RFP for Cross-Harbor Rail Freight Tunnel; Yes There Is a Brooklyn Avocado Bar; Foreclosure Cases to Be Dismissed; and More Brooklyn Briefs

.@Antnyhenry makes his Tier 1 Wrestling debut at BROoklyn on June 11th.

Tickets Available:https://t.co/jasMvGe7oW pic.twitter.com/E5VaOYsaL7

— Tier 1 Wrestling (@Tier1Wrestling) May 8, 2017

- Cops on alert after robberies surge around Brooklyn men's homeless shelter. [Daily News]

- RFP issued to study Cross-Harbor Rail Freight Tunnel connecting NJ and Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Kings County Supreme Court is about to quietly dismiss thousands of foreclosure cases on Tuesday -- and that could be bad for home owners. [DNAinfo]

- Supreme is said to be opening its second New York location in Brooklyn. [WWD]

- The 365 Bond apartment building in Gowanus has secured a $120 million first mortgage loan. [MHN]

- Brooklyn Republican Party holds first City Council debate. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Brooklyn is home to "the world's first avocado bar." [ABC7]

- A Brooklyn artist pairs reams of hand-cut holographic material with projections, lights, and music to create immersive installations that tickle the senses. [TheFader]


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Brooklyn's New Unicorn Horn Store; Can't Dance in Brooklyn; Jehovah's Witnesses News; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Morning wisdom. Photo by MK Metz

 - Brooklyn man posing as teen extorted child porn out of young girls, authorities allege. [Daily News]

- A new store for unicorn horns is coming to Brooklyn, of course. [Time Out]

- Map: Where is it legal to dance in Brooklyn? Almost nowhere. [Patch]

- The NY Post says ‘stealthing’ is the newest dangerous sex trend. [NY Post]

- Jehovah's Witnesses start closing their Brooklyn Heights tunnels. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Barbra Streisand at 75: A girl from Brooklyn makes it big. [DW]

- U.S. Jehovah’s Witnesses fear for safety of Russian followers after court bans religion. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- This weekend at House of Vans Brooklyn: Todd Francis’ "The Worst of the Worst” with special guest performance by Ho99o9 and The Blackouts. [House of Vans]

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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at Barclays; Serial Police Impersonator; Brook-Krasny's Fall; and More Brooklyn Briefs

The time has come, the time has come, the time has come today. Fantastic @lcdsoundsystem show at beautiful new venue Brooklyn Steel. pic.twitter.com/cvrkTc7u6T

— Casey Landman (@ChickPhilA) April 11, 2017

Brooklyn Steel. [DNAinfo]

- Police impersonator steals thousands from Brooklyn businesses. [CBS]

- Barclays Center hosts 32nd annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Brooklyn’s development boom will likely resume soon as lawmakers pass a 421-a tax break. [Brownstoner]

- An employee of an East Williamsburg building supply company died Monday after a flatbed truck struck him in a parking lot. [Daily News]

- A woman was grazed by a bullet in Brownsville after a fight broke out nearby on Monday night. [abc7]

- Mom and grandma fight off maniac who tried to grab baby in Brooklyn subway. [Daily News]

- Inside Alec Brook-Krasny’s stunning fall from grace. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Brooklyn Bazaar is relaunching its night market for the season. [Time Out]

- Alec Baldwin at BAM this Sunday. [BAM]

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Trump Fallout, Greenpoint Christmas Lights, Sharks, and More Brooklyn Briefs

Hate and violence will NEVER be welcome here. If you see harassment call 911. We won’t stand for it. #NotInOurCity https://t.co/8lhVjqWyNH

— Chirlane McCray (@NYCFirstLady) November 14, 2016

Male Trump supporter reportedly punched a woman in the face at Bar Tabac in Cobble Hill after he overheard her supporting Clinton. [NY Mag]

- Brooklyn guys kick anti-Semetic Trump supporter off subway in Downtown Brooklyn. [Patch]

- Brooklyn's green cab drivers share their insight about the presidential election. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Councilman Lander is holding a town hall in Park Slope focused on "how we can prepare for the Trump presidency, and get organized to defend the progress we’ve made and the values we hold."[Patch]

 - Major retailers set their sight’s on Brooklyn’s Court Street. [NY Post]

