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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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

— NYPDBrooklynNorth (@NYPDBklynNorth) February 14, 2017

- 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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So They Caught this Sex Offender in Washington, D.C....

If you spot this guy, call police. U.S. Marshals are looking for him & he may have been in Hampton Roads. #13NewsNow https://t.co/41lhi0yHir pic.twitter.com/hlkInPTjgt

— Chenue Her (@ChenueHer) February 8, 2017

Many comments about him.

That guy could show up to the Gathering of the Juggalos and they'd go "Who's the freak?" @ReaFrankBrizzle @ChenueHer @13NewsNow

— BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) February 8, 2017

@SG4Three @ChenueHer If he has a birthmark of some kind, we might be able to pick him out

— Seth Wood (@SethHoo19) February 8, 2017

@Tomiwa_Onasoga @ChenueHer Actin like you never seen a white dude before fam

— THE GHOST OF LIVING (@BigGhostLtd) February 8, 2017

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Road Rager Runs Down Boy; Glowing Sex Stuff; El Chapo; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Happy birthday, Sam Cooke!

Photo: Poster from when Otis and Sam played together at the Paramount Theater in Brooklyn, NY in 1963 #SamCooke pic.twitter.com/m2cpLfr6mc

— Otis Redding (@OtisRedding) January 22, 2017

- Road-rage driver hits boy, 14, on Greenpoint sidewalk, then yells at other driver as boy writhes in pain. [Daily News]

- A feminist-sex-shop-gift-shop-book-shop-mini-gallery operates behind a glittery curtain in a laundromat in Bushwick. It specializes in "cosmic, glowing sex stuff."  [TCP]

- No tunnel out for Mexican drug lord El Chapo, facing justice in Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- 15-year-old shot in East Flatbush, 2 suspects flee: NYPD. [NBC NY]

- East Flatbush man arrested for hiding a dismembered corpse in the  Bronx. [NY1]

- A Brooklyn solution to Islam's law forbidding women from showing their hair to men outside of their own families, even while getting a haircut.  [Refinery29]

- Nearly half of U.S. men have genital infections caused by a sexually transmitted virus, and 1 in 4 has strains linked with several cancers, a national survey indicates. [KRQE]

-  Governor Andrew Cuomo announced in an op-ed that insurance companies in New York will have to continue offering birth control for no co-pay even if the Affordable Care Act is repealed. [Gothamist]

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Brooklyn Prosecutor Wiretaps Boyfriend; Red Hoek Point, Revenge Porn and More Brooklyn Briefs

- A high-ranking prosecutor in the Brooklyn district attorney’s office was arrested on charges that she used an illegal wiretap to spy on a police detective and one of her colleagues in a love triangle. [NY Times]

- Representatives from Thor Equities, the company behind the planned 7.7-acre retail and commercial development "Red Hoek Point," will give a presentation on the project on Dec. 1. [Patch]

- Knicks superstar, Red Hook native Carmelo Anthony endorses BQX. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Brooklyn rapper Moise Morancy was honored by the NYPD’s 112th precinct for protecting a young woman from an alleged sexual assault on a Queen’s bus in October. [NYPD News]

- Meet the Brooklyn attorney fighting revenge porn. [The New Yorker]

- Family searching for missing teen with Asperger syndrome in Brooklyn. [ABC7]

- Former presidential candidate De La Fuente urges Republicans to fund their own recounts. Oy. [Brooklyn Eagle]

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Get Ready for 'Air Sex,' Brooklyn! Plus, F Train Troubles and More Brooklyn Briefs

- A video tribute to Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson, courtesy of his office. [YouTube]

- Air Sex -- where audience members have imaginary sex onstage -- is doing its Brooklyn show this Saturday in Williamsburg. [Brokelyn]

- A teenage girl who has been missing from her Bay Ridge home since Friday, October 1. Have you seen her? [Bensonhurst Bean]

- Brooklyn’s credit not too bad, according to NY Fed report. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- 600 women united for a group photo in Brooklyn. [Hyperallergic]

- Community opposition to proposed local F train cuts grows. [PMFA]

- Have you seen the Owl's Head Park murderer? [Bensonhurst Bean]

- What a time to be alive: Girl Scout Cookie Cereal is coming to your breakfast table. [BK Magazine]

- The right's argument about the election being rigged. [The Hill]

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Reports: Weiner Sexted with 15-Year-old

If it wasn't already bad enough...

