Central Brooklyn
Today, a Flatbush man was indicted for murdering and dismembering his wife early this year, said Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. Phillip Martin, 42, pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter, and concealment of a human corpse. When he was arrested on February 16, Martin confessed
Food & Drink
(Photo by Liliya Bomme/BKLYNER)A popular Brighton Beach gourmet market is expanding to Sheepshead Bay, with a European artisan bakery opening soon on Gravesend Neck Road at East 17th Street. Gourmanoff Bakery [http://gourmanoffbakery.com], opening at 1601 Gravesend Neck Road, already has a tantalizing Facebook page featuring classy
Announcements
New MTA photo shows a high-tech upgrade planned for the 53rd St. station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. (Courtesy: MTA Renderings)To all Sunset Parkers: your daily commute is set to change starting on Monday. And Bay Ridge — you’re next. Three subway stations on the R line will close for
Central Brooklyn
MTA workers clearing a downed tree on the B/Q line earlier today. (Photo via NYCT subway/twitter)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. –MTA deaf on Sheepshead Bay Road elevator [Brooklyn Daily [http://www.
News
(Photo via Dan Donovan’s office)Today, U.S. Congressman Dan Donovan announced his intention to vote “no” on the current draft of the GOP’s American Health Care Act, despite the package of amendments released on Monday to modify the bill. “I do not believe the legislation as currently
Central Brooklyn
Service road, Ocean Parkway and Avenue J, Jan. 17 (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Just when you thought the battle was over, more drama is stirring up the gravel on Ocean Parkway as State lawmakers try to raise the road’s speed limit. This month, State Senator Simcha Felder sponsored
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Parents checking out a project board at the District 45 PB Project Expo, Flatbush YMCA. (Photo by Carly Miller)Voting for Participatory Budgeting [/tonight-see-participatory-budgeting-projects-flatbush-midwood/] begins this Saturday, March 25, and we stopped by the Project Expo for Flatbush and Midwood to give District 45 residents a peek at the projects
Nonsponsored
250 Avenue Z and West 15th Street. (Screenshot via Google Maps)Density is rising in southern Brooklyn, with new apartments jockeying for space on vacant or low-rise home sites. Gravesend Potential apartments or condos could replace a gated cluster of small homes in Gravesend, according to YIMBY. A Brooklyn-based LLC
Health
Activists in Bay Ridge want to de-politicize the Affordable Care Act battlefield and put a human face to the struggle to pay for coverage in southern Brooklyn and Staten Island. In a new video [https://vimeo.com/208978875] made by Courtney Scott and Rebecca Brodsky, constituents from U.S. Congressman
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via Participatory Budgeting Project)It’s that time of year again — where democracy gets hyper-local, giving neighbors a chance create projects and then vote on how public money is spent in their council district. Participatory budgeting [http://council.nyc.gov/html/pb/home.shtml], a city program that allows
Central Brooklyn
Putnam’s Pub & Cooker (Photo via Facebook)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and sign up for our daily newsletter [/]. And if
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After getting his day in court, Alex “Shaya” Lichtenstein, who was found guilty of bribing cops for speedy gun permits, has been sentenced to 32 months in jail, slapped with a $20,000 fine, and ordered to alcohol addiction treatment, a federal judge decided on Thursday. The jail sentence — which