Pam was a staff reporter at Bklyner, covering North-Western parts of Brooklyn between 2016 and 2019. She also writes about art at arthag.typepad.com.
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the man seen in the below surveillance video and photo in connection to an incident which involved shots being fired on Atlantic Avenue Tuesday afternoon. At approximately 1:40pm on Tuesday, September 26, police say the driver of
North Western Brooklyn
SOUTH SLOPE – The NYPD are searching for a couple who they say attempted to abduct a teenage girl last Friday afternoon. At approximately 2:40pm on September 22 in front of 370 19th Street, a man and a woman in a black SUV pulled up to a 15-year-old girl on
DUMBO
DUMBO – The NYPD reports that an individual was struck by an “F” train at York Street station at approximately 4:25pm Tuesday afternoon. No other information is available at this time. The MTA tweeted that “F” train service is currently experiencing delays in both directions due to an investigation. >
Announcements
Rendering via Castle Rock Equity Group [http://www.castlerockequitygroup.com/portfolio-item/237-duffield-street/] DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – BRIQ, a new 23-story, 105-apartment rental building located at 237 Duffield Street in Downtown Brooklyn, recently launched a lottery for 22 affordable units. Applicants earning 60% of the area median income (AMI) can vie for one
gravesend
GRAVESEND – Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the woman seen in the below photos in connection to a recent burglary. Via NYPDAt approximately 11pm on Thursday, September 7, a 69-year-old man was notified by his credit card company about an unauthorized transaction. The man then discovered
Bay Ridge
BAY RIDGE/DYKER HEIGHTS – Police are investigating a three car collision on the Belt Parkway earlier this month that has left one man dead. Photo via Harvey K / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/theharv58/6805188814/in/photolist-bnmnxC-7KqGp4-dhysjP-9XGVEn-9rQvTt-ecVqDK-ab77GB-9bfUCg-5HdCGb-4KPf6B-8392Ri-6cBDwA-9rJYYc-a8BgD9-51638U-b3kp8-5fqYA6-ab9XEj-CWBFEx-4tm4p-64tP7S-dK8RG-d3cwQU-ao23y9-ftTWf-9WAzC2-ab9XBJ-do4uFD-mLPih-4sYLvC-pUNQcw-2jzEnw-7z82jY-9EVarh-3ASWC-iJXA2n-do4C9h-8ojEVe-vbSNk-
fort greene
Dekalb Avenue (between Vanderbilt & Clinton Avenues) via Google MapsFORT GREENE – A reader wrote in yesterday about a large police presence on Dekalb Avenue late Monday afternoon. She saw several officers, special emergency trucks, detective cars, and a helicopter surrounding the building next to Dosa Royals. Police arrived at Dekalb
Announcements
PROSPECT PARK – On Friday, September 22, Prospect Park Alliance President Sue Donoghue and Council Member Brad Lander hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially reopen two newly restored ballfields [https://www.prospectpark.org/news-events/news/ballfields-6-7-reopen-after-restoration/] on Prospect Park’s Long Meadow. Left to right: Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Marty Maher, Council
Gowanus
GOWANUS – Two men were reportedly shot while sitting in a parked car on Baltic Street near the Gowanus Houses Friday night. Baltic Street via Google MapsPolice responded to a call at 426 Baltic Street (between Hoyt and Bond Streets) at approximately 11:20pm on Friday, September 22, a NYPD representative
gravesend
GRAVESEND – Last Friday, September 22, BKLYNER reported [/person-reportedly-struck-f-train-avenue-x-station/] that a person was struck by an “F” train at the Avenue X subway station, suspending “F” train service between Kings Highway and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue in both directions for approximately two hours. A FDNY representative said firefighters responded to a call
Bushwick
PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS – The NYPD are searching for the man seen in the below photos in connection to a recent attempted robbery on a “Q” train. At approximately 2:50pm on Friday, September 15, a 39-year-old woman was aboard a southbound “Q” train when the suspect approached her and attempted to
Central Brooklyn
Artist Uta Brauser’s @fishwithbraids van parked on 9th Street, Park Slope (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and
North Western Brooklyn
PARK SLOPE – A reader wrote in to say that he witnessed a scary incident on Flatbush Avenue between Bergen Street and 6th Avenue on his way home Thursday night. As he exited the Bergen Street subway station at approximately 11:45pm on September 21, he says that he saw “a
gravesend
[UPDATE: Friday, September 22 at 5pm] The MTA tweeted that F train service has resumed with delays. GRAVESEND – An incident earlier at the Avenue X subway station has suspended F train service between Kings Highway and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue in both directions. The MTA tweeted shortly after 3pm this afternoon
Events
Park Slope Library, 431 6th AvenuePARK SLOPE – Shake the sand out of your summer reading books and donate them, along with any other gently used books and media, to the Park Slope Library this weekend. Friends of the Park Slope Library [https://www.facebook.com/FriendsofParkSlopeLibrary/] will begin accepting donations
Arts & Culture
80 Flatbush mural, work in progress (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)FORT GREENE/DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Back in May, Alloy Development issued a call for submissions [/alloy-development-seeks-mural-artists-80-flatbush/] seeking an artist to create temporary large-scale murals on the exterior of its 80 Flatbush [http://www.80flatbush.com/] project. Earlier this month, the firm