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- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: shots fired on East 51st St. and Clarkson Ave. in Brooklyn, shots fired at Flatbush Ave. and Ave. I in Brooklyn, and more shots fired at the Kings Plaza Shopping Center in Brooklyn.
- Philanthropist and Chairman of the Modell Sporting Goods Company, William D. Modell, passed away yesterday at the age of 86.
- Walk with love: Thundercut wishes a belated Valentine's Day at the Wooster Collective.
- The NYPD is tightening security at the Israeli consulate and mission after threats the Hezbollah has made.
- If you enjoy eating at Florent, rush over there for a final meal soon. The 24-hour Meatpacking restaurant's landlord is boosting the establishment's rent from approximately $72,000 a year to $700,000 a year.
- NYC Animal Care & Control is renaming part of its Staten Island facility after the 9-year-old boy who died in a Staten Island house fire attempting to rescue his pets.
- Two NYPD officers were arrested for beating a man badly enough while off-duty outside a Yonkers bar that he lost sight in one eye. Two on-duty cops who responded to the scene were also arrested for interfering with an investigation after attempting to cover for them.
- DUMBO is the first neighborhood to get recycling containers on its sidewalks.
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