September 22, 2019 Your Neighborhood — Your News®
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JUST A massive crowd gathers for a previous incarnation of the beloved DROP Dumbo Drop. BY
Photo by Stephen Yang
Elephants parachute into Dumbo for annual block party BY CHANDLER KIDD
It’s raining elephants!
A herd of parachuting
pachyderms will plummet to
the earth next weekend during
the third annual Dumbo Drop
charity event. Brooklynites
can gather at a block party
on the neighborhood’s picturesque
Washington Street on
Sept. 27 to watch the mini elephant
toys float from the sky.
All of the Dumbo Drop participants
will receive a souvenir
animal to take home, and those
who sponsor the toy elephants
that land closest to a target can
win a variety of prizes.
This year’s event will add
a spectacular second round
called the Disco Drop, with illuminated
elephants floating
through the night sky. Both
drops benefit PS 307 and Dock
Street School, and adding a
light-up element offers twice
as many chances for people to
contribute, said the executive
director of the Dumbo Business
Improvement District,
which sponsors the event
“The idea of the Disco Drop
would add the spectacle of light
to the experience,” said Alexandria
Sica. “We hope this will
motivate folks to participate
because, at the end of the day,
our goal is to raise money for
schools.”
Entering either the original
Dumbo Drop or the Disco Drop
costs $20, and participants can
also choose to decorate their
own elephant souvenir during
the block party. Kids and
adults who join the Elephant
Bedazzle Extravaganza Experience
may win an extra prize,
said Sica.
“Artists of all ages can customize
parachutes and ele-
Aug. 23-22, 2019
Killer
motorist
on the
loose
BY AIDAN GRAHAM
Police are investigating a
deadly hit-and-run in Crown
Heights on Sunday as a homicide
after determining the
driver intentionally ran down
his victim.
The motorist behind the
wheel of a grey sedan used his
driver’s side door as a battering
ram to strike 30-year-old
Crown Heights resident Kassim
Matthews, opening the
door into the victim as he sped
south along Albany Avenue
near Park Place at 5:30 p.m., according
to police.
After crushing the victim,
the driver smashed into several
parked cars, before hitting
the gas and fleeing, cops said.
Paramedics arrived on the
scene and rushed Matthews
— who lived two blocks away
from the scene — to Interfaith
Medical Center, where doctors
pronounced him dead, according
to authorities.
No arrests have been made,
and the investigation remains
ongoing, according to police.
Anyone who provides police
with information leading to an
arrest can expect up to a $2,500
reward through the NYPD’s
Crime Stoppers program.
The public can phone their
tips to (800) 577-8477, log into
the Crime Stoppers website at
www.nypdcrimestoppers.com,
tweet @NYPDTips, or text tips
to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter
TIP577.
All calls are strictly confidential.
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