Anthony Weiner carried on a months-long online sexual relationship with a troubled 15-year-old girl, telling her she made him 'hard,' asking her to dress up in 'school-girl' outfits and pressing her to engage in 'rape fantasies.'

This is what the Daily Mail and other papers are reporting.

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Brooklyn Bridge Jumper 'Survives'; BQE Repair Project; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Film shoot on Montague Turnway in Brooklyn Bridge Park, with $142,000 BMW i8. Photo by MK Metz

- Brooklyn Bridge jumper survives, but no word how well. [BHB and NY Post]

- After April's snafu, how did the NYC Board of Elections do during Tuesday’s primary? [Brooklyn Eagle]

- City officials kick off public engagement on BQE project: 'It won't be easy.' [Patch]

- Brooklyn “sex-folk” duo Tammy share debut single “Hated It (With You)." [COS]

- Driver charged with manslaughter after running down 3, killing 1 on Brooklyn sidewalk. [Pix11]

- Oakland really is the new Brooklyn. [Curbed]


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This Is What a Subway Train Masturbator Looks Like

WANTED: Male 20’s for public lewdness on the N train in Brooklyn. Call #800577TIPS w/info. @NYPDTransit pic.twitter.com/OSs6OIZiZG

— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) June 28, 2016

The NYPD released the above photo of a man who exposed himself to a woman and masturbated on the N train.

The individual is described as a black man, between 25 and 30 years old; last seen wearing a red baseball cap, a white t-shirt, white shorts and black and white sneakers.

More details about the incident at Sheepshead Bites.


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Brooklyn Native Dies Protecting Son in Orlando; Judge Mulls Brooklyn Heights Library Case; More Brooklyn Briefs

- Brooklyn native died protecting her son in Orlando nightclub attack. [Daily News]
- Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is likely going to call Brooklyn home soon. [Daily Caller]

- Judge mulls suit to block sale of Brooklyn Heights Library. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- An East Flatbush park turned bloody Monday afternoon when bullets started flying, striking five teenage boys. [NY Post]

- Brooklyn math professor sired 22 women by giving his sperm to women in little cups at Target. [Forward]

- Diocese of Brooklyn to publish names of pedophile priests on website. [Daily News]

- Seven people were injured in a vehicle crash near Brooklyn College Monday evening. [DNAinfo]

- All the outrageous things Donald Trump said in his anti-terror speech. [Slate]

- The best iPhone aps in the world, according to Apple. [Business Insider]



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BP Adams, Bernie Sanders, Small Penises and More Brooklyn Briefs

Saturday: Help design new middle school in Prospect Heights: M.S. OneBrooklyn. #Brooklyn https://t.co/0FeqPdbEYz pic.twitter.com/NQiLpkFKhy

— Brooklyn Daily Eagle (@BklynEagle) March 31, 2016

- Anti-gentrification protesters call Borough President Adams "The Biggest Uncle Tom In Brooklyn." [Gothamist]

- The best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this weekend, April Fools edition. [Brokelyn]

- Smorgasburg returns this weekend in Williamsburg and Prospect Park, with many new vendors.[Smorgasburg]

- Cops intensify hunt for man who attacked people in Brooklyn, Queens robberies. [Daily News]

- DOE removes teacher involved in controversial arrest at P.S. 193. [Sheepshead Bites]

- R.I.P. Smallest Penis in Brooklyn pageant. [Timeout]

- A massive aquaponic lettuce and fish farm will Grow In A Brooklyn warehouse. [FastCoExist]

- Bernie Sanders embraces Brooklyn roots. [Fox5]

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Cop Caught in Friendly Fire in Bushwick; Transgender Bathroom Access; 36-Hour Party and More Brooklyn Briefs

- A New York City police detective was shot on Tuesday, apparently in a crossfire with a sergeant, as they sought to make a drug arrest in Bushwick. [NY Times]

-  Troubling allegations about Bay Ridge's new top cop. [Bensonhurst Bean]

- New York City sheriffs have seized control of a troubled Bay Ridge hotel — and the hotel may get shut down after the owner failed to pay more than $100,000 in fines. [Daily News]

- De Blasio orders transgender bathroom access in NYC. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Brooklyn pol Brad Lander wants you to have to pay for your plastic bags at the store by Earth Day. [Patch]

- Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Brooklyn properties see price surge. [Post]

