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• Lululemon Will Open In Williamsburg This Week

  19-07-2017 21:30 via bkmag.com
  
  Brooklynites will be treated to another option for athletic clothing shopping this week, as Lululemon will be opening the doors on a Williamsburg this Friday, July 21st.
  Located on North 6th Street, the store is over 2,000 square feet, and the space’s aesthetic was largely inspired by the neighborhood’s local architecture, art, and entrepreneurship. Inside, the decor will match much of the surrounding area—restored brick walls, peg board details, and more. There will also be a
  
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• Gamby: Don’t blame Fonzie for horrible Cyclones season

  19-07-2017 21:05
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Moses JeffersonBrooklyn PaperThey Cyclones stink, but it’s not Fonzie’s fault!That’s what tanned, rested, and legendary former Brooklyn Cyclones manager Tom Gamboa told Brooklyn Paper Radio hosts Gersh Kuntzman and Vince DiMiceli on Tuesday’s show, when he took time away from his golf game to place the blame for the worst start in team history solely on the players — and steered it away from first-year manager Edguardo “F
  
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• Intruder swipes sleeping woman’s laptop from Carroll Street home

  19-07-2017 20:53
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren Gillfor Brooklyn Paper76th PrecinctCarroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red HookLate-night visitor
  Cops are hunting for a creep who broke into a woman’s Carroll Street apartment on July 14 and stole her laptop as she was sleeping.The woman had been snoozing in her residence by Clinton Street around 3:10 am when she was awoken by the bedroom door opening. She saw a man, yelled “Get out!” and he fled, but not before taking her MacBook Ai
  
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• A local’s guide to Beacon, NY

  19-07-2017 20:07
  
  Photo by @exceedingly_abundantly_above via Instagram
  Around the time the Dia Art Foundation turned a former factory in Beacon, NY into a contemporary art museum in 2003, the Hudson Valley town started to emerge–at least in my mind–as a haven for creative, adventurous New Yorkers. This was based solely on the fact that a photo editor friend decided to relocate there from Red Hook, which seemed like a pretty lateral move back then. In exchange for a little rehabbing and a long commute,
  
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• Down A Rabbit Hole: Donnie Darko Screens at McCarren Park Tonight

  19-07-2017 19:08 via bkmag.com
  
  SummerScreen 2017 aims to cover all of the bases of a movie goer’s cinematic appetite. The first week, Mean Girls got the mean-spirited and never ending rage of high school drama and humor out of the way. Last week, Office Space covered the meandering dreariness of everyday professional office life. Now, this week, Donnie Darko has got you covered for those pesky insane psychotic delusions.
  Richard Kelly’s 2001 cult classic screens tonight in McCarr
  
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• Good-government guru calls out councilman on BPR!

  19-07-2017 18:58
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Moses JeffersonBrooklyn PaperCouncilman David Greenfield’s decision to abandon his re-election campaign hours after the deadline for anyone else to run for the seat is an “egregious” example of politicians using the system to play kingmaker and thwart the democratic process, the city’s good government exemplar said on Brooklyn Paper Radio this week.“No wonder the public turns off — because voters know the fix is in,&rdquo
  
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• Clones take down Evil Empire

  19-07-2017 15:39
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matt Johnfor Brooklyn PaperCyclones 3Staten Island 2July 18 at MCU ParkJose Carlos Medina stymied the Evil Empire on the mound, allowing just three hits and one run, and Reed Gamache and Matt Winaker combined for five hits, two runs, and one run batted in as the Cyclones beat the Yankees.Our boys took the lead early when Jose Miguel “Funky Cold” Medina flied out to center with runners on second and third to score Matt Winaker in the first, but t
  
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• Women rule on ‘Thrones’

  19-07-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyWinter has arrived at Westeros, and man is she a beeotch.
  The seventh-season opener of GoT (Game of Thrones to you non-belivers) came in like a lion, and stayed that way.
  Who says women are weaker? Not I.
  Since the show’s inception, Cersei Lannister — first of her name — has always had her piercing, calculating eyes on the prize, and no one and nothing was going to keep her from sitting on the Iron Throne. Her
  
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• Winning ‘Formula’: Race fans bring surge of activity to Red Hook during event

  19-07-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperTalk about a jolt of excitement!Massive electric-car race Formula E zoomed into Red Hook last weekend for its inaugural competition in New York City, and while fans said the green sport drew smaller crowds than its gas-guzzling older brother, it still satisfied their need for speed.“Overall, it was a great event,” said David Cippitelli, a Long Island resident who regularly attends Formula 1 races. “Everybody said t
  
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• Thief steals cash from woman’s bank account

