Sex in a Bushwick Bathroom; Love Comes to Babeland; Valezquez Calls for Russian Investigation; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Spreading the love on Valentines Day, by handing out Valentine Day cards to our community. Its the Brooklyn North Way @NYPDnews @NYPD79Pct pic.twitter.com/jHafBjhBSL

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- Elderly cabbie leaves 65-year-old man clinging to life after he strikes him in Marine Park crosswalk. [Daily News]

- 27 percent of those surveyed by Bushwick Daily reported having sex in a Bushwick bar or restaurant. [Bushwick Daily]

- Love comes to Babeland sex boutiques just in time for Valentine’s Day. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- New York City is investigating three recent cases — one of them fatal — of a rare disease transmitted through rat urine. [NY Times]

- Brooklyn Rep. Nydia Velazquez ‏has renewed her call for a Special Counsel to investigate Russian hacking of election given Flynn's resignation. [Letter]

- Brooklyn man campaigns to house Muslim refugees in Trump Tower. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Former Brooklyn HS hoops star arrested in Jersey City on fraud, identity theft charges. [NJ.com]

- Members of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election. [NY Times]

Someone in Brooklyn is projecting a pregnant Trump, and Putin, on the side of a building. pic.twitter.com/vRxX37rTLO

— Internet Palace (@InternetPalace) February 15, 2017

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Possible Subway Expansion; Fight Over a Hat; Captain America and More Brooklyn Briefs

Open house to discuss #Gowanus' future draws more than 100 people. https://t.co/wuHAdqSCnk pic.twitter.com/FRbpm767IT

— Brooklyn Daily Eagle (@BklynEagle) August 11, 2016

- Cops hone in on killer who shot Brooklyn man in fight over hat. [Daily News]

- For some, Brooklyn's skyline is just sooo boring.  [WSJ]

- Activists not mellow over ’Melo’s link to Armory project. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Captain America came home to Brooklyn on Wednesday and even his arch enemy was there to welcome him with open arms. [DNAinfo]

- Traditional Nigerian dishes like Moi Moi (steamed bean pudding)and other mouth-watering dishes will be featured in NY's 1st annual African Food Festival this weekend. [Fort Greene Focus]

- Photos: Flatbush nabe named Greenest Block in Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- A century-old idea to extend the subway from Crown Heights to Marine Park is picking up steam. [Brooklyn Daily]

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More Than 850 Marine Park Customers Lose Power Thursday Night/ Friday Morning: Con Edison

More than 850 Marine Park customers lost power last night, Con Ed reports. The outage map shows that more than 70 buildings were hit.

The company expects to fix the problem for many by morning. Check with Con Ed for specifics.


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Jay Z Racist? 12-Year-Old Hit by Car; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- A Marine Park woman was weirded out when a letter postmarked in 1969 arrived in the mail last week. [Brooklyn Paper]

- Teachers at Park Slope’s P.S. 321 protest ‘horrendous’ Common Core English tests. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Jay Z is under fire for wearing a blatantly racist medallion to a Brooklyn Nets Game. [Design Trend]

- Police are asking cabbies in Brooklyn to be on the lookout after two livery cab drivers were robbed at gunpoint in Bushwick. [NY1]

- A 12-year-old girl is in critical condition after she was struck by a driver in Borough Park on Saturday. [Gothamist]

- Opening of "Top Chef" winner Ilan Hall's restaurant at Williamsburg Urban Outfitters is delayed. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Habana Outpost is reopening next Saturday, on Earth Day. [H.O.]


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Woman's Burnt Body Found in Gerritsen Beach /Marine Park

Atrocity: A young woman’s burnt body was found along Brooklyn's Gerritsen Beach shoreline on the border of Marine Park, near Gerritsen and Lois Aves. on Sunday morning.

More at the Daily News and the New York Post.

Related: Body Found at Point (2011) GerritsenBeach.net

Photo courtesy Google Maps

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1,000+ Lose Power in Southern Brooklyn Tuesday Night

The transformer at Avenue T and Hendrickson Street in Brooklyn. Google Maps

From Notify NYC: At 7:40 p.m. tonight Con Edison responded to a power outage in Brooklyn zip codes 11226, 11203, 11210, 11229, 11234, and 11236.

According to Sheepshead Bites, more than 1,230 households were without power in Marine Park, Mill Basin and other areas, after a transformer (pictured above) exploded on Avenue T and Hendrickson Street.

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Sex-Slave Absconds; More Party Shootings; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- One day after eight people were shot at a Brooklyn house party, five more people were shot at another Brooklyn house party early Sunday. NY1

- The woman who accused a Brooklyn man of forcing her to live with him as a sex slave didn't show up to testify and may have absconded to Wisconsin. Brooklyn Eagle

- Celebrate the Gowanus Canal Flushing Tunnel Centennial with a parade and celebration. Proteus Gowanus

- A serial bike part thief is roaming through Park Slope. Also, a man who licks the handles of car doors at night. Brooklynian

- Man gets tired of unruly kids in Marine Park, shoots them with semiautomatic. NY Times and NY Daily News

- Residents of a large loft building on Eldert Street have been served with a partial vacate order. BushwickBK via Queens Crap

- Mayor Bloomberg's mother dies at the age of 102. NY Magazine

- David Walentas' Clock Tower triplex in DUMBO has been pulled from the rental market after less than a week. TRD

- Brooklynites take up window-farming. Brooklyn Eagle

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Brooklyn Catholic School Teacher Attacked in Marine Park

A 62-year-old math enrichment teacher was attacked outside a Catholic school in Marine Park, Brooklyn. A security camera captured it on video.

Three Pedestrians Killed in Brooklyn Since Thursday

In the latest, a teenage girl was struck by a car in Marine Park.