Central Brooklyn
Sunset Park, Brooklyn (via Fashion Institute of Technology)Hey Brooklyn! Are you trying to figure out how to get your clothing line off the ground, how to price your work or how to merge sustainability and ethics into your design process?The Fashion Institute of Technology [http://www.fitnyc.edu/
Police & Fire
Images via NYPDPolice are searching for the man in the above photos in connection to an assault that occurred on 4th Avenue in Sunset Park early Saturday morning. At approximately 4am on May 27, a 22-year-old woman got into an argument with an unidentified male in front of 1004 4th
Nonsponsored
Manhattan-bound N trains re-open at 20th Avenue station and 8 other southern Brooklyn stations. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)It’s official, we visited all nine stations on the N line that were slated to open on Monday [/n-train-shuffle-man-bound-stations-re-open-monday-closures-ahead/] — and all MTA employees on-site confirmed that the Manhattan-bound N train
Bensonhurst
What is home, anyway? It’s a place that magically draws you in. But you don’t have to Fire Walk With Me to find the perfect Southern Brooklyn spots. (Courtesy Zillow/Shalom Matuuf of Oxford Property Group [https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_rent/house,condo,apartment_duplex,mobile,
Bensonhurst
(Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Corner Media)Okay southern Brooklyn N riders, we have some good news and some bad news. Let’s start with the good because when is there ever good news from the MTA these days. The good: After more than a year, [/major-n-train-renovations-to-begin-on-january-18-bensonhurst/] 9 stations on the
Food & Drink
Burger Joint (Photo via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/BurgerJoint/photos/a.441686204134.232106.239133304134/10152086769289135/?type=3&theater] )Here’s a list of four new restaurants to check out in Sunset Park. The options include Chinese noodles, Turkish döner kebabs by way of Berlin, Shanghainese dumplings, and good
Police & Fire
Help cops catch a pervert accused of inappropriately touching two young girls while they played on the sidewalk last week. Two sisters were playing outside an apartment building near 8th Avenue and 50th Street on Friday, May 12 at 6:45pm when the suspect approached them, said cops. He reportedly
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Police & Fire
Cops are asking for the public’s help locating a man who punched a 78-year-old victim and threw him against a wall in a Sunset Park apartment building. The assault took place early Sunday morning, April 30 at 5am inside of a building near 8th Avenue and 50th Street, said
Bensonhurst
Mother’s Day is almost here. Whether you’re going to her place or she’s coming to yours, I’m sure you’ll want to have a home to boast about. These are some listings you can showboat. (Courtesy Zillow/Mary A Mulcahey of Halstead Property [https://www.zillow.
community
Sunset Park Recreation Center (Photo via NYC Parks)On Tuesday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved much-needed renovations for the Sunset Park Recreation Center [https://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/recreationcenters/B087] located at 4200 7th Avenue, New York Yimby [http://www.yimbynews.com/2017/05/landmarks-approves-renovation-restoration-of-brooklyns-sunset-park-recreation-center.html] reports. The facility was
Bensonhurst
It’s the fifth of May, better known as Cinco de Mayo, and that means it’s a chance to celebrate the culture of our neighbor to the south. Why not consider a move of your own to the south… southern Brooklyn, that is! (Courtesy Zillow/Kelly Wu of EXIT
Food & Drink
Coszcal De Allende (Photo by n.novv via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BR6i-CTgKYC/?taken-at=292713614])Cinco de Mayo is around the corner. Contrary to popular belief, it is not Mexican Independence Day (that’s September 16), but a holiday commemorating Mexico’s victory over France [/cinco-de-mayo-spectacle-coming-9th-street/] at the
News
Lan Shui Yu (Photo via the Office of Eric Gonzalez)Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Tuesday that 37-year-old, mother of two, Lan Shui Yu of Sunset Park, was sentenced to 15 years to life for fatally stabbing a man at the restaurant where she was employed. The
Central Brooklyn
Sakura Matsuri, better known as the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Cherry Blossom Festival [/preview-brooklyn-botanic-gardens-cherry-blossom-festival-2017/], is taking place up north this weekend. However, seeing some green without spending too much of it should be a year-round activity. The best place to do that? Southern Brooklyn. (Courtesy Zillow/Ari Weber of Street
Announcements
Parks Department announced this afternoon that a small swing set portion of the the Sunset Park’s Playground will open in June, and hopes to be able open the whole playground in July. We reported on Monday that the park’s opening had been quietly pushed to September [/sunset-park-playgrounds-opening-delayed-till-september/], outraging
Big Story
This photo was taken by Colleen Peabody-Diez on April 14, a Friday, 2017 around 2:30pm at Sunset Park. This is a common sight on many a weekday.The popular playground in Sunset Park has been under renovation for the past year and was originally expected to reopen this month,