The Brooklyn Brief: Diddy on suicide watch, Brooklyn Football Club hires its first coach
Plus, new images of the train that will (eventually?) connect Brooklyn to Queens, and RIP Yosef Gottlieb
It’s Monday — it’s fall — and the temps will be 58 degrees tonight. Let’s get into the latest happenings around Brooklyn.
The Brooklyn Nets signed Yongxi Cui to a two-way contract over the weekend. Plus, Brooklyn might be ahead of the curve in the battle over tipping in 2024.
All of this and much more in your Brooklyn Brief.
In the news
- Sean “Diddy” Combs was placed on suicide watch Friday as he remains in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, reports Mediaite.
- Kehlani brought her highly anticipated Crash World Tour to Barclays Center on Friday night. Featuring special guests Flo and Anycia, the tour follows the release of her new album, “Crash.”
- The MTA shared renderings of The Inter-Borough Express, a new electric train that will maybe, hopefully, eventually connect Brooklyn and Queens, reports Time Out New York. The proposed route will be a 40-minute door-to-door trip between the boroughs.
- Brooklyn Football Club announced the hiring of Jessica Silva as the first head coach of its women’s team. Silva signed a two-year contract, beginning with their current inaugural 2024/25 USL Super League season. The Portuguese-Canadian Coach brings international experience to the women’s team, having been an assistant coach for Canada’s U15, U17, and U20 women’s national teams.
- Yosef Gottlieb of Williamsburg’s Gottlieb’s Restaurant passed away on September 19 at the age of 75. Since 1962, Gottlieb’s has been famous for its chicken liver, pastrami sandwiches and goulash.
- The Brooklyn Horror Film Fest announced the line-up for their ninth year, taking place next month at both Nitehawk locations, reports The Playlist. This year’s Leviathan Award, Brooklyn Horror’s tribute to the genre’s luminaries, will go to indie horror maestro Larry Fessenden, who will be in attendance.
- The attorney for Derell Mickles said he is still bedridden and cannot walk, reports Gothamist. Mickles was shot by police last weekend inside a Brooklyn subway station for skipping subway fare and threatening police with a knife.
- Sound Tribe Sector 9 returned to Brooklyn after two years when they played at Brooklyn Steel on Friday night. The Santa Cruz band brought the house jam and played tunes they hadn’t performed in nearly 20 years, such as “Muir Soul.” Jamie Huenefeld wrote a review of the show at GratefulWeb with photos by Killahwave.
- The Brooklyn Nets signed Yongxi Cui to a two-way contract, they announced on Friday. The 21-year-old Cui (6’6”, 210) joins Brooklyn after going undrafted in the 2024 NBA Draft.
- Is Brooklyn the frontline for a détente in the great tipping war of 2024? Sey Coffee in East Williamsburg paved the way in 2013 when they asked customers to stop tipping their baristas. Why? Because they pay their employees fair and competitive wages. As Gothamist reports, other coffee shops like Passionfruit Coffee in Bed-Stuy have joined the movement and removed tipping options from checkout screens. What do you think about this no-tipping trend?
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What to do this week
Monday, September 23
The Brooklyn Book Festival
Various times and locations, ongoing until Sept. 30
The annual Brooklyn Book Festival returned yesterday and will run through the 30th, spotlighting writers of all genres: fiction and nonfiction, poetry, prose, and graphic storytelling, international and local, for adult and young readers alike. Events are free, but plenty of books will be for sale.
Tuesday, September 24
Movie Night in the Square: ‘Madagascar’ and ‘Moonstruck’
First showing at 4 p.m., second showing at 7
The very first Movie Night in the Square will serve up two screenings on Tuesday: “Madagascar” at 4 p.m. followed by “Moonstruck” at 7. Come early and show your Eventbrite ticket to grab a special Domino Park padded stadium seat. Drinks provided by lemon perfect and guayaki. 12 South 3rd Street. Free.
