Business
Image via Suneris [https://www.facebook.com/suneris].Industry City tenants are known for their innovativeness, although most often in the tech, art, food, sports, and crafting/furniture spaces. Now, add biotech to the list. Suneris, a biotech startup focused on developing a blood-clotting gel, has leased approximately 10,000
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Image via NYC.gov [http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/plans-studies/zqa/profiles/bk02.pdf] .BY HEATHER J. CHIN AND ALEX ELLEFSON The City Council and Mayor Bill de Blasio have reached an agreement on two zoning changes meant to spur construction of affordable housing [http://www.nyc.
Neighbors
Image courtesy of 72nd Precinct.There’s a new captain in town. NYPD Captain Emmanuel Gonzalez has joined the 72nd Precinct as its new commanding officer, taking over for outgoing Captain Tommy M. Ng, who is now leading the 5th Precinct in Manhattan’s Chinatown. “I’m gonna miss Captain
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Image via NYPD.The man seen here allegedly grabbed and groped a woman’s butt on an escalator at the Jay Street-Metrotech station in the middle of the evening rush hour, said police, who are hoping someone can help ID him. It was around 5:30pm on Wednesday, March 9
Police & Fire
Image via NYPD.A 24-year-old woman told police that the male straphanger seen in the above photo inappropriately touched her leg while rubbing his crotch with his other hand, as they rode a Brooklyn-bound N train through the 36th Street station. It was around 2am on Tuesday, March 15, when
Events
Below you’ll find information on events through the week in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Check back Thursday to see what’s scheduled this weekend! Submit your event listing [/calendar/] to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR [/calendar/]. [/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG_8952.jpg]ONGOING Book Sale Donation Collection When: Through
Announcements
(Photo by Mitchell Trinka)If you’re planning to drive through Downtown Brooklyn this Thursday or Friday, be aware of the planned street paving/milling overnight. Community Board 2 is warning residents that the Department of Transportation’s street-updating plans are aimed for: Court Street and Cadman Plaza West, between
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Image via Cindy Klumb/Gothamist.Back on January 11 of this year, 63-year-old Pratt Institute employee Cindy Klumb was hit and run over by a driver on Myrtle Avenue at Ryerson Street. She sustained two broken ribs, a concussion, trauma to her neck and rotator cuff, and injuries that doctors
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Missed this week’s neighborhood news? We’ve got you covered. And don’t forget to list local events in our Brooklyn-wide Calendar [http://http//www.bklyner.com/calendar]! TOP NEWS * This man and this car [/blog/2016/03/15/cops-seek-id-on-mcdonalds-shooting-suspect/] were seen leaving a shooting at a Clinton Hill
Animals
Senior animals need love, too. Say hello to Emmy! This “sweet and affectionate” 12-year-old spayed female Beagle is “an absolute sweetheart who loves nothing more than just being with you,” says Fort Greene foster parent Kal Mansoor. “She was abandoned by her owners when she got old but she’s
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Image via New York Daily News [http://m.nydailynews.com/new-york/donald-trump-loving-nyc-sanitation-workers-fight-driver-article-1.2568005] .Road rage + Trump trash talk = a bizarre brawl that took place yesterday morning (Thursday, March 17) on Clinton Avenue near Greene Avenue between city sanitation workers and an SUV driver. According to video obtained by [http://m.
Business
A small business showdown between two local wine shops — Thirst Merchants [http://www.thirstmerchants.com] and Greene Grape Wine & Spirits [http://www.greenegrape.com/wine-spirits/] — is forcing neighbors to take sides in a battle that echoes a conflict from three years ago at the start of Fort Greene’s