Cobble Hill Blog

Assembly member Joan Millman responded today to reports of an assault that happened last week near the corner of Luquer Street and Hamilton Avenue that sent the victim the hospital.
Last Tuesday, March 2, around 1 a.m. police found a 22-year-old man who was assaulted by five males while they uttered anti-gay slurs to him. He [...]

The Post reports that Troy Young, 29, was killed by a bullet to his head in his basement apartment at 36 4th Street. He was discovered shortly after midnight this morning, after friends reported not having seen him for several days.

Improv Everywhere had over 2,000 members walking invisible dogs in Cobble Hill yesterday, and pictures from participants are posted here and here. The leashes were borrowed from the new Invisible Dog Gallery at 51 Bergen Street.

There may be a link between the anti-Semitic leaflets that were handed out in Boerum Hill and Cobble Hill on Tuesday and this weekend’s anti-gay, anti-Jewish rallies being organized by the militant Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, according to an investigation being conducted by the 76th Precinct.
Brooklyn Paper: Handwritten notes reading “Kill Jews” in black [...]

Late on Tuesday evening, a man shot himself inside of his car, police sources tell the Brooklyn Eagle. The car was less than a block away from the 76th Precinct.
Brooklyn Eagle: According to police sources, a man fatally shot himself on Hicks Street near Union Street Tuesday evening around 10 p.m. The 37-year-old white male, [...]

On Tuesday, July 28, join Dick Swizzle, Perry Comb-Over, and other special guests for a night of game show debauchery at the Bell House (149 7th Street). The show starts at 8pm, and tickets are $5.
Dick says, “There will be song, dance and challenges to bring the crowd into a frenzy. Come early for the Beer [...]

This in from the 76th Precinct:
At approximately 4:40 pm this afternoon, a large tree branch fell from a tree inside Carroll Park.  The branch fell in the vicinity of the  the World War I memorial, on the Carroll Street side of the park.  1 man received what we believe are very minor injuries, and was removed [...]

It was a bad week to be a fast-food employee, as there were two armed robberies at fast-food joints, a series of vehicle thefts and a pair of thefts from strollers (don’t worry, there were no babies involved).