Spirited Away: Psychic & Paranormal Night
6 to 9 p.m.
Gather with the city’s premier psychics, tarot readers, energy healers, and mediums for an evening of craft cocktails and paranormal fun at Industry City on Tuesday night. Hosted by The Oracle, the event is free to attend, but the readers charge a range of prices. The event takes place at Barrow’s Intense Tasting Room, 86 34th Street. Free.
NYRR Open Run: Brooklyn Bridge Park
7 to 9 p.m.
NYRR Open Run brings free, weekly community-led, approximately three-mile runs to neighborhood parks across the greater New York City area. The program is open to runners and walkers of all ages, abilities, and experience levels. Tuesday’s Open Run route offers views of the Brooklyn Bridge on the way out, the Statue of Liberty on the way back, and the Lower Manhattan skyline the whole way. South side of Fornino on Pier 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Free.
Kareem Rahma’s Tiny Gun, Morning Silk
7 p.m.
Kareem Rahma — comedian, internet personality, host of “Keep the Meter Running” and “Subway Takes” — also has a band. Tiny Gun will be throwing a record release party for their debut EP “No Worries if Not” on Elsewhere’s rooftop with Morning Silk. 599 Johnson Avenue. $20, plus fees
Wednesday, September 25
Carroll Hall Open Garden Hours
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Carroll Hall Garden is a quiet, secluded and private urban garden in the Bushwick. Every Wednesday, the Garden is open to the public to experience calm in the city during their Open Garden hours for reflection, quiet conversation and solitude. This is a free, two-hour event for those who wish to take time out of the day to connect with nature and stillness. The Open Garden is free and open to all but space is limited so be sure to register. All attendees must be separately registered, and they do not permit groups of more than 4 people. 2 Vandervoort Place. Free.
Popcorn with the Pope
7 to 9 p.m.
In 1995, 100 years after the birth of cinema, the Vatican compiled a list of the most significant films. Each film explores something fundamental about the human condition, such as religious faith, love, suffering, pursuit of justice, morality and ultimate meaning. Beginning this week, Father Anthony and parishioners of Assumption Parish will show movies from the list every Wednesday night. This week’s movie is 1938’s “Angels with Dirty Faces.” Each evening will begin with an introduction to the film, the screening (all films are under 90 minutes), and a discussion after. Popcorn and soft drinks will be available, but feel free to bring your own snacks and drinks (hard or soft) to share. All showings will be in ABVM Hall, 55 Cranberry Street. Free.
Thursday, September 26
Cash Cobain at Brooklyn Paramount
Doors at 6 p.m.
At 26, Cobain has released six projects since 2021. A blazing hot rapper and producer, he’s provided bars on tracks he produced for PinkPantheress and Central Cee, Don Toliver and J. Cole. Now he’s got a new album of his own out “Play Cash Cobain.” Catch him while you can. 385 Flatbush Avenue. Tickets start at $53
Dave Guy at The Sultan Room
7 p.m.
Celebrated trumpet player Dave Guy, of The Roots and other projects, released his solo album “Ruby” last week and he’s playing a special album release show at The Sultan Room on Thursday night to celebrate. You’ve heard Guy’s unmistakable trumpet playing, distinct tone and sensibility on songs by Sharon Jones, Amy Winehouse, Charles Bradley, Clairo — and now you can see him live. 234 Starr Street. Tickets are $25.14.
Spotted around the internet
Diddy is being held in the ‘worst prison on earth’ which is in Brooklyn and close to Junior’s which is the cheesecake place he made the contestants from MTB walk there at 10 PM to get him some cheesecake. This almost feels poetic.
— Robin Dabanque (@Graceism_) September 19, 2024
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Can’t beat these New York City views.
Pebble Beach in DUMBO, Brooklyn. pic.twitter.com/1Gqg3NPgyK— NewYorkCityKopp (@newyorkcitykopp) September 22, 2024
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