Another Body Found in Prospect Park Lake; Incurable Disease Hits Brooklyn Oak Trees; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Linus, Dachshund (10 m/o), Dekalb & Portland Ave., Brooklyn, NY • "He barely graduated dog school." pic.twitter.com/dJmEOb6yaf

— The Dogist (@thedogist) January 1, 2017

- A search for a missing person ended tragically Monday, when the body of a 19-year-old man was pulled from Prospect Park’s lake. [Daily News]

- Deadly, incurable & fast spreading oak wilt disease detected in Brooklyn trees. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Brooklyn cheerleaders need help getting to the national championship in Orlando. [abc7]

- Cops are looking for a man who tried to rip off a woman’s pants in an elevator in Ditmas Park. [Daily News]

- The big-money developers who lavished cash on Mayor de Blasio’s nonprofit appear to be behind the planning of the multibillion-dollar Brooklyn Queens Connector (BQX) trolley line. [NY Post]

- Brighton Beach is brought to life through the lens of Franck Bohbot in this 'Little Odessa' series. [fubiz]

- Brooklyn to show up in force at post-inauguration protest. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- To kick off the Trump era, the House votes to get rid of the Office of Congressional Ethics. [TPM]

WATCH: Nicki Minaj performs "Starships", from "The Pinkprint Tour: Nicki Minaj Live From Brooklyn" concert special. pic.twitter.com/HNJmWsqMVf

— Minaj Society (@MinajSociety) January 2, 2017

Nicki Minaj performs "Starships", from "The Pinkprint Tour in Brooklyn.

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Cops Look For Brooklyn Heights 'Knockout' Attackers; Cops Shoot Suspect in Williamburg; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Cops looking for ‘knockout’ attackers in #Brooklyn Heights. https://t.co/85go9zO0CL pic.twitter.com/0BZM5D2qvF

— Brooklyn Daily Eagle (@BklynEagle) July 18, 2016

- Cops fatally shot a gun-wielding man after he pistol-whipped one man, robbed another, then fired at cops in Williamsburg on Sunday. [NY Post]

- Drunken off-duty NYPD cop plows SUV onto Brooklyn sidewalk, killing an MIT student and seriously injuring three others. [NY Daily News]

- Ditmas Park schmuck punched a 70-year-old-man in the face and stole his money in iPod scam. [NY1]

- Some people want to rock the boat in admissions to District 15's middle schools. [The Atlantic]

- Where to get the very best fried pickles in Brooklyn.  [BK Magazine]

- AND ...  5 favorite oyster happy hours.  [BK Magazine]

- Here's the RNC's schedule. [The Hill]

- Gonorrhea may soon be untreatable. [Refinery 29]

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Grand Prospect Hall's Beer Garden Makes Your Dreams Come True; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- A wall that collapsed at a construction site in Bed-Stuy on Thursday, killing 19-year-old Fernando Venegas and seriously injuring two others, was repeatedly reported to city officials as unstable and hazardous in the year since an old building was torn down at the site. [Failed Messiah]

- After the scandal, Brooklyn's Poly Prep begins search for new headmaster. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- 'Suspicious' Ditmas Park blaze leaves 6 injured, leaves home in ruins. [Daily News]

- Roll out the barrel: The Grand Prospect Hall’s new beer garden will make your dreams come true. [WSJ]

- UMD Urgent Care to open in former Crumbs space on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights. [Brownstoner]

- Argentina native arrested after he tried to climb Brooklyn Bridge. [Daily News]

- Fun Brooklyn Bar Menu Generator challenges you to distinguish a real menu from a parody. [Gothamist]

- Edward R. Murrow HS teacher wins prestigious Sloan award. [Brooklyn Eagle]


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Last Minute Super Bowl 2013 Bars in Brooklyn

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It's Super Bowl Sunday in Brooklyn (OK, technically they're playing in New Orleans) and all of a sudden you have an overwhelming urge to watch the San Francisco 49ers face off against the Baltimore Ravens.

