Showing posts with label mill basin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mill basin. Show all posts

Friday, November 14, 2014

What Is It with the Rubins? Plus, New Heights School, Maybe... and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Plans for a possible Ace Hotel in Downtown Brooklyn hit a snag, as CB2 voted against the development. [Curbed]

- San Francisco’s ALT School coming to Brooklyn Heights. [BHB]

- 14 Satmar Hasidim defendants have been with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud in connection with mortgages secured by properties in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Monroe. Many have the last name Rubin: YEHUDA RUBIN, IRVING RUBIN, DESIREE RUBIN, ABRAHAM RUBIN, JACOB RUBIN, SAMUEL RUBIN, JOEL RUBIN, RIVKY RUBIN, RACHEL RUBIN, RIFKA RUBIN, and a few non-Rubins. [Failed Messiah]

- Brooklyn’s most expensive house is now half-priced. [Brokelyn]

- Brooklyn DA targets lethal gang after 11-year-old paralyzed in shooting. 25 in custody so far. [Daily News]

- Two cabs crashed into each other in Bath Beach, causing quite a commotion. [Bensenhurst Bean]


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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

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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Sunday, September 16, 2012

Jumper In the Water Off Brooklyn

This just from the scanner: Rescuers are rushing to the waterfront off Flatbush Ave. near Kings Plaza, Brooklyn to try to save a "jumper in the water." The jumper is said to be near the Home Depot. That's all we have right now. (About 11:07 p.m. Sunday)

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