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Brooklyn Today March 13: Bishop’s Crook Lamppost May Have Spared Lives in Brooklyn Heights Car Crash

March 13, 2018 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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THE LEDE: Happy Tuesday, Brooklyn! A car crashes into a lamppost inBrooklyn Heights, a letter containing a noxious odor arrives at Kings County Supreme Court, and we have an update on Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 3. Plus, a helicopter crash in the East River leaves five people dead, the city will redesign the Park Slope street where two young children were recently killed, and a new study reveals barbershops could lower the blood pressure of black men. Finally, a third package bomb this month explodes in Austin, Texas,Vladimir Putin says Jews could be responsible for the 2016 election meddling, and an Oregon daycare owner who drugged kids so she could go tanning gets 21 years in prison.         
 
IMPRINT: Kit Harington makes an appearance on the March cover of GQ Italia.

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The Rundown
 

~BISHOP’S CROOK LAMPPOST MAY HAVE SPARED LIVES IN BROOKLYN HEIGHTS CAR CRASH: A man driving a gray 2005 GMC Envoy smashed into an early 20th century style “bishop’s crook” lamppost, leaving it tilting precariously, on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights at roughly 1:15 p.m.on Monday. Pedestrians filled the sidewalk near TD Bank during the busy lunch hour. “Thank goodness he ran into the lamppost,” a man working outside at that time told the Brooklyn Eagle. “If he had driven onto the sidewalk he might have killed someone.” While a witness said that the driver, who was conscious and speaking, was removed to an ambulance on a stretcher, an NYPD officer on the scene said there were no injuries. If so, the driver was extremely lucky. The windshield of the car directly above the steering wheel was cracked in a large-spider-web pattern. An NYU Langone ambulance and several police cars were on the scene. Because of fears that the crazily-tilting lamppost would fall down completely, a nearby newsstand was evacuated and a section of the sidewalk was taped off. (via Brooklyn Eagle)
 
~NOXIOUS ODOR LEADS TO LOCKDOWN OF TWO FLOORS AT BROOKLYN SUPREME COURT: One person was rushed to Brooklyn Hospital and two others refused medical attention after the Kings County Supreme Court, Civil Term, received a letter that contained a noxious odor on Mondaymorning. Court officials said that a letter was delivered to the chambers of Justice Lawrence Knipel, administrative judge for the courthouse. The piece of mail did not contain a powder, but did contain a noxious odor. NYPD later announced that the court was clear and that no harmful substances were found. At press time, there was no update on the identity of the person taken to the hospital, but an official did point out that Knipel was not in his chambers at the time the letter was found and is doing fine. New York City Department of Environmental Protection was on the scene to secure the letter and get samples, which NYPD transported to a lab. The courthouse itself never went into lockdown. A court employee told the Brooklyn Eagle, however, that floors eight and 11 were initially closed, but were reopened by 3 p.m. (via Brooklyn Eagle)
 
~CHECK OUT FRESH PICS OF BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK’S PIER 3:Workers are busily installing landscaping, hardscaping and other features at Pier 3, the final unfinished pier at Brooklyn Bridge Park. When the 5-acre pieropens this summer, it will bring the Brooklyn Bridge Park project to 90 percent completion, the park said on Monday. As can be seen from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, an acre of the large central lawn has already been sodded. Trees and shrubs will eventually be planted around the perimeter of the pier to provide protection from wind and sun. Some of the perimeter trees are already on site. One of the more intriguing elements of the pier will be a labyrinth garden made up of hedges of varying sizes, imaginative seating and interactive features like an echo game and walk-in kaleidoscope. A seating enclave by industrial designer Gunter Beltzig will be nestled into landscaping. The park says a “multipurpose hardscape” is also being installed, which will be used for events. (via Brooklyn Eagle)
 