  19-07-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn Daily63rd PrecinctMarine Park—Mill Basin—Flatlands—Bergen BeachHuge clearanceA thief stole $4,520 from a woman’s bank account at a Ralph Avenue bank on July 6.The victim reported that she noticed the large sum was withdrawn via cash dispenser at the bank near Avenue J around 5:40 pm, according to police. But cops said that the woman’s cards were in her possession when the withdrawals were made.Seen and t
  
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• Sunset Park gets free-wifi kiosks

  19-07-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyThe missing link has arrived!
  The city flipped the switch on five new free-internet kiosks in Sunset Park along Fourth Avenue, and the unfettered access to the speedy wifi hubs helps ease the burden on those who have spotty internet access, said one local who has given the gizmos a go.
  “I really like them, because if I need to juice up my phone really quick or check something, I can use the wifi,” said Silvia Velazq
  
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• String a different tune: Gay puppet musical comes to Park Slope

  19-07-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperThis ain’t your kids’ puppet show.A musical puppet performance that follows the metaphysical journey of a suicidal gay teenager will belt out its tunes at the Park Slope gay bar Excelsior on July 27. And though “Anthropomorphic” dives into an occult world of human-insect hybrids, it is a deeply personal show rooted in first-hand experience, said its creator.“It tells my struggles and my stories as
  
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• Police: Woman swiped shoes from building hallway

  19-07-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Jonah G. HardingBrooklyn Daily62nd PrecinctBensonhurst—Bath BeachBite outta crimePolice arrested a woman allegedly caught swiping shoes from Cropsey Avenue residents on July 9, according to police.Two residents saw the woman, who didn’t live there, in the hallway of the building between Bay 22nd and Bay 23rd streets at 6:30 pm allegedly taking the shoes, and confronted her. In the resulting melee, the woman bit them both — one on the leg a
  
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• Looter rips laundry card machine from apartment building

  19-07-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn Paper88th PrecinctFort Greene–Clinton HillLaundry lootA burglar broke into a Washington Avenue apartment building and stole its laundry card machine on July 12.The sneak entered by breaking the basement door of the residence near Greene Avenue around 1:53 and ripped the machine — containing an unknown amount of cash — off the wall. The thief then fled through the same door, hopped on a Citi Bike, and rode off, surveilla
  
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• High note: Cosmos wrap up spring with shutout victory

  19-07-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyIt was a good to end on a high note.The Cosmos closed out the 2017 North American Soccer League spring season with a much-needed 1–0 victory over FC Edmonton at Clarke Stadium on July 15.New York picked up three crucial points with the win and, with 24 points, solidified third place in the league standings.“It was a great win tonight,” Cosmos coach Giovanni Savarese said. “We fought hard, and feel content to
  
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• Fight night: Fighters stare down at Barclays event

  19-07-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyDollar bills were thrown, Biggie Smalls lyrics quoted and chants of “pay your taxes!” echoed through Barclays Center as the Floyd Mayweather–Conor McGregor pre-fight world tour landed in Brooklyn July 13.More than 13,000 fans packed the arena to witness the undefeated boxer and the Ultimate Fighting Championship in a stare-down onstage at the third stop of a four-city trek leading up to the main event in Las Vegas
  
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• Cops: Mill Basin bus depot fire was arson

  19-07-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn DailyThe city’s fire marshal has determined that a fire that burned out several school buses at a Strickland Avenue bus depot last week was caused by an arsonist.
  Someone intentionally set ablaze to the buses parked inside the lot near E. 59 Place and Mayfair Drive South, in the early hours of July 13, according to city officials.Police said that either a group of people or someone acting alone gained entry to the garage of The
  
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• Brooklyn pols react to Sheldon Silver’s new freedom

  19-07-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThey’re all Shel-shocked!
  Federal judges on July 13 overturned former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s 2015 conviction for a corruption scheme in which he fraudulently pocketed millions of dollars, and several of his former colleagues up in Albany applauded the once-powerful Manhattan pol’s new freedom — but one East New York legislator did not mince words when he said the court’s decision is an abom
  
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• Brass-knuckle wearing fiend strikes victim

  19-07-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Courtney DonahueBrooklyn Daily60th PrecinctConey Island—Brighton Beach—SeagateAll about that brassA brute wearing brass knuckles punched a person during an attempted robbery on Mermaid Avenue on July 10.The two victims told police they were between W. 32nd and W. 33rd streets at 3:38 am two goons approached, with one reaching into the first victim’s pocket and saying “give me money.”
  After a bit of grappling and pushing, the ru
  
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• Bike bandit takes off with woman’s two-wheeler

  19-07-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Paper78th PrecinctPark Slope
  Bike banditA thief rode off with a woman’s bicycle she parked on Fifth Avenue on July 2.The victim told police she locked her bike to a rack between 11th and 12th streets at 2:45 pm, and returned 15 minutes later to find her ride stolen.Scratch thatCops are hunting a 33-year-old woman wanted for attacking a man inside a Third Avenue residential building on July 1.The victim told police he was arguing w
  
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