Police & Fire
66 Boerum Place (Photo via Google Maps)A woman is in critical condition after she set herself on fire outside a child welfare agency in Downtown Brooklyn on Friday. Reportedly, she was distraught over losing custody of her children. On January 13, a woman in her twenties left her kids
Events
(Photo via Ditmas Lit/facebook)Alright winter, enough. But you don’t have to sit at home and wait it out — fight winter depression with a full week of local events, minus the subway commute. Whether you’re looking for great history lectures, literary parties, or hilarious comedy shows — this
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Police & Fire
> On Friday Afternoon in Brooklyn on Nostrand Ave and Ave M. pic.twitter.com/ihyTbu2yQs [https://t.co/ihyTbu2yQs] — NYC Scanner (@NYScanner) January 15, 2017 [https://twitter.com/NYScanner/status/820758351990681603] A woman was struck by a mini school bus on Friday afternoon in the crosswalk at Nostrand Avenue
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Police & Fire
Video released by NYPD Cops are searching for three men accused of robbing two people at gunpoint inside their Coney Island apartment on New Years Day. Three men pushed their way into a second-floor apartment in the vicinity of West 33rd Street on Sunday, January 1, at 8:50pm, said
News
(Photo via brooklynbotanic/instagram)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 you ever have any
Food & Drink
Mexico Diner at 902 Cortelyou Road. (Photo by Carly Miller / BKLYNER)After watching this storefront since August [/blog/business/three-in-one-out-local-business-shuffle/], we were excited to try lunch at the long-awaited Mexico Diner on Cortelyou Road at East 9th Street — the second new Mexican restaurant [/blog/food/taqueria-maria-ricardo-dishes-delightful-mexican-fare/] on the block. We
Education
360 Neptune Avenue (Photo via Ilite Realty)Leases are filling up fast at 360 Neptune Avenue between Brighton 1st and Brighton 3rd Streets — the biggest being Touro College, which is set to move into two floors of the modern building by the end of January. The Touro College & University
Events
(Photo via Tacuma Bradley’s Unity Band/facebook)Whether you’re looking for great live tunes, local activism, or a salsa dance party — this is your spot for the hottest weekend events in (and around) Ditmas Park. If you have an event to share, email us at editor@bklyner.com.
Animals
Elephant Hotel at Surf Avenue and West 12th Street, 1888. (Photo via Elliot Schechter)Gaudy amusement attractions have always been a Coney Island hallmark, but none have topped the strange (and sometimes raunchy) legacy left by the park’s 200-foot-tall elephant-shaped hotel. The Elephantine Colossus, built in 1885, reigned over
Business
Iconic Pickle Guy logo on the shuttered storefront at 1364 Coney Island Avenue in Midwood.(Photo by Carly Miller / BKLYNER)We are sad to announce the closing of ‘The Pickle Guys II” on Coney Island Avenue near Avenue J in Midwood. But it’s not all sour news — you can
News
(Photo via ipohmotormouth/ instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BNZM5vrhufH/?taken-at=256653626&hl=en])A chaotic subway commute last Monday morning frustrated many a rider after bitterly cold temperatures caused ice-clogged drains to flood water onto the tracks [http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2017/01/9/heavy-mta-transit-delays-.
News
“Spotted in Brooklyn” (Photo via Lainna Fader / twitter)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories as well as other curiosities throughout Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. Donald Trump Blasts Allegations In Dossier Claiming He Has Close Ties To Russia. [BuzzFeed News [https://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeednews/trump-president-elect-news-conference?utm_