagle.
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No Brooklyn Super Bowl Bus Stop; Citi Bikes' Designers Go Belly Up; and More Brooklyn Briefs
- Brooklyn should have its own stop on the exclusive $50 "Fan Express Bus" going to the Super Bowl. [About]
- The company that designed Citi Bikes declares bankruptcy. [Queens Crap]
- Greenpoint residents could receive local toxic site map. [TRD]
- NYPD to keep close eye on Super Bowl fans. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Chuck Schumer proposes legislation to honor Avonte Oquendo. [NY Magazine]
- Retail changes on Flatbush and Fifth within walking distance of Barclays. [Atlantic Yards Report]
- Jay Z sued for $600 million over Brooklyn Nets trademark. [BoomBox]
- Grace Church Winterfair next Saturday. [BHB]
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'Black Artstory' Events in Brooklyn Kick Off Feb. 1 in Fort Greene, Clinton Hill
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| Chanel Kennebrew, Hyphenated Part 2 |
The series of free events kicks-off on Saturday, February 1st at 6 pm and includes art exhibitions, film screenings, storytelling, lectures, performances, and workshops throughout the entire month of February.
The events and performances coincide with Black History month and take place at the small businesses along Myrtle Avenue in Fort Greene & Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.
For a complete listing visit: www.myrtleavenue.org/blackartstorymonth/
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