Announcements
(Photo via repyvettedclarke [https://www.instagram.com/p/BP3ecWTFuTk/?taken-by=repyvettedclarke]/instagram) Join Democratic U.S. Congressmember Yvette Clarke of District 9 for a community Town Hall [https://www.facebook.com/events/575731249282728/] on Donald Trump’s First 30 Days in office, with policy experts to discuss immigration, healthcare, and
Central Brooklyn
450 Flatbush Avenue. (Screenshot via Google Maps)An 18-year-old was stabbed in the stomach while hanging out with friends in Prospect Park near Flatbush Avenue on Monday night, police said. The teen and five friends were hanging out after-hours near the Prospect Park Zoo at 9:45pm on Monday, February
Business
(Photo by Carly Miller / DPC)After a three-month long battle and amassing more than 1500 petition signatures, the beloved Flatbush Caribbean bakery won a new lease, said community organizers this week. Loved by neighborhood newbies and lifelong residents, Errol’s Caribbean Bakery at 661 Flatbush Avenue has been serving jerk
Arts & Culture
Not My President Day (Photo by strawwings via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BQxrgEFBR8X/?tagged=notmypresidentday])The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. –Sh*t people say at the Park Slope Food Co-op [New York
Arts & Culture
Rachel Lyon (R) and Sarah Bridgins at Ditmas Lit. (Photo by Debra Pearlman)On a frigid, rainy Tuesday in January, Ditmas Parkers squeezed into the cozy faux-log-cabin outpost perched in Sycamore’s backyard. Huddled around a crackling “fire” and heat lamps, this devoted literary crowd gathered for Ditmas Lit, the
Nonsponsored
> #WheresThePlan [https://twitter.com/hashtag/WheresThePlan?src=hash] @dandonovan_ny [https://twitter.com/dandonovan_ny] we need #CareNotChaos [https://twitter.com/hashtag/CareNotChaos?src=hash] – step up and save our health care and meet with your community! pic.twitter.com/khppPaRa5h [https://t.co/khppPaRa5h] — david cohen (@davecohenm) February
Central Brooklyn
Kensington Stables (Photo by Melissa Akar/Corner Media)This Thursday, the last horse stable near Prospect Park is set to be auctioned off in a bankruptcy sale. But City Council Member Brad Lander is trying to keep the Kensington Stables [http://kensingtonstables.com], built in 1930, from becoming just another
Central Brooklyn
February 19, 2017 (Photo submitted by reader)Last night, firefighters stamped out a house fire on the border of Ditmas Park and Kensington. The all-hands fire started on the top floor of a residential building at 735 Coney island Avenue near Cortelyou Road, around 5:30pm on Sunday, February 19,
Central Brooklyn
Flatbush Avenue near Avenue U. (Screenshot via Google Maps)This month, a 25-year-old unlicensed livery cab driver was charged for mowing down a husband and wife in Marine Park before fleeing the scene in August. After being pulled over for a traffic violation on Troy Avenue on February 8, cops
Central Brooklyn
Photo via NYPDOn Thursday, a Flatbush man with a record of domestic abuse confessed to killing and dismembering his wife, who had been missing for one month. Diana Rodriguez-Martin, 43, was reported missing last week — at which point she hadn’t been seen in one month, said cops. Her husband
community
(Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)This week, news about ICE raids and arrests [https://news.vice.com/story/immigration-raids-hit-major-cities-throughout-u-s] in several U.S. cities rippled throughout immigrant communities in Brooklyn, after a leaked Department of Homeland Security document [http://www.thenyic.org/ICEmemo] linked 40 arrests to NYC. But several
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via brooklynbridgepark/instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BQd0ieuALp7/?taken-by=brooklynbridgepark])The Down-Low is our round-up of stories as well as other curiosities throughout Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. Brooklyn’s 10 most expensive homes sold in 2016. [Curbed [http://ny.curbed.com/maps/brooklyn-most-expensive-homes-sold-2016]] Woman Gives