Did you forget to make plans? It's not too late: Here are a few a last minute places in Brooklyn to eat, drink and catch that Super Bowl Fever XLVII (What time does the Super Bowl start? 6:30 p.m.):

- In Williamsburg, Brooklyn Bowl will be showing Super Bowl XLVII on all of their big screens with full game audio.  Brooklyn Winery is blasting the game on a 116" screen and surround sound. Many more Williamsburg venues are listed on Brokelyn (also checkout the action at the Warsaw in Greenpoint, with a cinema-size main screen and four projectors.)

- In Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens, hit the Brazen Head on Atlantic; Buschenschank at 320 Court. It's all-you-can-eat at Angry Wades on Smith Street (technically in Boerum Hill). More Super Bowl venues, including in Red Hook, listed at Carroll Gardens Patch.

- In Gowanus, the Bell House will be showing the action on their big screen and serving sandwiches from Urban Rustic (their website is down but more details here).

- Are you in Ditmas Park? Ditmas Park Patch has a list of several neighborhood joints perfect for bowl-watching.

- Brooklyn Magazine has gathered an eclectic list of Super Bowl party spots from Red Hook to Fort Greene, including Woodwork in Prospect Heights.

- Want to watch the Super Bowl really cheap (or even free?)? Serious Eats has put together a list of the cheapest venues -- with $5 drafts, $3 shots, free halftime wings and pizza. Outstanding pick: The Waterstone Grill in DUMBO at 79 Pearl Street: Five televisions, and all-you-can eat wings, barbecue pork sliders, Stella draft, and bottles of Bud for $25.

- We haven't tried it yet, but in Brooklyn Heights, the Park Plaza Diner (220 Cadman Plaza West at Pineapple Walk) is advertising a Super Bowl shindig at the newly-renovated sports bar.

- Are you looking for gay-friendly bars with Super Bowl parties? It's amazing how many there are in Brooklyn! See Yelp for details.

- Are you working, on the go, or just don't have time to run out to a bar? You can enjoy the game virtually anyway -- watch the Super Bowl 2013 live stream on CBS for free.


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New Indian Restaurant Coming to Brooklyn Heights; Century 21 at CityPoint? And More Brooklyn Briefs

- Ditmas Park has been reeling since Josh Rubin, the owner of Whisk Cafe & Bakery  was found murdered earlier this month. Now the entire contents of his cafe will be up for sale this Saturday. Brokelyn

- Century 21 may joining Target at the new CityPoint project on Fulton Street. New York Post

- An Indian restaurant is coming to the North Heights. Brooklyn Eagle

- Guy who looks like someone you might know sought in the holdup of Greenpoint Dunkin' Donuts. NY Times

- Public plaza coming to Fulton and Flatbush. Brownstoner

- Wrap-up of the CB2 meeting about traffic changes at the BQE entrance ramp leading to Brooklyn Bridge Park. Brownstoner

- Mentally challenged people had no idea why Wikipedia went black yesterday, even though Wikipedia provided a full explanation. Typical comment: "If there's no more Wikipedia how am I going to do book projects, will I actually have to read the book." Gawker  

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Brooklyn Bridge Havoc; Missing Cafe Owner Murdered in PA; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Brooklyn Bridge sandblasting debris wreaks havoc, at least two hospitalized. BHB

- Joshua Rubin, who ran the Whisk Bakery Cafe in Ditmas Park, missing for weeks, was discovered murdered and burned in Pennsylvania. NY Times and Ditmas Park Blog

- Artists plan to create an interactive public sculpture and light installation under the BQE in Red Hook. L Magazine

- The hipster Christmas tree stand of Brooklyn. Gawker

- Bay Ridge parents had a deal to move kids to a school across the street, but then DOE forgot about it. Brooklyn Eagle

- Jonathan Ames ("Bored to Death") showed up at the Brooklyn Inn like he promised and bought everyone drinks. Carroll Gardens Patch

- There are 129 storefronts in DUMBO, and the vacancy rate is 10.2 percent. Brooklyn Heights Press

- Illegal wolf-dog found roaming the streets of Brooklyn will be sent to a sanctuary. NY Daily News

- Developer hopes to sell Carroll Gardens condo for $15.5 million. TRD

- Did Levi Aron kill and dismember the 8-year-old because of inbreeding? His lawyer thinks so. Gothamist