- Greenpoint real estate broker donates money to keep the neighborhood's Christmas lights bright. Kind of heart warming, actually. [CBS]

- Shark research vessel docks in Brooklyn Bridge Park. [NY1]

- Cuomo signs bill seeking to move NY to a variation of the popular vote. [Brooklyn Eagle]


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New Apple Store Coming to Brooklyn; BQX Route; Spike Lee's 'She's Gotta Have It'; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Proposed BQX route. NYC

 - Here's the city's report on the proposed Brooklyn-Queens Connector streetcar. [BQX]

- Apple locked in a deal for its next Brooklyn store location --  in Fort Greene. [TRD]

- Where to find free bar food in NYC. [Gothamist]

- This neighborhood has the cheapest rentals in Brooklyn. [NY Post]

- One by one, students have been getting sick at a Brooklyn school, and teachers are wearing face masks. [CBS]

- A student was hit by a car outside a Bedford-Stuyvesant school Wednesday afternoon. [DNAinfo]

- Spike Lee's "She's Gotta Have It" filming locations and street closures in Brooklyn. [Patch]

- 22 Brooklyn schools have been awarded by the Walentas [Two Trees] Family Foundation. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Park Slopers have banned a developer from replacing the Fifth Avenue Key Food with upscale grocery chains like Whole Foods, Citarella, Balducci’s, Grace’s Marketplace, or Eataly. [Brooklyn Paper]

Final word from Louis C.K.: "If you vote for Hillary you're a grownup; if you vote for Trump you're a sucker; if you don't vote for anybody you're an asshole."

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Murder in Williamsburg; 'Stranger Things' Kids at Coney; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Puente Brooklyn - Nueva York. pic.twitter.com/GRkxEljDuV

— Pablo Escutia (@pabbloEscuttia) September 7, 2016

- Man shot and killed in Williamsburg while trying to run away from fight called 911 before collapsing. [NY Daily News]

- Spotted in the wild: The strange case of Brooklyn’s Trump supporters. [Brokelyn]

- Nitehawk Cinema opening second Brooklyn location. [Brooklyn Vegan]

- Why de Blasio hit a wall on stopping traffic deaths (and why those pedestrian islands were ripped out). [NY Post]

- You missed the kids from ‘Stranger Things’ in Coney Island Monday. [Brokelyn]

- Spider-Man, a hammerhead shark or a life-size Lego figure can all be yours at a prop shop in Brooklyn. [NY1]

- Woody Allen filming in Coney Island next week. [Sheepshead Bites].

- VIDEO: Inside the crazy Coney Island Beard And Mustache Competition. [Brooklyn Eagle]


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Rapper Arrested at Brooklyn Bridge Park; Pot Lovers to Deliver Giant Joint to Hillary; and More Brooklyn Briefs

‘Wild’mural goes up at Atlantic Ave. entrance to Brooklyn Bridge Park. Photo: MK Metz

- Levar McDonald, the web comedian and rapper on The Levar Show, was arrested in the Brooklyn Bridge Park. [TP]

- Pot supporters plan to carry a 51-foot blowup joint to Hillary Clinton headquarters in Brooklyn this Sunday. [Twitter]

- DA Thompson meets with gay community, establishes hotline following Orlando terror attack. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- More about that Wegman's coming to the Brooklyn NavyYard. [DNAinfo]

- Man charged in mysterious disappearance of Brooklyn student in 2006. [NBC]

- Trump’s fear-mongering, hate-filled speech on Orlando is the scariest thing he's done yet. [Slate]

- Surviving a gator attack - experts: Fight like hell. [abc7]

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Brooklyn Macy's Set for $100M Renovation; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Brooklyn's Macy's is set for a $100 million renovation of its store in downtown Brooklyn. [Nasdaq]

- BP Adams calls for Dems’ debate to be moved from Navy Yard to Brownsville. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Brooklyn teen girl dies after senseless attack in Coney Island. [NY Times]

- De Blasio, Pelosi visit Brooklyn school to tout Universal pre-K, read to the kids. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Spike Lee talks black voters, Brooklyn with Bernie Sanders. [NBC]

- Hillary Clinton says she’s more of a New Yorker than Brooklyn-born Bernie. [Daily Caller]

