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Brooklyn Parking Lot Rolldown Gate That Killed 12-Yr-Old To Be Removed

Brooklyn Parking Lot Rolldown Gate That Killed 12-Yr-Old To Be Removed

As a family and community mourned the loss of a 12-year-old in a horrifying accident, the real estate company that operates the parking lot at Lott Avenue where the child was killed on Sunday revealed it would remove the automatic rolldown gate. A spokesperson for the real estate management company said, "We extend our deepest sympathy and condolences to the family." more ›

Winged Animal Week: Meet Brooklyn's Backyard Chickens

       

Welcome back to Winged Animal Week at Gothamist—yesterday we talked to City Birder Rob Jett about urban birdwatching, and today we're visiting Brooklyn's backyard chicken coops. more ›

Brooklyn Man Arrested For Allegedly Starving Dog

Brooklyn Man Arrested For Allegedly Starving Dog

A Brooklyn man was arrested yesterday by an ASPCA agent for allegedly starving his three-year-old pit bull named Drew. According to a release, Leedell Walker brought Drew to the ASPCA's Bergh Memorial Animal Hospital in December claiming that the dog refused to eat. Concerned vets called the ASPCA and the organization launched an investigation. When he was brought in, Drew "was near death, in a critical state of shock and anemic," and weighed 37 pounds. He now weighs 65 pounds and is still recovering so that he may be adopted. more ›

Groping Charges Dropped Against Park Slope Man, Which Means "Well-Dressed" Groper Is Still On The Loose

Groping Charges Dropped Against Park Slope Man, Which Means "Well-Dressed" Groper Is Still On The Loose

Following yesterday's reports that a Park Slope resident would be cleared, a judge has officially cleared Karl Vanderwoude of forcible touching, unlawful surveillance and sexual abuse charges. He told reporters, "I’m really glad this has come to an end. It’s been hard." more ›

12-Yr-Old Boy Killed While Playing On Brooklyn Parking Lot Gate

12-Yr-Old Boy Killed While Playing On Brooklyn Parking Lot Gate

A 12-year-old boy died after apparently playing a game of chicken on a parking lot gate in Brooklyn. According to the Daily News, Yakim McDaniels was on the roll-down gate when, around 4:30 p.m., "a car moved to leave the lot and the horrific accident occurred." A witness explained, "The gate is automatic, the car was coming out and the gate started rising." Yakim was trapped—his hand and then apparently his upper body was caught in the gate. more ›

Brooklyn College Student Killed In Head-On Auto Collision

Brooklyn College Student Killed In Head-On Auto Collision

A 23-year-old Brooklyn college student was killed and two others were injured in a heads-on car crash yesterday. Victim Jamal Iqual was driving his Ford Windstar minivan north on Ocean Parkway in Sheepshead Bay when he was hit head-on by a black BMW M6 around 11:45 p.m. Saturday. Police say the 26-year-old driver of the BMW was speeding southbound on Ocean Parkway when he lost control of the car. more ›

Cops Arrest Farebeaters With Concealed Loaded Gun

Cops Arrest Farebeaters With Concealed Loaded Gun

Yesterday afternoon, two police officers arrested two farebeaters at a Brooklyn subway station...and discovered one of them had a loaded gun. more ›

Celebrate Cinco De Mayo With Mayo(nnaise)

Celebrate Cinco De Mayo With Mayo(nnaise)

Still looking for a way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo? Well, if our previous suggestions didn't pique your interest, perhaps free artisanal mayo will do the trick? more ›

NY Post Publishes Insanely Racist Column About Jay-Z And Nets

NY Post Publishes Insanely Racist Column About Jay-Z And Nets

The NY Post has had their fair share of racist controversies—just recently, there was the cartoon which portrayed Muslims as terrorists—but it seems as though columnist Phil Mushnick really wants to take things to the next level. Today, he rails against the new Brooklyn Nets and Jay-Z, who owns 1.47% of the team: "Why the Brooklyn Nets when they can be the New York N------s? The cheerleaders could be the Brooklyn B----hes or Hoes." Wow. Here's the full quote in its grotesque context: more ›

Secret Service Agent Fatally Runs Over Grandmother In Brooklyn

Secret Service Agent Fatally Runs Over Grandmother In Brooklyn

The U.S. Secret Service: When they're not banging prostitutes, they're running people over with their cars. The latest black eye for the scandal-scarred agency occurred yesterday afternoon when an undercover secret service agent fatally struck a woman crossing the Atlantic Avenue at Ralph Avenue in Brooklyn. Victim Maria Tripp, 47, was on her way to pick up her granddaughter from daycare, accompanied by her 19-year-old nephew and 12-year-old daughter, when the driver of a black Chevrolet Impala slammed into her. A witness tells the Daily News, "She went up like 50 feet in the air." more ›

