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Smoke-eaters surveyed the damage the morning after the fi ghter. Photo by Ben Verde
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Park Slope jazz club’s fate left in limbo after fatal fi re
BY BEN VERDE
The fate of a recently
opened jazz club remains
up in the air after a fi re tore
through the top fl oor of its
building in Park Slope on
Wednesday, killing two people
and rendering the structure
uninhabitable.
Mikhael Brovkine, one
of the co-owners of Made
in New York Jazz Cafe and
Bar, which opened just three
months ago, says the club
suffered extensive damage
from the thousands of
gallons of water that New
York’s Bravest poured onto
the fi re, which they now believe
claimed most or all of
their instruments and sound
equipment. Fire Marshalls
have determined that the
fi re was likely caused by an
extension chord.
“It’s all gone,” Brovkine
said.
On top of that, the place
reeks of smoke, according to
Brokvine’s partner, who suspects
he’ll probably end up
having to tear out the walls
just to get rid of the odor.
“It all smells like barbecue,”
co-owner Boris Bangi-
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10 miles of
bike lanes
coming to
Brooklyn
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
City transit honchos plan
to install 10 miles of protected
bike lanes throughout Brooklyn
this year after the borough
suffered a bloody 2019, when
more cyclists died in Kings
County than in the four other
boroughs combined, offi cials
announced at a press conference
on Wednesday.
“Brooklyn had a tough year
for Vision Zero in 2019, so that
is why we are here at the base
of the Brooklyn Bridge to announce
our plans for protected
bike lanes in this new year,”
said Department of Transportation
Commissioner Polly Trottenberg
in a statement.
At the early morning press
event in Downtown Brooklyn,
transit offi cials listed off the
roadways that will be enhanced
with green-painted cycling
paths and protective barriers,
which include:
•Fourth Avenue from First
Street to Atlantic Avenue,
which will connect to the existing
lane south from First Street
to 38th Street.
•Flatbush Avenue from
Grand Army Plaza to Empire
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