Arts & Culture
Ditmas Park’s very own creative extraordinaire Kristine Scheiner has imagined the unimaginable: the Zombie Apocalypse in her very own neighborhood. In coloring book form! Fun is at the center of her creative process, and you can get a piece at the zombie costume party this Saturday at Sycamore [http:
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Business
Sycamore Bar and Flower shop, 1118 Cortelyou Road, June 27. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)[Update 6/28 at 4pm: Sycamore passed another DOH inspection today, according to owners and city officials. See our second story, published 6/30 here [/sycamore-re-opens-clean-bill-sans-flower-shop-food-court/]] Today, Ditmas Park’s favorite flower shop-bar had a
Central Brooklyn
379 Ocean Parkway. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)The race to the top of Brooklyn’s skyline continues! This week, developers have pushed to build three new apartment complexes in our coverage areas — Kensington, Sheepshead Bay, and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, adding more fodder for the ever-growing density [/development-boom-brings-hundreds-families-crowding-flatbushditmaskensington-map/] in central and
Central Brooklyn
Photo via NYC Parks Department [https://www.facebook.com/nycparks/photos/pb.20292388081.-2207520000.1437500517./10153960394743082/?type=3&theater] As our steamy New York City summer gets started, plan your heat relief at one of Brooklyn’s 15 free outdoor public pools. Pools open tomorrow, June 29 and stay
Central Brooklyn
Photo via NYPDHelp cops find a credit card thief who reportedly went on a handbag spender-bender with a stolen account. A 30-year-old woman got a warning notice from Chase bank that someone was making unauthorized purchases on Sunday, April 2 — even though she still had the credit card in her
Central Brooklyn
Today’s sun shower in Prospect Park. (Photo by @KMIRASKI [http://www.imgrum.org/user/kmiraski/247395759/1061690469526528932_247395759] /instagram)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -New Brooklyn-based mob drama seen filming throughout the borough
Central Brooklyn
A man with extensive NYC connections was sentenced this week for his involvement in trafficking 33 guns from North Carolina to Brooklyn streets, said officials. Marcus Gamble, 24, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and five years’ post-release supervision. Gamble pled guilty [/plg-gun-trafficker-off-streets/] to first-degree criminal sale charges last
Business
(Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Park Slope’s iconic French-Hungarian cafe has officially — and quietly — closed, owners confirmed today. After the Sunday crowds shuffled out, owners of Cafe Dada at 57 7th Avenue between Lincoln Place & St Johns Place, put up a single ‘closed’ sign that remained during Monday
Central Brooklyn
Photo via NYPDHelp cops find an elderly man who’s been missing from his Albemarle Road home since last night. George Dames, 68, was last seen on Monday, June 26 at 9:15am leaving his home, said cops. He is described by police as a white man and was last
Central Brooklyn
Red Hook mural. (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -Paul Massey proposes to cover city highways with parks [NY Post [http://nypost.com/2017/06/25/paul-massey-proposes-to-cover-city-highways-with-parks/] ] -The Abandoned School
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via Coney island/Facebook)Feeling the Monday work-a-day blues? Take advantage of the upcoming long summer nights with two free outdoor movie series — one in Coney Island and Prospect Park — to get you out under the stars. Flicks on the Beach, organized by the Alliance for Coney Island [http:
Bensonhurst
(Photo via Vegas Diner/Facebook)Today, an iconic Bensonhurst diner has shut its doors, and neighbors spent the weekend enjoying one last meal and reveling in memories. The Vegas Diner, a hallmark of old-school Brooklyn at the corner of 86th Street between Bay 13th Street & 16th Avenue, closed almost