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after second fatality: The popular
scooter-sharing company, Revel, indefi
nitely suspended its service in July
following the fatalities of two riders in
July. One of the fatalities resulting in
the closure was of CBS2 reporter Nina
Kapur, after she fell off the back of a
scooter in Greenpoint. Revel resumed
service a month later in August with
new safety-features, requiring that riders
confi rm they are wearing helmets
and complete a short training course
in their application.
AUGUST
Thousands lose power after Isaias
blows through Brooklyn: Tropical
Storm Isaias wreaked havoc on New
York City, closing all beaches, fl ooding
streets, and causing trees to collapse
and manhole transformers to blow
across the Five Boroughs. The extreme
weather led over 20,000 Brooklynites
to lose power for several days, in what
utility company Con Edison called the
second largest power outage in the company’s
history, behind only Superstorm
Sandy in 2012. Con Edison’s widely criticized
response led several Brooklyn politicians
to call for government control of
the energy grid.
Pol shares Facebook post equating
Black Lives Matter to Klu Klux Klan:
Southern Brooklyn Assemblyman William
Colton shared a post on his public
Facebook page calling Black Lives Matter
a “hate group” and equating it to the
Klu Klux Klan — which, he said, started
out as a group of “well intentioned people”
before becoming the notoriously violent
white supremacist institution that
it is today.
Man proposed to girlfriend on the
Gowanus Canal: A Gowanus resident
Jamison Pence proposed to Emma Borochoff
while they were paddling on the
neighborhood’s noxious waterway, and
the groom-to-be said he chose Brooklyn’s
Nautical Purgatory because of
their shared love for the neighborhood.
“Gowanus is really ingrained into our
relationship,” Pence said. “We’ve lived
in Gowanus for two years now and we
walk past the canal every single day.”
Steiner Studios to bring a new
fi lm hub to Sunset Park: Steiner Studios
announced they will open a second
studio at Sunset Park’s Bush Terminal.
The television and fi lm studio will
be their second in Brooklyn — joining
their 780,000 square-foot campus at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. The development
of the $320 million 500-square-foot facility
is expected to bring 1,800 construction
jobs, and the fi nished studio will be
required to recruit qualifi ed candidates
from the local community.
SEPTEMBER
De Blasio says pricey BQX will be
Hurricane Isaias uprooted hundreds of trees
and left thousands without power in August.
up to following mayor: Hizzoner announced
that the fate of his pet project, a
$2.73 billion streetcar running along the
northern Brooklyn and Queens waterfront,
would be left up with his successor,
citing coronavirus-related budget
shortfalls for his reason to punt.
Remembering RBG: Brooklynites
came out in droves to remember the life
and legacy of Supreme Court Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Brooklynborn
legal eagle who grew up in the Midwood
area and died Sept. 18 at the age of
87. Governor Cuomo later announced
that a statute to the late justice would be
erected in Brooklyn Bridge Park, overlooking
the Statue of Liberty. On Sept.
22, Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed to rename
the Brooklyn Municipal Building
after “the Notorious RBG.”
Industry City withdraws rezoning
application: After a years-long battle
with local offi cials and some activist
groups, executives at the sprawling
Sunset Park complex scrapped their rezoning
application, which, if approved,
would have allowed for a 12-year, $1 billion
redevelopment of the campus.
OCTOBER
Brooklyn Friends School leaders
withdraw anti-union petition:
The principal of a Downtown Brooklyn
Quaker private school fi led a petition for
the National Labor Relations Board to
consider decertifying the school’s staff
union, citing a Trump-era ruling that
barred employees from organizing at
certain religious institutions. The move
set off a fi restorm of criticism among the
progressive school’s teachers, students,
and staff, prompting a teacher’s strike
that fi nally caused the school’s leadership
to give in.
Iconic Dizzy’s Diner says goodbye
to Park Slope after 22 years: The beloved
diner at the corner of Ninth Street
and Eighth Avenue permanently closed,
devastating locals who had frequented
the greasy spoon over their 22-year tenure
as a staple of Park Slope. Longtime
owner Matthew Pisciotta cited the economic
strain brought on by the pandemic
as the death knell for the laidback
bistro.
NOVEMBER
Brooklynites celebrate Biden
victory, Trump defeat in spontaneous
fashion: After the major news
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