- Alamo Drafthouse announced Tuesday that its new Brooklyn location is scheduled to open this summer in Downtown Brooklyn. [DNAinfo]

- Brooklyn 15-year-old missing for nearly a week. [PIX11]


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Pier 6 Developer Tries to Pressure State; DUMBO Apocalypse; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Here's your chance to stroll around DUMBO armed to the teeth, in the middle of an apocalypse. [DumboNYC]

- How de Blasio sold out to an affordable housing trade group, why their business is booming and why many of the units of the "low income" housing the City Council just voted for will be too expensive for current residents of rezoned neighborhoods. [Gothamist]

- Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 6 developer says financing could fall through if state doesn’t OK plan soon. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- A Brooklyn traffic agent is accused of posing as a police officer to force prostitutes into providing free sexual services. [Patch]

- Bring your own containers: Prospect Heights resident Sarah Metz has set out to start an eco-friendly supermarket, to be known as The Fillery. [Brownstoner]

-  The insurance agent who admitted to ripping off seniors at his Dyker Heights office jumped off the 69th Street Pier. [Bensonhurst Bean]

- Brooklyn Heights author Helen Simonson discusses her long-awaited second novel, “The Summer Before the War.”  [Brooklyn Eagle]

- 'Saucy' DUMBO moving company ads rile religious Jews in Brooklyn. [Jewish Voice]

- Comedian Joe Pera talks you to sleep in this thoroughly weird bedtime comedy video. [Brokelyn]

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Tiny Floating Gardens in the Gowanus, and More Brooklyn Briefs

Sign in MetroTech says in Arabic, "The truth is I love you." MK Metz

 - Brooklyn postal worker follows a Muslim woman, spits at her. [NBC]

- Company builds tiny floating gardens to clean up the polluted Gowanus Canal. [Accuweather]

- A young punk was convicted Tuesday for the shooting death of a beloved homeless man who kept an eye on a street in Clinton Hill. [Daily News]

- The best Friendsgiving feast and late-night turkey sandwiches are in Bushwick. [Brooklyn Magazine]

- In some neighborhoods, the Dept. of Sanitation is picking up old clothes packed in special pink bags and donating them to Goodwill. [Bensonhurst Bean]

- Did you catch these photos of Brooklyn Heights over the past century? [Curbed]

- Councilman Antonio Reynoso is calling on state lawmakers to implement the so-called "Idaho Stop" for cyclists. [NY1]

-  Donate winter wear and get free treats in Brooklyn Heights this weekend. [Brownstoner]

- Brooklyn ranks no. 9 on a Yelp/Harris Poll survey that ranks the top 20 U.S. cities to shop local. [Biz Journal]

- Negligible discounts on inferior items: Kindly old man retailer patiently explains the scam that is Black Friday. [Brokelyn]

- Men's brains seem to age faster than women's. [NY Magazine]


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Brownsville the Next Startup Hub? And More Brooklyn Briefs

- This man’s face was not always his own. Three months ago, it belonged to a young Brooklyn bike mechanic. [NY Magazine]

- Hate crime? Police are looking for suspects in connection to an egging crime in Brooklyn. [CBS local]

- A guide to independent bookstores in Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Magazine]

- Brooklyn, Manhattan residents testify about 'incessant' noise, pollution as NYC Council considers bills banning tourist helicopters. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Have you seen this guy? Police say he robbed a TD Bank in Brooklyn. (The photo is amazingly clear.) [Fox5]

- Could Brownsville be the next startup hub? [Technical.ly]

- Interesting article on the history of many libraries in Brooklyn. [Brownstoner]

- The Brooklyn Eagle: from Walt Whitman to online today. [Brownstoner]


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Brooklyn Book Festival; Virtual Reality Film Fest; and More Brooklyn Briefs

The Cranberry Street Fair returns to Brooklyn Heights this Saturday. Photo by MK Metz

 - NYPD to Brooklyn seniors: Stop getting killed by motorists. [Streetsblog]

- Man convicted for holding ex-girlfriend hostage in Brooklyn apartment, abusing her in front of daughter. [NY Daily News]

- The most expensive condo ever sold in Brooklyn is the penthouse under-construction at One John Street. [Curbed]

