Announcements
Police outside the Morgan Ave station. Anna Conkling/BklynerBrooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced yesterday that Khari Covington, 29, who resides in an East Williamsburg shelter, has been indicted on numerous charges of assault, strangulation, and burglary as hate crimes and other charges for allegedly attacking seven women in East
Kids & Family
Hillel Lichtenstein for BklynerA yellow school bus was picking up Shimon Fried, 6, and his older brother, 9, on their way to school from South 5th Street near Hooper Street in Williamsburg (90 Precinct). The brother made it onto the bus but the driver allegedly didn’t see the child
Borough Park
Hatzolah and NYPD arriving at the scene. Image by Loudlabs.Boro Park/Mapleton Yesterday, the driver who struck and killed one child and left another in critical condition [/one-child-killed-another-critically-injured-in-horrific-borough-park-crash/] on January 4, was arrested and charged with criminally negligent homicide, leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, and
Central Brooklyn
NYPD informs they have arrested Arrested Nasir Perez, 18, of 47th Street in Brooklyn in connection with the murder of Derek Tiucios, 17, of 46th Street, also in Brooklyn. Tiucios was shot in the chest on Wednesday, October 28, 2020, at approximately 2:30 pm in front of 436 East
canarsie
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced 35 community-based pop-up vaccination sites that are opening this week at churches, community centers, public housing complexes and cultural centers across the state. Three of them will be in Brooklyn – at Christian Cultural Center (12020 Flatlands Avenue), United Revival Mennonite Church (390 Melrose Street)
Central Brooklyn
Sledding happening throughout Prospect Park. December 2020. Keira Wingate/BklynerEvery time we get decent snow, brave Brooklynites brace the cold weather at the best sledding spots throughout Brooklyn, pandemic or no pandemic. Sledders shout “1..2..3” before heading down the hill in Prospect Park. Keira Wingate/BklynerNYC Parks is
News
The city is urging New Yorkers to prepare for extremely cold weather that is headed our way in over the next few days. “Gusty winds are in the forecast today and tomorrow with speeds up to 40 mph possible early tomorrow morning and afternoon,” officials warn, and “temperatures tonight will
homicide
Juanita Caballero, 78, was discovered murdered on Friday, January 15, 2021, just before 5 pm at her apartment at Carter G. Woodson houses NYCHA development (73 Precinct/PSA2). She was found laying on the floor in the hallway of her apartment with a cord around her neck and was pronounced
missing person
The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating the following missing people. Ingram Montgomery, 70, was reported missing on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 in 81 Precinct. He was last seen at his residence on Fulton Street near Ralph Avenue in the morning of the
Central Brooklyn
The NYPD is looking for three individuals who last Friday, January 8, invaded and robbed an apartment at 145 East 18th Street in Flatbush. Home invasions are not at all common. https://bklyner.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/133-21-Robbery-Home-Invasion-70-Pct-01-08-21-Video.mp4 The following was reported to police:
Central Brooklyn
While the majority of schoolchildren are learning remotely, many of them depend on school food for nutrition. To make sure no kid goes hungry, the city set up pickup locations [https://www.opt-osfns.org/schoolfoodny/meals/default.aspx] for free breakfasts and lunches – grab and go kits that can be
parks
NYC Parks / Daniel AvilaThis winter is making us hope so hard for an early, COVID-19 free summer. Or at least one where most of us are vaccinated and can safely enjoy the breeze, and the new sprinklers at the Bensonhurst Playground. But sprinklers are not the only improvement the $7.