Brooklyn Today: ‘Apology not accepted.’

October 24, 2019 Brooklyn Today

City officials are currently considering docking at two locations in Coney Creek. Eagle file photo by Lore Croghan

Coney Island Creek. Eagle file photo by Lore Croghan

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THE LEDE: Good morning! Halloween decorations depicting what appeared to be black children hanging from nooses were seen this week in the window of a Clinton Hill home. The decorations — which have since been removed — were displayed on the home of ArtShack Brooklyn co-owner Dany Rose, across the street from P.S. 11.

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THE RUNDOWN

~ MORE THAN 370 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN NYC JAILS SINCE 2001: The death rate has dropped significantly since 2001, when at least 36 people died in Department of Correction custody, but there have been spikes: Fifteen detainees died in city jails in 2016. At least 24 people died in city jails in 2013, compared to 12 in 2011.

~ RACIST HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS SPARK OUTRAGE IN CLINTON HILL: The imagery consisted of four people made of brown cardboard, two of them with nooses around their necks and another hanging upside-down with a rope tied to their leg.

~ BROOKLYN DEED THEFT TREND SPURS NEW STATE INVESTIGATION: Homeowners in Brooklyn are getting some added muscle to protect their properties: a new state investigation into deed fraud and deed theft.

~ 20 BROOKLYN SCHOOLS TO PILOT NEW ASSESSMENT TESTS: Twenty schools in Brooklyn will roll out new “standardized tests” for third and sixth graders that the city will use to measure school performance and gauge where more resources are needed, according to the city’s Department of Education.

~ NEW TENANT LAWS GET MARKETING BOOST FROM MAYOR: A package of historic rental laws passed by state lawmakers in June is getting a marketing boost from Mayor Bill de Blasio, who announced a new ad campaign and website on Monday to educate renters about their new rights.

~ HATE CRIME TASK FORCE INVESTIGATING ANTI-MUSLIM CRIME AT T.J. MAXX: The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force is investigating an anti-Muslim incident at a Bay Ridge clothing store on Saturday, in which a customer shouted “Go back to your country!” at a woman wearing a hijab and her husband, then attempted to knock a cellphone out of the husband’s hand.

~ CITY ANNOUNCES 100 MILES OF PROTECTED BIKE LANES INSTALLED UNDER DE BLASIO: The de Blasio administration has constructed its 100th mile of on-street protected bike lanes in the city, even as cyclist deaths spike in Brooklyn, the administration announced in East New York on Wednesday.

~ STROLL DOWN BERGEN STREET FROM BOERUM HILL TO BROWNSVILLE | PART ONE: You can walk from Boerum Hill to Brownsville on Bergen Street. What a fine stroll. There are pre-Civil War brick rowhouses, an industrial area that residents want to rezone, clusters of Romanesque Revival homes and elegant churches.

PODCAST

~ HOW ABOUT THOSE HIPSTERS? COMEDIANS RIFF ON BROOKLYN: On Brooklyn This Week, we tend to stick to harder news topics such as climate change, gun violence or police misconduct. But every now and then we like to focus on something a little lighter. On this week’s episode, five Brooklyn-based comedians discuss the ins and outs of the local comedy scene, plus how they react when nobody laughs at their jokes.

MORE BROOKLYN NEWS

~ Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Kentuckians aren’t concerned with “millionaires in Brooklyn.” (New York Post)

~ “NYCHA needs structural changes and plan to raise more cash, research group reports” (Daily News)

~ A new documentary spotlights Brooklyn’s feral cat population. (The MV Times)

STAFF PICKS

~ READ: “The journalist vs. the president, with life on the line” (NYT)

~ DRINK: Here are the 20 best hotel bars in New York City, including two in Brooklyn. (Eater)

~ CARTOON: A fortune teller gives an ominous reading. (The New Yorker)

~ TRAVEL: Here are eight getaways in New Jersey that will feel like a vacation. (Thrillist)

BULLETIN BOARD

Made in New York Jazz Cafe and Bar in Park Slope has a LIVE show tonight with Antoine Dryer Quartet. Join them for their official grand opening tomorrow and Saturday with Buster Williams, Lenny White, Cyrus Chestnut along with Antoine Drye Quartet and special guest Simona Premazzi! All details here. SPONSORED

WHAT’S HAPPENING

6:30PM — Green Series: David Wallace-Wells on “The Uninhabitable Earth” at Leonard Library. Details.

7:00PM – 9:00PM — Food Education as Social Change at Museum of Food and Drink. Details.

7:00PM – 10:00PM — The First Cell: Azra Raza in Conversation with Siddhartha Mukherjee at Pioneer Works. Details.

THE WRAP

⌛ ON THIS DAY
In 1915, the Brooklyn Eagle reported, “Marching first in bright sunshine — and then, hours later, ’neath the glare of street lights — at least 40,000 women and men held the attention of a lane of humanity along Fifth Avenue from Washington Square to 59th Street, yesterday afternoon and evening in a final massed appeal to the voters of the State for the right of franchise to women.”

📔 IMPRINT
Canadian model Coco Rocha graces the latest cover of Grazia.

👑 ROYAL WATCH
Here’s how the royal family will be celebrating baby Archie’s first Halloween. (INSIDER)

🏀 SPORTS
“Nets’ Kyrie Irving has wanted this his whole life” (New York Post)

BIRTHDAYS

Happy birthday to Kweisi Mfume, Drake, Kyla Ross, Monica, Wayne Rooney, Bill Wyman, Kevin Kline, F. Murray Abraham, Mike Rounds, Jeff Merkley and Charlie White!