- Landlord wants 'Whole' truth about Whole Foods' landmark renovation. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- How to do right by this weekend's Brooklyn Book Festival. [Patch]

- You have to wear special headsets:Virtual reality film festival coming to DUMBO. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Brooklyn cops were placed on modified duty Wednesday while the NYPD looks into whether their chase of a motorcyclist led to a deadly crash. [amNY]


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Trader Joe's Signs Lease at City Point in Downtown Brooklyn

City Point is pleased to announce the addition of #TraderJoes as our anchor grocery tenant! #ByBrooklynForBrooklyn pic.twitter.com/w4cbGwy5Fm

— City Point (@CityPointBKLN) September 16, 2015

Trader Joe's is coming to Downtown Brooklyn, just about a mile from its popular location at Atlantic Avenue and Court Street in Cobble Hill.

Acadia Realty Trust and Washington Square Partners announced on Wednesday that Trader Joe’s has signed a lease at City Point, located at Fulton Street and Flatbush Avenue.

Slated to open its doors to the public in 2016, Trader Joe’s will be located on City Point’s concourse level, according to Real Estate Weekly.

It will be adjacent to DeKalb Market Hall, a 26,000-square-foot food hall offering between 35 to 55 food purveyors.

Trader Joe’s, DeKalb Market Hall and the anticipated restaurants "will serve as Brooklyn’s most comprehensive food destination," says REW.

The 675,000 square foot retail center's tenants will be anchored by Century 21 Department Store, CityTarget, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, and the food purveyors.

Downtown Brooklyn is one of the fastest-growing neighborhoods in the country, City Point says.

Trader Joe's also plans to open a Williamsburg outpost in Alliance Private Capital’s planned mixed-use development at 206 Kent Avenue, the Commercial Observer reported.

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Downtown Brooklyn Likely Mob Scene Friday with Rihanna Event; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Couple plays with a drone on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. Photo: MK Metz

 - A photo tour of Brooklyn's dazzling Grand Prospect Hall. [Gothamist]

- Massive beer hall planned for Downtown Brooklyn. [DNAinfo]

- Battle of Brooklyn heroes may be one step closer to getting new memorial. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- The leader of an illegal Georgia-to-New York gun ring, who sold 151 weapons to an undercover officer in Brooklyn, was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison. [NBC]

- Last chance to catch Black Lives Matter plays ‘Rachel’ and ‘Las Meninas’ in Fort Greene.

- The Parisian department store Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche is playing host to Brooklyn’s hottest brands, beginning September 3. [Observer]

- The first 400 D'town Brooklyn Macy's customers today to purchase Rihanna's RiRi set for $116 will receive a VIP pass to meet Rihanna herself and have a photo taken with her. [Patch]


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Men Disappear into Brooklyn Sewer; Macy's Transformation; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Marina, Brooklyn Bridge Park. Photo: MK Metz

 - The owner of Rockefeller Center has big plans for the Macy's site in Downtown Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- A 10-year-old charged with mugging a Brooklyn grandmother earlier this week added arson to his list of offenses... The 4-year-old lookout was not arrested. [NY Daily News]

- FDNY didn't find 2 scavengers who climbed into the Brooklyn sewer system last night.  [PIX11]  UPDATE: Oh yes they did, and what a mess. [NY Daily News]

- Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is in Istanbul, Turkey, this week to sign a “sister city protocol” with Istanbul’s hip Üsküdar borough. [Patch]

- The Coney Island Sand Sculpting contest’s 25th anniversary is this Saturday. [Brownstoner]

- New renderings of the 40-story tower to be built in Coney Island show it will be a bit higher than expected and will include retail and a community space. [YIMBY]

- The Brooklyn Whale Oil company building in Sunset Park is selling for $82.5 million. [Crain's NY]

- Bad news for Amplify, the NewsCorp subsidiary owned by Rupert Murdoch and run by ex-NYC Schools Chancellor Joel Klein. [NYC Public School Parents]  Specifically, "The nail is in the coffin for Amplify." [Edsurge]


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Target's New Gender-Neutral Layout; De Blasio's Uber Trouble; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Lawyers for a bank that transferred cash to the families of Hamas militants are trying to slam the brakes on a display of a VW and crash test dummies that could find its way into a Brooklyn courtroom. [NY Daily News]
- A Brokelyn 80s splashback party is coming to Prospect Park.[Brokelyn]

