Police & Fire
(Photo via New York City Alerts/twitter)Last night, a woman was struck and killed by a pick-up truck while crossing the street between two parked cars in Gerritsen Beach, said cops. The woman, who was in her 50s, was crossing near Whitney Avenue and Gerritsen Avenue on Tuesday, February
North Western Brooklyn
Photo via NYPDPolice are searching for suspects who stole keys and crept into a Clinton Hill apartment in the middle of the night and robbed two men at knifepoint. Seeing two men stumbling toward their apartment, one of them carrying the other, the female suspect offered to help the 28-year-old
Bensonhurst
Washington Cemetery. (Photo via Dov Hikind)Local politicians and NYPD investigators responded to more than 40 toppled headstones found at a historic and predominantly Jewish cemetery in Midwood on Saturday, calling the incident an act of anti-Semitism and ‘desecration.’ “It’s heartbreaking—not just to the loved ones of those
News
Avenue V in Sheepshead Bay. (Screenshot via Google Maps)Cops arrested a man who shot a woman in the stomach inside her Avenue V apartment on Saturday night. Travis Bascom, 26, reportedly shot the 38-year-old woman at 10:30pm on Saturday, March 4, said cops. Bascom fled the scene, but
News
Indulgent breakfast at George’s, Coney Island Avenue at Cortelyou Road. (Photo by Dina Rabiner)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
Arts & Culture
(Photo via Stephanie Romano)An activist movement is blossoming in Bay Ridge — a blue enclave in a red sea, surrounded by the majority Republican-voting Staten Island, Bensonhurst, and Dyker Heights. But when Bay Ridge native Stephanie Spangler decided to stage a women’s benefit event at The Owl’s Head
Police & Fire
(Photo by Diana Saez Rivera)Less than an hour ago, a fire sparked in the basement of a Sheepshead Bay home, said FDNY. The blaze at 2701 Avenue W and East 27th Street sent dozens of firefighters and emergency medical workers rushing to the street corner at around 9am, Friday
Police & Fire
Photo via NYPDNaomi Barker, 14, was reported missing earlier this week [/help-cops-find-missing-14-year-old-flatbush-girl/] and was last seen on February 25 at 8:45am near East 29th street and Glenwood Road, according to NYPD. Thankfully, she returned home on her own today in safe condition, said police. Barker’s temporary disappearance caused
Feature
Victory moment for 16-year-old Alan Temiryaev. (Photo via Misha Mokretsov/NYFA)A disciplined but fun-loving sophomore at James Madison High School is setting records for fencing and laser-sharp focus — from the fencing academy in Coney Island to championships around the world. In February, Alan Temiryaev, back from a debilitating knee
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Joe Strini/propertysharkTake a peek at this modernized, historic landmarked Victorian home — this time in Ditmas Park — that joined the $2 million plus club this week. The sprawling, three-story home (two full stories plus an attic) at 497 East 17th Street between Dorchester Road and Ditmas Avenues, comes
Announcements
(Photo by Michele Travis)A downed tree and busted fence at the Cortelyou Road station is causing massive delays on the Q and B lines this morning, according to neighbors and the MTA. In the photo above, you can see the tree hanging precariously above the tracks, the missing slice
Central Brooklyn
Republican Congressman Dan Donovan speaks with CNN this morning about Trump’s address. (Photo via Dan Donovan/twitter [https://twitter.com/RepDanDonovan])Last night, President Donald Trump gave his inaugural speech to Congress in a Joint Session address. We saw twitter light up with responses from pundits, constituents, and politicians