They Arrested the Guy Bashing People in the Head with a Hammer in Brooklyn

 The guy who goes around bashing people in the head with a hammer and robbing them was arrested in Brooklyn on Monday.

According to the Daily News, cops picked him up on Fulton Street.


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Brooklyn Public Library Is Giving Away Bike Helmets Tuesday

'Bottoms Up, Brooklyn' route. Courtesy BPL

 In preparation for this weekend's Bike the Branches, BPL is giving away bike helmets on Tuesday at the Grand Army Plaza branch. They'll help you and the kids pick out the right size, too.

 BPL has put together a number of interesting Brooklyn bike tours for the Bike the Branches event, such as the "Bottoms Up, Brooklyn" route: "Visit sites of the borough’s most notorious breweries and distilleries, as well as some of the latest and greatest in cocktail culture."

 More details about the helmet giveaway  here.

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Red Hook Attitude: 'Whatever'

Photo: MK Metz © 2014 McBrooklyn

An embroidered rainbow of letters on a fence in Red Hook spells "Whatever."

A commendable Brooklyn attitude.

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A 'Shrike' Drone Will Be Flying Over Governors Island Tuesday and Wednesday

This shrike will be buzzing Governors Island on Tuesday. Photo courtesy NYC

Looks like FDNY is gearing up to use drones when fighting disasters.

We just received word that an "aerial survey will be conducted" (weather permitting) over Governors Island beginning TOMORROW (Tuesday, May 13th) from 12 – 5 p.m. and on Wednesday, May 14th from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

According to NYC, the survey will consist of;
"One (1) unmanned rotary-wing quad copter known as a “shrike” in support of a Major Accident Response Exercise (MARE) hosted by the Fire Department of New York (FDNY). The unmanned shrike will operate at or below an altitude of 400 feet and will remain over Governors Island for the duration of the survey."

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No G Train in Brooklyn Late Nights; Sounding 'Gay' and More Brooklyn Briefs

- The good and the bad of reBar closing. [DumboNYC]

- Work begins on glam hotel near Barclays Center. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Did you know the condo planned near Pier 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Park will be 30 stories high? [Change.org]

- His last name suits him: Police are looking for 28-year-old Anthony Coward, who approaches his victims from behind, strikes them in the head with a hammer and then robs them. [NY1]

- No G train in Brooklyn late nights this week. [AM NY]

- Brooklyn resident so obsessed with thought that he "sounded gay," he spent his past three years talking to more than a hundred people in four countries about sounding gay. [Pasadena Star News]

- A Jewish carpenter is suing New York City’s Housing Authority (NYCHA) after allegedly being threatened and insulted with anti-Semitic epithets. [Jewish Press]

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Drums Across Brooklyn: Vigil for Kidnapped Nigerian Schoolgirls

Photo: MK Metz. McBrooklyn.com

The drumming sound you might have heard across Downtown Brooklyn Sunday night was part of a candlelight vigil and drum circle for the roughly 300 kidnapped Nigerial schoolgirls.

The Borough Hall vigil was sponsored by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Applause Africa. A large number of religious leaders, elected officials and activists spoke of the outrageous abduction carried out by a group called Boko Haram, which doesn't believe girls should be educated.

BP Eric Adams said the maltreatment and enslavement of girls and women is not just a Nigerian problem, but a worldwide problem.

Dr. Mojúbàolú Olufúnké Okome, Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College (shown above) said, “We are heartbroken. Those girls have to be reunited with their families."

More at the Brooklyn Eagle.

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LICH Hospital Saga Exhausting Everybody, Even Developers

Long Island College Hospital. Photo: MK Metz, McBrooklyn.com

Patients, nurses, doctors, lawyers, and now even the rejected bidder for Long Island College Hospital (LICH) are feeling totally burned over the quick-silver developments surrounding the sales of LICH by SUNY.

In Friday's action, bidder Brooklyn Health Partners, delivered a check for $25 million dollars as a non-refundable deposit to show their intentions to buy the hospital. The court accepted their check.

By the end of the day, however, SUNY -- which wants to move on to their second bidder, Peebles -- objected to the deposit and asked state Supreme Court Just Johnny Lee Baynes (an even-tempered man but even his patience is starting to fray)  to tell BHP to take their money back.

There are at least three and possibly four lawsuits brewing. The most significant one is being brought by the community groups and doctors, which object to one small detail: that SUNY's evaluators on the Technical Panel did not follow the rules, which required them to give more votes to hospital proposals.

Rather, they voted for developers.

Throwing out the non-compliant votes would rank Prime Healthcare hospital chain as the number two bid. Prime is a solid chain and it's actually highly ranked in many areas, though they had legal trouble with union 1199 SEIU in California.

SUNY objects to throwing out the non-compliant votes.

Brooklyn Health Partners still in the game? $25 million check returned late Friday [Brooklyn Eagle]


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Cher, Cyndi and Liza Are All In Brooklyn Tonight and It Looks Like a Trip

.@Cher dazzling the crowd in #Brooklyn tonight! pic.twitter.com/m5alTrSjTC
— Barclays Center (@barclayscenter) May 10, 2014

Glamorous gams! How could we miss this?

Liza Minnelli is in the house tonight at Barclays Center to see Cher on her “Dressed to Kill” tour with Cyndi Lauper.

Just reading that sentence is a trip!

Here's a photo by David Carroll of the show:

According to Wikipedia, the tour is getting pretty positive reviews.

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Our Long National Nightmare Continues: LICH Bidder Heads Back to Court, Suing SUNY on Thursday

Photo: MK Metz, mcbrooklyn.com

The legal battle to save Long Island College Hospital (LICH) in Brooklyn from the state of New York should be called the Five Borough Attorney Employment Act.

The case is headed back to court on Tuesday. Make that Thursday. (The judge sent the papers back for correction.) This time, however, SUNY is not being sued by the entire Brooklyn community, or doctors, nurses, healthcare workers, patients or any of the various businesses it has screwed.

This time, SUNY is being sued by Brooklyn Health Partners, the group that won the allegedly crooked bidding war that SUNY oversaw after more than a year of lawsuits -- during which it shut down it's only source of income, LICH -- costing the state and taxpayers more than a quarter of a billion dollars.

First, on Monday, SUNY rejected BHP's bid.

Then late Monday, BHP said it's going to sue SUNY on Tuesday.

Now, they are really going to sue them. And a group representing black churches across NYC is going to rally because.


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Tried Out Verge 24-Hour Vet Hospital in Cobble Hill. Cat Seems Happy with Service

MK Metz, McBrooklyn

In the middle of the night, we took our cat to the emergency veterinary service at 318 Warren Street in Cobble Hill, called Verg.

There was a bit of a wait but other than that we had a good, even great experience there. Once we got in, the vet figured out the problem quickly. She explained the series of steps they were going to carry out and the different meds the cat would have to take.

The tech guy was very sweet to the cat and explained things thoroughly. He prepackaged the squirtable medicines in separate squirters, so we wouldn't have to try to wash out the tiny tubes before each use. The receptionist was very helpful, and called us a car service for the ride home.

The final price was about what we expected. The cat's problem was not too complex. (If it had been a whopping big disease or injury that needed a lot of specialized treatment, the cost might play aa bigger role.)

 But in this case it was doable, and we felt the treatment the cat got was great.

This is not an ad -- just an unpaid recommendation.

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