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Brooklyn Startup Company Brings Retro Design To New Smart Clock

Tidbyt displays upcoming train times./ Photo provided by SinghA new type of smart device will be hitting the market soon, though its design looks like something out of the 1980s. The smart clock, boasting a retro design, LED screen, all in a trendy North American walnut wood case, can tell

Coney Island

Young Wrestler Dies in Gun Fight, Two Other Murders This Weekend

Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] A young wrestler was killed this weekend during a gunfight in East New York. On

Central Brooklyn

Breaking News: Anyone Over 30 Can Get Vaccinated Starting Tomorrow, Over 16 April 6

Governor Cuomo. Darren McGee- Office of Governor Andrew CuomoGovernor Cuomo announced today that New Yorkers over the age of 30 will be eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine starting tomorrow. In addition, on April 6, residents over the age of 16 will be eligible for the vaccine, making eligibility universally

Arts & Culture

Open Culture Program Brings Live Events to Brooklyn Streets

Performers at Dock Street between Front Street and Water Street, Brooklyn. Photo by Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.This Spring, over 50 Brooklyn streets [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/cecm/cultural-events/locations.page]may be used as entertainment venues, thanks to the new Open Culture program. Open Culture will shut

News

Brooklyn District Attorney Dismisses All Outstanding Prostitution Warrants

Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez. (File Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)Today Brooklyn District Attorney, Eric Gonzalez, announced that he had asked the Brooklyn Criminal Court to vacate and dismiss 857 active warrants related to prostitution and loitering for prostitution, which his Office no longer prosecutes. Gonzalez appeared before Brooklyn Criminal Court

Bushwick

One Dead in Bushwick Stabbing

Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] One man had died after a stabbing, steps from his home in Bushwick on Monday.

Cypress Hills

Three Suspicious Deaths Over The Weekend

Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] Cypress Hills One woman has died due to shots fired in front of 3443 Atlantic

homicide

Donors Rally to Support Family of Victim of Deadly Assault in Sunset Park

Yong Zheng, 46, was fatally stabbed in Sunset Park last Friday. Since then, over 1,700 GoFundMe donors [https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yong-zheng-family-to-get-thru-this?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unknown&utm_campaign=comms_gfm+help-yong-zheng-family-to-get-thru-this] have donated more than $112,000 to support his family. Zheng was returning from dinner

Bed Stuy

Two Arrests: In Sunset Park Stabbing And Attempted Rape In Bed Stuy

Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] Sunset Park – On Sunday, February 28, a man was arrested and charged with an assault

Kids & Family

Mother of 2 Killed in Williamsburg by Drunk Driver

A drunk driver has been charged with manslaughter after fatally striking a woman in his gray 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee on Friday in Williamsburg, cops say. Lakierdra Thomas, 32, was texting her boyfriend on her way to buy gifts for her two children when she was killed by the drunk

COVID-19

East Brooklyn Mutual Aid Needs Help Funding Food Deliveries

East Brooklyn Mutual Aid volunteers./ Photo Provided by Natasha SantosThe East Brooklyn Mutual Aid (EMBA) [https://www.eastbrooklynmutualaid.org/about] is hosting a fundraiser [https://www.instagram.com/p/CLc4NUXrReE/] to keep their volunteer group organizing food distribution in Brownsville, Ocean Hills, East New York, and Cypress Hills for another

homicide

A-Train Murderer Found

Suspect Apprehended in A Train murders. Photo via CrimeStoppersYesterday, a suspect was arrested and charged in the murder in connection with multiple stabbings over the course of 14-hours on the subway that left two dead and two in critical condition. The suspect, 21-year-old Rigoberto Lopez, who was living in a

News

Sheepshead Bay Post Office Building Damaged in Fire

Sheepshead Post Office building on fire. Photo via CitizenThe fire on the second floor of the building where the Sheepshead Bay branch [https://brooklyn.postofficehours.us/new-york/BAY/2628-E-18TH-ST-11235/] of the USPS is located at 2628 E 18th St started on Friday morning. The report of a fire came in

Neighbors

14 Men Arrested Onboard Party Bus in Dumbo, 8 Guns Retrieved

14 men arrested and charged with possession of 8 guns./ Photo provided by NYPD’s TwitterLast night, 14 men were arrested in Dumbo and charged with criminal possession of firearms. At 9:10 pm, Youth Coordination Officers from Police Area 2 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/transit-housing/police-service-area-2.