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Bearded Lady at OWS; PetSmart to Have Pet Hospital; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Brooklyn cafe owner missing over a week. Ditmas Park Blog via Gothamist

- Wine store opening at 1 Brooklyn Bridge Park. Brownstoner

- Jennifer Miller, the Coney Island bearded lady, performed at the Occupy Wall Street protests in Zuccotti Park on Sunday. Brooklyn Eagle 

- Brooklyn Navy Yard Museum to open this Friday. Brooklyn Before Now

- A number of renowned comic artists will be featured at this December's Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival. ComicsBeat

- The new PetSmart in Boerum Hill will provide adoptions and a pet hospital. Brooklyn Eagle

- Job opportunity: emergency snow removal. The Local

- A sad reminder that even if you have it bad someone somewhere probably had it worse. WYDNKBYANM 

- Zuccotti Park protesters setting up 16' x 16' military tents for the winter. Huff Post

- The world's oldest working stockbroker. NY Magazine

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'Spit-a-Pit' Contest Returns to Ditmas Park and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Long Island guy is Lord of the Coney Island Sandcastles. NY Daily News 

- The Spit-a-Pit contest returns for the second year to the Greenmarket in Ditmas Park.  Ditmas Park Blog 

- Brooklyn's unemployment rate is well above the state and national average.  Brooklyn Eagle 

- Park Slopers are overjoyed after a decrepit property on Garfield Place was finally sold last week. Brooklyn Paper

- "Parking minimums" force new developments to include huge garages. Now, according to Atlantic Yards Report, Downtown Brooklyn interests are starting to mobilize against them.

- The Brooklyn Botanic Garden commissioned Patrick Dougherty to create a huge sculpture made of woven saplings and twigs.  Brooklyn Eagle

- MTA layoffs mean more MetroCard readers clogged with dirt.  Gothamist 

- That email from a traveling friend begging for a loan is probably bogus.  Gothamist


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'Imminently Perilous' Apartments, Crowded Brooklyn Bridge Walkway and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Martha Stewart tried all the nibbles at the Brooklyn Flea on Sunday! Brooklyn Flea and Brokelyn

- Streetsblog has an eye-opening video of the crowded conditions on the Brooklyn Bridge walkway on the average day at 4:15 p.m. -- not even really rush hour. It's a wonder more people aren't killed up there! Streetsblog

- Facebook wants you to reconnect -- with dead friends. Huffington Post

- Bed-Stuy will lose its last yoga studio on Halloween. Bed-Stuy Blog

- "Damages" is filming in Ditmas Park with a powerhouse cast, headed up by Glenn Close. Filming in Brooklyn

- Brooklyn really doesn't do very well, recycling-wise. Hawthorne Street

- How does it feel to come home and find a sign on your front door saying your apartment building was "imminently perilous to life" ? (Oh, and here's the number of the Red Cross . . . ) New York Shitty

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Brooklyn in Brief, Sunday

- The Brooklyn Bridge received a “sufficiency rating” of zero by the US Department of Transportation. The Largest Minority

- Crime in city parks is on the rise, according to figures released by the NYPD. Flushing Meadows Park had the highest number of crimes, 21, followed by Prospect Park and Bronx Parks. NY1

- Based on the paper trail, Brownstoner figures that the Clarett Group (developer of the Forte) is gearing up to build a 51-story, 491-unit, residential tower at 107-111 Lawrence Street in Downtown Brooklyn. Brownstoner via Belltel Lofts

- Someone's trying to stop a bill that would fine the stores whose names appear on those plastic bags of coupons that are dumped, in large numbers, on stoops and vestibules. Ditmas Park Blog

- Never gone to a Cyclone's game? Watch the Brooklyn Cyclones vs. the Oneonta Tigers on Brooklyn Community Access Television, Friday, August 10 at 7 p.m., and enter the Sports Trivia Ticket Giveaway. BCAT

Another Brooklyn Real Estate Record Set -- This Time in Ditmas Park

The Real Deal reports on the sale of a "lovingly restored Victorian house in Ditmas Park," which closed yesterday for $1.9 million, setting a sales record for this neighborhood in central Brooklyn. "It's the highest sale in the neighborhood by far," says broker Mary Kay Gallagher.

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