- 22-year-old Brooklyn man dies while tubing on the Delaware. [Gothamist]

- A Brooklyn-based seafood company has paid a $10,000 fine for trafficking in shark fins. [SF Chronicle]

- Think pink is for girls? Target will no longer sort items for sale by gender in their Toys, Home and Entertainment sections. [Target]

- Bill de Blasio's anti-Uber stance lead to drop in voter approval, according to a poll. [NY Daily News]

- Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio appeared to present conflicting information about the scope of the Legionnaires' outbreak during simultaneous news briefings on Monday. [NYT]


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Brooklyn Pols Push 10-cents Plastic Bag Fee at Sahadi's

Photo courtesy of Office of Council Member Brad Lander

On Wednesday New York City Council Members Brad Lander and Stephen Levin gave away free reusable bags at Sahadi’s, the Middle Eastern grocery store in continuous operation on Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue since 1948.

The bag distribution was part of a joint effort to encourage reusable bag use and educate shoppers about a proposed bill, sponsored by Council Members Lander and Chin, to place a 10-cent charge on single use plastic and paper bags.

“Local business owners across New York like Charlie Sahadi support a ten cent charge on plastic bags because they know it’s a good policy, and one that will not negatively impact their business,” said Council Member Brad Lander. “Each year, New Yorkers use 5.2 billion carryout bags—over 600 bags per New Yorker —and the city spends over $10 million on the disposal of plastic bag waste."

Charlie Sahadi said, “After careful consideration I realized that this is the right thing to do for my grandchildren and all future generations."

Our opinion: What will New Yorkers use for garbage bags? Plastic grocery bags are the perfect size to throw down garbage chutes. We think this is a give-away to the businesses, as shoppers will have to buy bags anyway.


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Brooklyn's 'Madison Ave.' and More Brooklyn Briefs

- There goes the neighborhood: The Daily News proclaims: "Court Street is quickly becoming Brooklyn’s own Madison Ave."

- Brooklyn leads the city in disgusting grocery stores. [Brokelyn]

- City’s new budget allots $57M for ‘pork’ spending. And guess which Councilmen chipped in to fund a controversial nonprofit founded by disgraced ex-Assemblyman Vito Lopez? [NY Post]

- Police-chokehold victim Eric Garner’s nephew was shot Thursday afternoon during a robbery attempt in Coney Island. [NY Post]

- Bruce Ratner and David Walentas were the old-timers in the inaugural “Make it in Brooklyn Innovation Summit" yesterday. [CapitalNY]

- Nets acquire 4 new players on draft night. [Brooklyn Nets]


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Fairway to Open 2nd Brooklyn Store; Time Inc. Shipping in Jobs and Dogs; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Fairway to open a second Brooklyn store. [TRD]

- Opponents of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6 highrises: ‘Build only to support park!’ [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp plans to ship 300+ jobs to Brooklyn before year’s end -- and will also welcome employees’ dogs into the work area. [NY Post]

- A 47-year-old man was found dead in a car in Brooklyn Tuesday afternoon — with two parking tickets affixed to his car. [Daily News]

- Literary walk through Brooklyn Bridge Park tonight. [BHB]

- Outdoor concert series launching next month in Downtown Brooklyn. [DNAinfo]

- Center for an Urban Future: Creative biz in Brooklyn grew by 125 percent vs 8 percent for Manhattan. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- The state Senate has passed a bill that would prevent NYC bus drivers from being arrested at the scene of an accident. [NY1]

- Here's how to check if your bottled water is part of a voluntary recall of 14 brands due to a possible E. coli contamination. [7online]


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Times: Wegman's Coming to the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Wegmans

The New York Times reports that a Wegman's market is coming to the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

"The 74,000-square-foot store at the Navy Yard will be the company’s smallest by about 25 percent, but will still be about 20,000 square feet larger than the Fairway in Red Hook or the Whole Foods in Gowanus..." the Times reports.

"Wegmans has consistently been ranked the top grocery store in the nation by Consumer Reports and the Food Network, and Forbes placed it among the top 10 employers in the country," they add.


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