Superfine Smackdown Leaves Party Promoter Bloody And Bitten

Superfine Smackdown Leaves Party Promoter Bloody And Bitten

A fight broke out between a party promoter and several women at DUMBO mainstay Superfine in March that the Post is calling a "hipster catfight." In their eyes, it seems this story has a little bit of everything: wolves, libations, lawsuits, trendy neighborhoods, ripped skirts, bitten legs, Galapagos, felony assault, and cigarette burns. more ›

Everything You Need To Know About Brooklyn's Upcoming Shuffleboard Club, Royal Palms

Everything You Need To Know About Brooklyn's Upcoming Shuffleboard Club, Royal Palms

As you may know by now, we're pretty excited about shuffleboard around here, and soon after we declared our love of the game, we were given the scoop that a genuine shuffleboard club would be opening in Brooklyn next year. At the time we withheld some information about the club until details got firmed up (and also because we didn't want our heart rate to get too high) but now we can pass along a whole lot more, including the name of your new favorite club: The Royal Palms. And here is more exclusive info direct from co-founder Jonathan Schnapp: more ›

Barclays Center To Initially Have Half The Parking It Promised

Barclays Center To Initially Have Half The Parking It Promised

While Brooklyn Heights is now freaking out over potentially 2,500 people filling its streets when a new Fieldhouse comes to Brooklyn Bridge Park, residents around the Atlantic Yards have been freaking for ages now about the 18,000 people expected to flood the area when the Nets start playing the Barclays Center this fall. And for them, there is good news today! The arena will initially have less parking than originally planned. more ›

28 Old Photos Of Williamsburg You've Never Seen Before

28 Old Photos Of Williamsburg You've Never Seen Before
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Sure, we've seen old photos of Williamsburg in the early to mid 1900s, but now that the NYC Municipal Archives has dusted off their nearly one million old photos and made them available online, we can get an even better look (and travel further back in time). more ›

Brooklynites Find Way To Complain About Free $40 Million Fieldhouse

Brooklynites Find Way To Complain About Free $40 Million Fieldhouse

New York we love you, but you're bringing us down. Only here would locals actively complain about a $40 million dollar gift that will bring them a year-round recreational facility with all its expenses paid for a decade. Yup, it appears that a bunch of Brooklyn Heights locals are not looking forward to the 115,000-square-foot Fieldhouse which it was recently announced will be underwritten by philanthropist Joshua Rechnitz. Why? The traffic, of course. more ›

Dumbo Kitchen Brings A New Resto-shop To Brooklyn

           

In what seemed to take mere minutes, the former Gallery restaurant across from the York Street stop in DUMBO has become the new Dumbo Kitchen. The shop kicked things off today with a preview that runs until 7 p.m., but exactly what'll be available there day-to-day seems to be a little touch and go. Judging by the current selection—which appears to be aiming to attract the lunchers who currently flock to the Foragers supermarket—we'd say getting Italian-inspired lunch food there looks like a safe bet. more ›

Man Found Guilty Of Killing Cop During Brooklyn Stoop Struggle

Man Found Guilty Of Killing Cop During Brooklyn Stoop Struggle

Last year, a police officer died while responding to a call about a domestic disturbance in Boerum Hill. George Villanueva, whose girlfriend said he was drunk and trying to kill her, was fighting off police officers and shoved Officer Alain Schaberger off the stoop railing, only for Schaberger to fall to his death. Today, a jury found Villaneuva guilty of aggravated manslaughter, but he was acquitted of murder. more ›

Two Shot During Bushwick Bodega Confrontation

Two Shot During Bushwick Bodega Confrontation

Yesterday morning, an argument at a bodega on Humboldt Street became violent when a group of impatient men confronted another group ordering sandwiches. According to the Post, after one man shot Juan Medina, 24, twice in the stomach, his cousin, Lourdes Guillen, 25, begged the shooter, "Put the gun down. Don’t be that person." But Guillen, a staffer at "The View," ended up with a bullet in the stomach. more ›

Jay-Z Made This: Brooklyn Nets Officially Unveil Brooklyn Nets Logo

Jay-Z Made This: Brooklyn Nets Officially Unveil Brooklyn Nets Logo
         

Today, the Brooklyn Nets confirmed they are the Brooklyn Nets—Nets CEO Brett Yormark Tweeted, "We are the brooklyn nets. #hellobrooklyn"—and showed off their logo, which was leaked by someone working at the Barclays Center last week. Anyway, you know those complaints about the logo being, well, not that great? Blame Jay-Z, because the Nets say he created it. more ›

Photos: Fire At Con Ed Substation In DUMBO

Photos: Fire At Con Ed Substation In DUMBO
       

According to various reports, there is a fire going on at the Con Edison substation in DUMBO. One tipster who lives in the neighborhood told us it was caused by a transformer explosion, and said it "shook the whole house and the lights flickered." We'll update with more information as it comes in. Attempts to contact the FDNY's press office have been unsuccessful. more ›

