Brooklyn Today: ICE reportedly targets city shelter

August 9, 2019 Brooklyn Eagle

Williamsburg. Photo: Lore Croghan/Brooklyn Eagle

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THE LEDE: Immigration enforcement agents appear to be changing their tactics in Brooklyn, reportedly targeting a city shelter — something city officials say has not been done since President Donald Trump took office. Late Tuesday night, ICE agents attempted to raid Win women’s shelter in East New York, according to a Win employee.

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THE RUNDOWN

~ CLASHING VISIONS OVER DEVELOPMENT COULD CENTER ON A PROSPECT HEIGHTS MCDONALD’S: Something is cooking at the McDonald’s across the street from the Pacific Park mega-project — and it’s not Big Macs. A development team plans to seek high-density rezoning that would allow the construction of a 19-story building on the site of the fast-food restaurant.

~ ICE REPORTEDLY TARGETS CITY SHELTER FOR FIRST TIME SINCE TRUMP’S ELECTION: The agents attempted to enter the Win shelter using a photo of a person they were seeking to detain, but were denied access to the facility after they failed to provide a warrant, the Daily News reported.

~ CROWN HEIGHTS NEIGHBORS TAKE HOME GREENEST BLOCK IN BROOKLYN AWARD: Neighbors have turned a Crown Heights block into a veritable Garden of Eden. Their months of watering, composting and mulching were honored on Thursday with the title of Greenest Block in Brooklyn.

~ BIG CHANGES COMING FOR DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN’S DANGEROUS TILLARY STREET: Tillary Street in Downtown Brooklyn is one of the most dangerous intersections in the city. Construction has begun that will improve safety on the hazardous stretch by adding traffic-calming measures, improving bike lanes, widening pedestrian walkways and building wider medians and curb extensions.

~ BEERS AND BASEBALL: 10 THINGS TO DO IN BROOKLYN THIS WEEKEND: There’s a lot happening in Brooklyn on any given weekend. That’s a good thing — but it can also be overwhelming. Which is why we routinely sift through dozens of events to select the top 10 things happening in the borough.

~ SUBWAY RIDERS MORE THAN WILLING TO SLAM SERVICE DURING CITY COUNCIL TRANSIT TOUR: City officials kicked off their annual effort this week to collect input from riders of the MTA — and those riders had no shortage of input to give.

~ CONEY ISLAND CORNER WILL BE NAMED FOR KILLED FIREFIGHTER:Faizal Coto, the firefighter who was beaten to death on the Belt Parkway in December, will soon be memorialized with a dedicated intersection — just outside the firehouse where he was stationed.

~ ASSEMBLYMEMBER ORTIZ AIDE ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED $80K EMBEZZLEMENT: A staffer for State Assembly Assistant Speaker Félix Ortiz was arrested by federal investigators Thursday on charges of wire fraud. The staffer, 29-year-old Maruf Alam of Kensington, allegedly diverted around $80,000 in campaign funds to his personal bank account.

MORE BROOKLYN NEWS

~ “ICE agents try to raid Brooklyn homeless shelter without warrants, sources say” (Daily News)

~ Long Island University’s campuses were shut down on Thursday because of a social media threat. (1010 Wins)

~ Magician Oz Pearlman buys a Carroll Gardens penthouse for $4.5 million. (New York Post)

STAFF PICKS

~ READ: “Is it possible to stop a mass shooting before it happens?” (Cosmopolitan)

~ EAT: Here are 19 restaurants that just opened in New York City this week, including two spots in Brooklyn. (Eater)

~ LAUGH: Friends reveal their summer dating struggles. (The New Yorker)

~ PETS: A new study reveals that cats know their own names. (CNN)

WHAT’S HAPPENING

5:00PM – 8:30PM — Oliver Beer: Vessel Orchestra at The Met Breuer. Details.

7:00PM — Jia Tolentino “Trick Mirror” with Thora Siemsen at The Strand. Details.

8:30PM – 10:30PM — Movies Under The Stars: “Creed II” at Brower Park. Details.

THE WRAP

⌛ ON THIS DAY

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📔 IMPRINT

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👑 ROYAL WATCH

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🏀 SPORTS

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BIRTHDAYS

Happy birthday to Audrey Tautou, Gillian Anderson, David Steinberg, Eric Bana, Deion Sanders, Amanda Bearse, Kenneth Howard Norton Sr., Sam Elliott, Kevin McKidd, Melanie Griffith, Anna Kendrick, Michael Kors and Rod Laver!