Hot on the heels of allegations that Brooklyn Industries is co-opting “bike culture”, selling poorly made clothes, and being really uncool about returns, we’ve got more comments from isadora, who reported Saturday in blog comments here on Daily Heights:

“Their winter jackets do not conform with necessary laws that require them to clearly state the type/amount of down. I think they are completely getting over of clueless hipsters who care more about brand than quality. It’s a shame.”

Maybe somebody from Brooklyn Industries can respond to these comments and clear up the confusion. The description of the Einstein Bomber (right) clearly states “50% down 50% feathers”. This is not enough info? Do we need to know where the down came from?

UPDATE on all the flickering lights, brownouts and explosions Friday at Lincoln and Underhill…

rockhound files an eyewitness report in the Prospect Heights Message Boards:

“Two major booms happened, then minor explosions followed. Thick black smoke poured from one of the holes. Two manholes were involved; it looks like one cover flew several feet through the air. Note damaged asphalt around hole.”

More from krs10a posted in blog comments below:

“I heard two loud explosions around 8:30. I called 911, and was told it was a ‘manhole fire’, and a fire engine was already on the scene.”

“A customer in Sabra (deli) said he saw a manhole cover shoot two stories into the air, but this is unconfirmed.”

“A super for a building on Lincoln Place said there was a car that was forced upward by the force of a manhole cover under it…”

Links to full-size photos in the Prospect Heights Message Boards

prospect place writes in the Prospect Heights Message Boards: “Check out this scary picture of what PH could look like post-Ratner:”

qtrain points out that this image is just a sneak peek of a whole group of images to be released next week on onNYTurf:

On Monday March 6, onNYTurf is going to launch a new Google Map of the Atlantic Yards area that journals the neighborhood, and a look at the future landscape if Ratner’s plan for the yards is built… The Atlantic Yards map will also kick off a week of releasing several new maps built with our new google map engine…”