Central Brooklyn

As Tax Season Begins, People on Unemployment Face Owing Thousands to the IRS

Tax season has officially begun and some Brooklyn residents who received unemployment during 2020 are facing unexpectedly high tax bills for their government aid. Photo by Jon Tyson [https://unsplash.com/@jontyson?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/taxes?utm_

Animals

NYPD Horses Break Free From Officers, Gallop Freely in Midwood

NYPD horses safely returned to stable./ Photo provided by NYPD’s TwitterMIDWOOD- Yesterday, two NYPD horses named Samson and Freedom galloped freely through the streets of Midwood after police dismounted from the animals. The incident unfolded at around noon on E. Eighth St and Quentin Road. The NYPD cops and

affordable housing

Currently Open: Affordable Housing Lotteries

While we all know that what the city deems “affordable housing” is only rarely truly affordable, it’s worth keeping an eye out and application in (click here to apply [https://housingconnect.nyc.gov/PublicWeb/search-lotteries]). Here are the current housing lotteries open for applications: 1620 Fulton St, via HPDThe

Cypress Hills

Man Dead After Assault in Cypress Hills

Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] Andrew Garris, the 26-year-old man who lived in an apartment in Ozone Park, died on

Bushwick

Valentine’s Fundraiser For Mutual Aid Groups: Sharing Love The Brooklyn Way

Comida Pal Pueblo volunteers distribute food. Photo courtesy of Vianca LugoTo give back to folks who have been selflessly helping the most vulnerable in the community, this Valentine’s Day, consider ordering from Nuestra Mesa BK, [https://www.nuestramesabk.com/] a Brooklyn-based kitchen collective, who along with Plants For The

Central Brooklyn

A Man Murdered, A Woman Assaulted, and Many Missing Neighbors

Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] Arrested: On Saturday, Dashawn Garland, a 28-year-old man from Inglewood, CA, was arrested and charged

Announcements

Myrtle Ave Black ArtStory Returns: Love, This Time

Ashley Crawford art for Black ArtStory / Photo courtesy of Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn PartnershipThe Myrtle Avenue Black ArtStory [https://myrtleavenue.org/blackartstory2021/] is back to celebrate Black History Month in the neighborhood. The art-history-social-justice event is organized every year by the local merchants’ group Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership, and this will

Brooklyn Heights

Brooklyn’s Henry Gutman To Head City’s Department of Transportation, Promises 10,000 Bike Racks

Commissioner Henry (‘Hank’) Gutman at City Hall on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeMayor de Blasio announced this morning that Henry ‘Hank’ Gutman will be the new Commissioner of Transportation. Gutman is a lawyer, who clerked for Judge F. Dooling early in his career [https://www.nyls.

Central Brooklyn

Suspect Found in Sept Murder, One Murdered in Crown Heights Shooting

Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] Errol Stephenson, a 28-year-old male who lives in the Bronx neighborhood of Osman Place, was

News

Glenwood Houses Without Heat In The Middle Of Massive Snow Storm

via @NYCSanitationThe 2,424 residents of Glenwood Houses were without heat all day today as the snowstorm that made Mayor de Blasio issue a State of Emergency blanketed the city. The outage follows a weekend where four Glenwood Houses buildings, which house 497 residents, were without heat or hot water

Central Brooklyn

A Healthcare Career Hub Coming To Crown Heights

Medgar Evers College will host a Healthcare Career Hub, Mayor de Blasio announced last week. “In the years ahead, we will make New York City the public health capital of the world,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio in his State of the City Address. “We’re going to create opportunities