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Ben Brachfeld

Ben Brachfeld

Ben Brachfeld is a freelance reporter based in Brooklyn. His work has also appeared in Gotham Gazette, City & State, and Gothamist. Reach out to him via email at benbrachfeld@bklyner.com, or on Tw
Oct
14
New Brooklyn Jail Expected to Have 885 Beds, City Says

New Brooklyn Jail Expected to Have 885 Beds, City Says

Brooklyn Detention Complex, 275 Atlantic Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) Brooklyn’s new jail is expected to have 885 beds
2 min read
Oct
14
State Orders National Grid to Immediately Connect 1,157 Customers with Gas Service, Alleges Company Violated Law

State Orders National Grid to Immediately Connect 1,157 Customers with Gas Service, Alleges Company Violated Law

National grid working by a hotel in Gowanus that will become a homeless shelter this fall. Liena Zagare/BklynerNational Grid
3 min read
Oct
11
Downtown Brooklyn’s New “Shared Streets” Popular With Locals

Downtown Brooklyn’s New “Shared Streets” Popular With Locals

Pearl Street looking toward Willoughby Street. Ben Brachfeld/BklynerThe newly unveiled redesign of Downtown Brooklyn’s “shared street” is seen
2 min read
Oct
10
Former Montgomery Staffer Jason Salmon Enters Race to Replace Her…If She Retires

Former Montgomery Staffer Jason Salmon Enters Race to Replace Her…If She Retires

Jason Salmon. Courtesy of Salmon for Senate.The race to replace State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, currently the longest serving member
3 min read
Oct
10
Ex-Cops Sentenced to Five Years Probation for Sex with Detainee

Ex-Cops Sentenced to Five Years Probation for Sex with Detainee

Richard Hall and Eddie Martins, the two former NYPD detectives whose “on-duty sex” with an eighteen-year-old girl in their custody
2 min read
Oct
09
MTA Soliciting Rider Feedback for Brooklyn Bus Route Redesign

MTA Soliciting Rider Feedback for Brooklyn Bus Route Redesign

Select Bus B44, assisted by a dedicated bus lane. Liena Zagare/BklynerThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has begun to study
3 min read
Oct
08
Synagogues to See Beefed Up Police Presence Over Yom Kippur

Synagogues to See Beefed Up Police Presence Over Yom Kippur

Congregants at the city’s synagogues can expect to see a larger police presence, from both NYPD and State Police,
1 min read
Oct
08
Cops Find Man’s Body Floating Off Glass Bottle Beach

Cops Find Man’s Body Floating Off Glass Bottle Beach

Police on Sunday afternoon responded to a 911 call reporting a body floating in the water off Glass Bottle Beach,
Oct
07
Digital Billboard Hacked Again to Display Anti-Car Message

Digital Billboard Hacked Again to Display Anti-Car Message

Screenshot courtesy of Curtis FoxHackers on Monday aimed, again, to make drivers consider the impact of their choice of transportation
1 min read
Oct
07
Animals Blessed Across Brooklyn

Animals Blessed Across Brooklyn

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Brooklyn pups and kitties, bunnies and more filled up churches and got to be closer to God at
1 min read