MADURO HELD IN SUNSET PARK
There is no dedicated news coverage of Sunset Park — but Sunset Park makes news. This FREE biweekly(ish) digest curates and summarizes all the headlines from all the news sources that touch our neighborhood, which is one of the most vibrant in Brooklyn.
SUNSET PARK JAIL HOLDING NICOLÁS MADURO CALLED ‘HELL ON EARTH’
New York City’s Metropolitan Detention Center is set to become the new home for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro for the foreseeable future and it has a reputation from past high-profile inmates. From complaints about violence and overcrowding to food barely fit for human consumption, the facility has faced criticism for decades. Many of those complaints have come from detainees like Sean Combs, Sam Bankman-Fried, Luigi Mangione, Ghislaine Maxwell and R. Kelly to name a few. From complaints over food to cleanliness and safety - the center has been called “Hell on Earth.” Inmates have died in the jail, fights have broken out and there have been staffing shortages since its opening in the 1990s. … — ABC7
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GOD’S LOVE WE DELIVER OPENS NEW MEAL DISTRIBUTION SITE
The city’s largest medically-tailored meal provider is expanding its operation in Brooklyn as Trump administration policies expected to limit nutrition assistance and Medicaid spending begin taking effect. God’s Love We Deliver, which delivers home-meals to mostly low-income New Yorkers who are too sick to prepare food for themselves, is ramping up its operation with the opening of a distribution center in Sunset Park. … — CRAINS
MAN SLASHED AT SUBWAY STATION
A 26-year-old man was arrested Monday afternoon for allegedly slashing another man at a Brooklyn subway station, NYPD officials said. Police officers responding to a call about an assault at the 53rd Street subway station on the R line in Sunset Park around 1 p.m. found a 33-year-old man with multiple cuts throughout his body, officials said. Emergency responders transported him to the hospital in stable condition. Authorities said they took Crown Heights resident Caleb Polidore into custody at the scene. He was charged with assault, weapons possession, menacing and harassment, the NYPD said. … — GOTHAMIST
NYPD UNIFORMS FOUND STUFFED IN BOX ON NYC STREET, SPARKING MYSTERY
A cardboard box filled with official NYPD uniforms was found near a Brooklyn cemetery, police said. The bizarre find was reported to police on an industrial street between Green-Wood Cemetery and an MTA train yard, a NYPD spokesperson told The Post. … — NY POST
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HALTS EMPIRE WIND 1 FOR SECOND TIME
The future of Empire Wind 1 is blowing in the wind once again after the Trump administration announced Dec. 22 that it would pause the leases for five wind farms under construction off the East Coast, including Empire Wind 1 — New York’s largest offshore wind project — effective immediately. It’s the second time this year the Trump administration has pulled the plug on the $5 billion project, which is located 15 to 20 miles off the coast of Long Island and includes an operations and maintenance hub at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal in Sunset Park. … — BROOKLYN PAPER
WHERE WAS ‘FALLOUT’ FILMED?
Welcome back to the dystopian world of the Wasteland. On Dec. 16, Fallout season 2 premiered, taking viewers to the year 2296, centuries after a nuclear war ravaged America. … So, where was Fallout filmed? Here’s everything to know about the real-life locations the cast worked in. … One major setting, the Vault tunnels, was built on sets in Sunset Park, per Kodak. According to The New York Times, the series filmed on soundstages at the Brooklyn Army Terminal, which fans spotted it used as the Enclave Research Facility. … — PEOPLE