~CITY TO FIX STREET WHERE MOTORIST STRUCK KIDS: After immediate public outrage following an ill motorist running a red light and killing two young children on Ninth Street in Park Slope, the city announced it will redesign the road. The new design will include protected bike lanes and other safety measures, the Department of Transportation said. While the city agency is committed to the fix-up, advocates urged for more preemptive solutions. “The city has gotten good at applying innovative street design, but fallen short of installing it everywhere that it’s needed,” Paul Steely White of Transportation Alternatives said. “People will still make mistakes and there will be reckless drivers, but with better street design, they will result in fender benders and not funerals.” DOT said it will begin work as soon as “weather permits.” (via New York Post)
 
~NEW MODERN CLASSIC MEXICAN ON MYRTLE: Clinton Hill’s stretch of Myrtle Avenue recently got a new eatery that seeks to connect the old with the new. Ojala Restaurant at 413 Myrtle Ave, between Vanderbilt and Clinton, opened on Feb. 18 with a menu that calls upon classic Mexican cuisine to meet a modern take. The restaurant offers brunch, lunch and dinner seven days a week. The address Ojala landed at has seen multiple restaurants open and close up shop in short times, including Cultura Pan Latin Cooking and GB Crown Tavern. (via Brownstoner)

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Staff Picks:   
 

LONG READ: Gunshots and explosions have become the norm in Kiev as freelance assassins attempt to kill Russian dissidents to earn the trust and approval of Vladimir Putin. (via GQ)
 
ANOTHER LONG READ: “The Grim Conclusions of the Largest-Ever Study of Fake News” (via The Atlantic)
 
HEALTH: Barbershops could be instrumental in lowering the blood pressure of black men, according to a new study from the New England Journal of Medicine. (via Time)
 
EAT: Here are the 16 best restaurants in Park Slope, according to Eater. Did any of your favorites make the cut? (via Eater)

 
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NATIONAL BULLETIN: A helicopter crash in the East River kills five people…A third package bomb this month explodes in Austin, Texas…And an Oregon daycare owner who drugged kids so she could go tanning gets 21 years in prison. (via CNN, ABC News and Oregonlive.com)             
 
FOREIGN FLASH: Country music singer Tim McGraw collapses on stageduring a concert in Ireland…At least 50 people die in a plane crash in Nepal…And Vladimir Putin says Jews could be responsible for the 2016election meddling. (via Rolling Stone, The Hindu and USA Today)                 
 
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 ROYAL WATCH: “Meghan Markle Joins the Royal Family for Her First Official Event With Queen Elizabeth II at Commonwealth Day” (via E! Online)

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BROOKLYN TONIGHT   
 

9:00AM – 12:00PM — Child Welfare: The Unintended Consequence of the War on Drugs at The New School. Details.
 
11:00AM — 123 Andres’ at Brooklyn Public Library. Details.
 
11:00AM — The Poetry of Nature in Japanese Art at Metropolitan Museum of Art. Details.  
 
6:00PM — Eat, Drink & Be Literary: Hari Kunzru, Author at BAMCafe Live.Details.
 
6:30PM — Book Talk: The Women’s Hour: The Last Furious Fight to Win the Vote at Brooklyn Historical Society. Details.
 
6:30PM – 8:30PM — Uncharacteristic Characters at The Cooper Union.Details.  
 
7:00PM — Little Cinema No 37: Basquiat (Immersive) at House of Yes.Details.
 
7:00PM — Ebb, Flow, Muck & Mire: A Sea Change in 3-D at Wild Embeddings.Details.
 
7:00PM — The Looming Tower at National September 11 Memorial & Museum.Details.
 
7:00PM – 9:30PM — NYC Shirley Jackson’s Weird at Film Noir Cinema.Details.  

   

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 EAGLE SPORTS: “76ers show just how far Nets’ Process is away from working” (via New York Post)

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MILESTONES
 
Happy birthday to Andy Bean, Caron Butler, Charo, Adam Clayton, Dana Delany, Glenne Headly, Emile Hirsch, John Hoeven, Charles Krauthammer, William H. Macy and Neil Sedaka!
 
Brooklyn Today’s editor is Scott Enman. Contact him at[email protected].


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