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Central Brooklyn
Photo via NYPDUpdate 5/26 9am: Richards has been reported found by the police. Cops are searching for Jeanine Richards, pictured above, who has been missing since yesterday afternoon. East 18th Street resident Richards, 32, was last seen on Wednesday, May 24, leaving the United Artist movie theater at 106
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via NYPL)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -Simcha Felder Tells Fellow Rogue Democrats to Rejoin the Party Fold. [New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/24/nyregion/simcha-felder-independent-democratic-conference-senate.html?_r=0]
Central Brooklyn
222 East 21st Street. (Rendering via New Empire Real Estate Development)A nine-story, 115-unit mixed-use building could rise at 222 East 21st Street between Church Avenue and Albemarle Road, reports YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2017/05/revealed-nine-story-115-unit-mixed-use-building-filed-at-222-east-21st-street-flatbush.html] . Plans for the 80-foot tower include a community space, an enclosed
Bensonhurst
Savarese Italian Pastry Shoppe, at the corner of New Utrecht Avenue and 60th Street. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Savarese Italian Pastry Shop, a staple of Bensonhurst’s Italian dessert scene, is celebrating it’s 100 year anniversary next year. We’ve already named Savarese one of the five best
Central Brooklyn
Coney Island Avenue & Avenue O, May 21 at 7pm. (Photo by Mike Wright [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10211646942786348&set=pcb.10211646944626394&type=3&theater] )On Sunday evening May 21, an elderly couple was struck by a car at Coney Island Avenue and Avenue
Central Brooklyn
L to R: Marty Maher, David Greenfield, Shawn Campbell and Alvin Berk from CB 14. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)City Council Member David Greenfield, parks officials, civic leaders, and Kensington residents rolled out the red carpet today to celebrate the Di Gilio Playground groundbreaking, a $2.8 million gut
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
City Kid Corner
NYRR Young Runners taking off at the Youth Boardwalk Run, Saturday, May 20 (Photo via NYRR)For Young Runners at I.S. 234, there was a lot of buildup to the Airbnb Brooklyn Half Marathon last Saturday, as dozens of student athletes ran a mile-long loop on the Coney Island
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Police & Fire
[Update 5/23 9am: On Monday, May 22 police arrested Bensonhurst man Christopher Clemente, 20, and he has been charged with attempted rape, forcible touching, and sexual abuse.] Cops are turning to the public for help locating a suspect in an attempted rape that occurred on the street in Bensonhurst
Announcements
Brooklyn Construction Director; CB 12 District Manager Barry Spitzer; Bklyn Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey; Councilman Brad Lander; and designers at groundbreaking for Phase 1, 2016. (Photo via NYC Parks, by Daniel Avila) Tomorrow, the makeover begins on Dome Playground’s basketball and handball courts, Parks Department announced, a much-used park
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Police & Fire
(Screenshot via Google Maps)An 8-year-old girl was seriously injured in Marine Park on Saturday when a driver hit her and then fled the scene. Before sundown, the 8-year-old girl was crossing in the middle of East 31st Street between Kings Highway and Avenue P on Saturday, May 20, said
Police & Fire
Via NYPDCops are searching for a man accused of a four-incident robbery spree in Sheepshead Bay and Manhattan Beach, who tricks victims into thinking they stole a cellphone in order to get them to comply. The spree reportedly started last month on April 22 in front of 2452 East 24th