- Police search for missing 13-year-old Brooklyn girl, Dijenay Nelson. [Brooklyn12]

- The Brooklyn Eagle sent a reporter to Cuba, and he brought back photos of amazingly preserved American cars from the 40s and 50s. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Calling all techno fiends: Unter and the Bunker are throwing a 36-hour party in Brooklyn. [Thump/Vice]

- House Of Cards doesn't know where the Brooklyn Bridge goes. [Gothamist]


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Shot in the Butt in Crown Heights; Brooklyn Perv; Brooklyn Influencers and More

Spring Crocus explosion at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. pic.twitter.com/fzHYA7Yi6B

— Rob Jett (@thecitybirder) March 2, 2016

- A man was shot in the butt across the street from two Crown Heights school yesterday afternoon. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Borough Board approves sale of Brooklyn Heights Library, but advocacy group files a federal complaint. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Women-owned businesses are gaining ground in Brooklyn, with a 39 percent increase in the borough over a five-year period. [DNA info]

- An upstate father's horrible discovery has led to the discovery of Brooklyn man who police say preyed on children. [13Wham]

- On May 14, hundreds of cyclists will ride en masse along 7.5 miles of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway at the inaugural Brooklyn Bike Rave, a glowtastic night ride with lights and music. [Brownstoner]

- Interesting list: 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture. [Brooklyn Magazine]

- No need for Con-Ed: Brooklyn-based LO3 Energy is running a platform that lets anyone sell energy to their neighbors using blockchain technology. [BizJournals]

- A little-known Newtown Creek access point takes shape. [Greenpointers]

- Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton weigh in on important Brooklyn issues. [Brokelyn]

- Shimmy ‘Til Her Garters Break’: Drag Queen Visury Fox heats up Bay Ridge. [Bensonhurst Bean]

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Surprise! Lawyer for Spitzer Says Assault Never Happened

Elliot Spitzer

Cops are investigating a woman’s report that she was assaulted at The Plaza Hotel by the former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. But Spritzer's lawyer says there was never any assault, and that his client behaved as demurely as a church mouse.

The NY Daily News puts it this way: "The hooker-loving Eliot Spitzer was seeing a sultry 25-year-old blond at the same time he was carrying on with his girlfriend — but became enraged when the Russian bombshell wanted to move back to her native country."

The Washington Post reports that Spitzer's lawyer presents the happenings in a different light:  “And they had a brief and amicable conversation, and then Mr. Spitzer left."

The woman hopped a flight back to Russia in any case.

Spitzer, now a real estate developer, is working on a huge waterfront  project in Williamsburg, according to Curbed.


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Free Condoms with One Hr. Delivery in Brooklyn; Clinton Staffers Depart HQ; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Brooklyn skyline, with Governors Island. Photo by MK Metz

 - L. condom makers is offering free condoms, delivered right to your doorstep for the next two weeks. Even better, L. will deliver the free condoms to Brooklyn customers in an hour. [Brokelyn]

- Army of Clinton staffers are leaving Brooklyn headquarters to aid in New Hampshire. [Washington Post]

- Brooklyn’s Borough Board put off voting as planned on Tuesday on the contentious issue of the sale of the Brooklyn Heights Library site to a developer. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- A mentally disturbed man was arraigned Tuesday morning in the city's latest subway slashing, this one at a station in Brownsville. [abc7]

- 'Asia's Sexiest DJ' Angie Vu has found salvation in the Bible while waiting in a Brooklyn jail. [Daily News]

- Brooklyn Heights Association: NYC helicopter deal a ‘slap in the face.' [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Two people were stabbed in Sunset Park Tuesday. [abc7]

- Have you seen this 2000 BMW 323i, NY License plate number GZY2240? Police say its driver ran down a woman in Williamsburg. [NYPD News]

- The 50 best sandwiches in Brooklyn. [BK Magazine]


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Going on Tinder as a Waffle House; Getting at 'Cattoo'; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Love cats? Prove your commitment by getting a "cattoo" https://t.co/E3yWJIhSef pic.twitter.com/IHxm4we0YU

— Brooklyn Magazine (@brooklynmag) January 13, 2016

Yes, "cattoos" are a thing now. In Brooklyn.