Photos: Here's What A $1,500 Kickstarter-Funded Rainbow Parade Looks Like

Photos: Here's What A $1,500 Kickstarter-Funded Rainbow Parade Looks Like
          

We were skeptical that a 33-year-old woman would need to raise $1,500 on Kickstarter to host the "world's largest rainbow parade" over the Brooklyn Bridge as a birthday event, and were shouted down by many colors of the spectrum just for saying so. Well today was the big day, and here's what a $1,500 parade looks like. more ›

9-Year-Old Shot By Stray Bullet: "I Didn't Cry For Nothing"

9-Year-Old Shot By Stray Bullet: "I Didn't Cry For Nothing"

On Thursday, a 9-year-old girl was shot in the foot by a stray bullet while walking home from church in Brooklyn. Second-grader Dulce Cabrera talked to the Daily News about the incident, and proudly told them she didn't cry: “I didn’t cry for nothing,” she said. “The ambulance driver man said if that was him, he would be crying. He said I was strong.” more ›

Ex-Cop Who Killed 4 People In DWI Released From Prison

Ex-Cop Who Killed 4 People In DWI Released From Prison

In 2001, an off-duty police officer who spent up to 12 hours drinking before going to his Brooklyn precinct struck and killed a 24-year-old pregnant woman, her 4-year-old son, and her 16-year-old sister. Medical staff delivered the woman's baby boy, who died 13 hours later, and police officer Joseph Gray was eventually convicted of four counts of second degree manslaughter. He was sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison and yesterday, after 10 years behind bars, Gray was released. more ›

M. Wells Brings Duck-Fat Poutine To Smorgasburg Tomorrow!

M. Wells Brings Duck-Fat Poutine To Smorgasburg Tomorrow!

If you needed an excuse to check out the recently returned outdoor food fest Smorgasburg tomorrow (before the afternoon rain) maybe this will do it? Tomorrow the dearly departed and mostly loved Queens diner M. Wells will be making an appearance with portions of duck-fat poutine to sell. Which should hold you over until they open their planned new restaurant (not to mention their upcoming M. Wells Dinette in PS1). more ›

A License Plate Straight Outta "Bruklyn"...Via North Dakota

A License Plate Straight Outta "Bruklyn"...Via North Dakota

Authenticity isn't just something you can buy in a novelty license plate store—the man who owns the above license knows that all too well. That sorta cred is earned on the hard streets of Walhalla, ND. more ›

Hooters Reportedly "Desperate" To Bring Boobs To Park Slope

Hooters Reportedly "Desperate" To Bring Boobs To Park Slope

Considering its apparent penchant for infidelity, is it any surprise that mammary (and wings!) mecca Hooters is reportedly "desperate" to open an outpost in or around Park Slope? According to reports the chain has made unsuccessful plays for multiple properties in the area. more ›

Take A Peek At Leaked Pics Of New Brooklyn Nets Apparel

Take A Peek At Leaked Pics Of New Brooklyn Nets Apparel
   

The Nets have had a busy week, playing their final game in New Jersey, unveiling the almost-complete Barclays Center, and teasing their new logo. Yesterday, our sources confirmed that was indeed the team's new logo—and today, there are leaked pics of some new Nets gear. Hmm, we see a whole lot of "Brooklyn" and not very much "Nets" there... more ›

Yup, This IS The New Brooklyn Nets Logo

Yup, This IS The New Brooklyn Nets Logo

During this morning's Barclays Center jobs press conference, everyone was whispering about the new logo, a photograph of which was circulating yesterday. Although Brooklyn BP Marty Markowitz wouldn't comment on it directly ("I don't know, we'll see"), our sources confirmed that it is indeed the logo. As for the team keeping the Nets name, Markowitz said he wasn't that concerned: "As long as the first part of the name is Brooklyn!" more ›

Step Inside The Barclays Center, Where Mayor Bloomberg Promises Local Jobs

Step Inside The Barclays Center, Where Mayor Bloomberg Promises Local Jobs
    

"I've been looking forward to this day for eight years," Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner told a crowd of reporters today from inside the increasingly completed Barclays Center arena. In particular Ratner, flanked by Mayor Bloomberg and Brooklyn BP Marty Markowitz, claims to have been looking forward to announcing that the facility was finally going to start living up to its promises of jobs for Brooklyn since "jobs are what it is about." Yup, they really are going to try and hire local, everybody. more ›

Is This The New Brooklyn Nets Logo?

Is This The New Brooklyn Nets Logo?

With their exit from New Jersey just a day old, a photograph has been circulating of what could be the new Brooklyn Nets' logo. It seems that someone Tweeted the image and noted that he was working at the Barclays Center. Well, it does fit into the shield silhouette shown on the Nets website yesterday and that blue tape does look like carpenter's tape! more ›

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