Business
(Photo via booksaremagic/instagram [https://www.instagram.com/booksaremagicbk/]) After losing the beloved, 35-year-old BookCourt in December [/after-35-years-cobble-hills-cherished-bookcourt-to-close-author-emma-straub-announces-possible-neighborhood-replacement/] , Cobble Hill readers can now look forward to springtime. “Books Are Magic” a new bookstore
Police & Fire
60 Precinct headquarters (Photo via Wikimedia commons)The 60th Precinct, which covers Coney Island, Brighton Beach, and parts of Gravesend, led the entire city in crime reduction for 2016, according to year-end reports. Out of 77 NYPD precincts, the 60th reported the lowest overall crime in recently recorded history,
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Nine alleged gang members were indicted yesterday on charges of stealing more than $94,000 from banks using counterfeit checks. In two years, the defendants and co-conspirators reportedly deposited 241 counterfeit checks into 71 bank accounts at Bank of America, TD Bank, Capital One,
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via NYC Council/twitter [https://twitter.com/MMViverito])Today, New York City Council Speaker gave her final, rousing State of the City address at the historic Kings Theater in Flatbush. Beginning with the council’s record, Viverito applauded programs and legislation that strengthened NYC’s criminal justice system [http:
Central Brooklyn
A deteriorating house at 7 Irvington Place, in the Fisk Terrace-Midwood Park Historic District, was denied a major revamp this week, reports YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2017/02/landmarks-not-satisfied-with-proposed-renovation-of-eyesore-house-at-7-irvington-place-flatbush.html] . The Landmark Preservation Commission deemed
Announcements
PS/IS 338 at 510 Coney Island Avenue, rendering by Purcell Architects (Courtesy of Dept. of Education)The new, long-awaited Kensington public school is now open for middle school applicants throughout District 22. In addition to the standard enrollment period (which opened in November), M.S. 890 is open
News
James Madison High School students and teachers celebrate creating the borough’s longest chain of plastic bags, 2016. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites) Yesterday, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a moratorium on the controversial plastic bag fee [/albany-legislators-working-block-nycs-plastic-bag-fee-sheepshead-bay/] set to begin today,
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via Ditmas Park Corner)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories as well as other curiosities throughout Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. Where Do Bodega Flowers Come From? [Gothamist [http://gothamist.com/2017/02/14/bodega_flowers_explainer.php#photo-1]] 7th Avenue Bike Lane
Central Brooklyn
162 Argyle Road between Albemarle and Beverley Roads. (Photo via Douglas Elliman)It’s starting to become a real party at the $2Mil club in Prospect Park South, with another Argyle Road home joining the list last week. While not quite as opulent as some of its neighbors, the three-
Feature
Olga Lipschitz. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)At first glance, it’s hard to tell that Mrs. Olga Lipschitz, legendary nursing home administrator and holocaust survivor, is a rebel. Since arriving in the United States in 1946 after liberation from a concentration camp, she’s she’s effortlessly set the
News
Salvatore Lucchesse leaving the 61st Precinct in police custody. (Photo by Lloyd Mitchell/Sheepshead Bites)Today, a Gravesend man was indicted on murder and other charges for beating his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son to death in December [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/12/jaden-jordan-toddler-life-support-
Animals
(Photo via Sean Casey Animal Rescue [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.378832716482.159179.17669251482/10154407517221483/?type=3&theater] )Looking for a new companion? Dodger is a 3-year-old pit mix that needs a loving home. Sean Casey says: “Dodger is our pit bull mix that was