- Developer’s offer for Pineapple Walk in Brooklyn Heights shoots up like crazy. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- The fabulous story of a woman who changed her Tinder pic to a Waffle House, and how it changed her dating life forever. [Brokelyn]

-  The next step for families whose kids will be going to either P.S. 8 or P.S. 307 in September. [BHB]

- 'Don’t close the Pop-Up Pool!’ say Brooklyn pols. Meant to be temporary, popular Brooklyn Bridge Park pool approaching its last days. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- A judge refused to take the license of the motorist who killed Victoria Nicodemus on a Brooklyn sidewalk because, she said, District Attorney Ken Thompson filed no charges for reckless driving. [Streetsblog]

- Is Brooklyn's only weed doc a (possibly dangerous) quack? [Daily Beast]

- Four Brooklyn gang rape suspects appear in court, a fifth is arrested. [NBC]

- A 32-year-old Brooklyn man was killed Tuesday afternoon as he car surfed alongside a Mack truck in Manhattan. [NBC]

- Performance of David Bowie musical in NYC becomes a memorial. [AP]


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Perv Brooklyn HS Teacher Gets 5 Years; Ammo Bill Rubs Gun Owners Wrong Way; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Assault Rifle Recovered In Brooklyn - https://t.co/Bll7hzjIzC pic.twitter.com/KkGVktKOmY

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) December 23, 2015

- Perv’ Brooklyn high school teacher who preyed on teen students can never teach again under plea deal. [NY Daily News]

- Brooklyn lawmakers' bill to strictly limit the sale of ammo across NYS has garnered negative comments from gun enthusiasts. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Residents have launched a campaign to save the Fifth Ave. Key Food grocery store, slated for development as usual. [DNAinfo]

- Emergency responders closed down a section of Voorhies Avenue in Sheepshead Bay Tuesday morning after equipment collapsed at the construction site of a 28-story tower. [Sheepshead Bites]

- A large number of registered sex offenders -- including 44 in Brooklyn -- are living in New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) buildings. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Shackled Brooklyn man climbs inside hospital bathroom ceiling in NYPD escape attempt -- only to fall on floor. [NY Daily News]

- From a flamingo formal to fireworks: 44 banging Brooklyn New Year’s Eve parties. [Brokelyn]

- The best food neighborhoods in Brooklyn, ranked. (Guess which area is LAST.) [Brooklyn Magazine]


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Fire in Brooklyn Heights; Grace Jones Bares Almost All; and More Brooklyn Briefs

75th Precinct is a homicide hotspot.

 - More shootings rock Brooklyn over the weekend. [Daily News] and [Pix11]

- A Crown Heights man died of his injuries 14 hours after muggers brutally punched and kicked him — and he declined medical attention. [NY Post]

- A whole lotta smoke in Brooklyn Heights as electrical fire breaks out. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Watch Jon Stewart hit John Cena with a chair at WWE SummerSlam at Barclays Center. [Washington Post]

- Local legends and rising stars are among the comedians performing at the Brooklyn Comedy Festival, running this week. [amNY]

- Grace Jones had a lot in common with the Times Square painted ladies at Brooklyn's Afropunk festival Saturday night. [Mashable]

- Hump: Touring amateur porn festival to steam up Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Paper]


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Brooklyn Firefighters Sizzle in 2016 FDNY Calendar of Heroes

Photo courtesy FDNY

 Check out "New York's Buffest" in FDNY's 2016 Calendar of Heroes.

February Firefighter Al Coombs is looking pretty good up there on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade...


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Bill Murray to Lead Poetry Walk Across Brooklyn Bridge Monday Night, and More Brooklyn Briefs

Mentors and their high school mentees dance at the annual iMentor picnic in Cadman Plaza Park. Photo by MK Metz

- Bill Murray is going to lead hundreds of poetry lovers and poets across the Brooklyn Bridge in an on-the-go poetry reading Monday at 6:30 p.m. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Brooklyn DA helps nab crook who stole woman's wallet. [WSJ]

- 1,000 new Citi Bikes getting redesign by Olympic racing bike designer. [Daily News]

- Fire at NY Methodist hospital in Park Slope on Saturday diverts ambulances. [NY Post]

- Five hospitals in Brooklyn will be hit of the nurses union approves a strike. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Fascinating look at the sex life of Hasidic Jews. [Salon]

- Williamsburg's Northside Festival brings hundreds of performing artists, film screenings, art installations. [MetroUS]

- Brownstone in Carroll Gardens repeatedly defaced by gay slurs. [TRD]


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