Anna Conkling is a reporter at Bklyner. She is a senior at The New School majoring in Journalism and Design.
Announcements
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
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
Central Brooklyn
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
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 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
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
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] Cypress Hills One woman has died due to shots fired in
homicide
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
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
Kids & Family
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 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
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 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 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
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/
Animals
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