Business
March is here and in a couple of weeks, so will a brand new New York spirits-focused bar named Cardiff Giant, in the former Splitty space at 415 Myrtle Avenue. What is “Cardiff Giant” and what does it have to do with alcohol? Well, nothing really, except for the New
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Are you good with bike mechanics or don’t mind answering questions and troubleshooting problems over the phone? Then Citi Bike’s job fair [https://www.citibikenyc.com/jobs] with the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation could be for you. The job fair is TOMORROW (Wednesday, March 2) from 12:30-2pm
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Image via NYPD.Have you seen 75-year-old Angel F. Diaz? He was last seen last Thursday, February 25 inside his Hoyt Street home at around 3pm, but wasn’t there later when family and friends checked on him. Diaz stands around 5-feet-7-inches tall, weighs 120 pounds, is thin, and has
Police & Fire
Images via Torres-Ruiz family.Two sisters disappeared from their family’s 52nd Street apartment some time overnight between Sunday, February 28 at 11pm and the next morning, say police and family members, who are hoping the girls are found safe soon. Kimberly and Alicia Torres-Ruiz, age 16 and 14, were
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/]. ONGOING Book Sale Donation Collection When: Through Friday, April 8 Where: Clinton Hill Library
Business
Popular photography retailer B&H is being sued by workers who allege discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, ethnicity, and gender while working in the company’s Brooklyn Navy Yard warehouse. According to the workers, B&H Foto and Electronics Corporation routinely promoted and paid higher
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Police have arrested a homeless man for allegedly slashing a man across the face with a boxcutter on the Classon Avenue G train Queens-bound platform at around 2:50am this morning (Monday, February 29). According to PIX11 [http://pix11.com/2016/02/29/homeless-man-slashes-subway-commuter-who-woke-him-up-in-brooklyn-nypd/] , police say that after being roused
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Image via NYPD.The man pictured above is wanted for allegedly punching and robbing a 35-year-old woman near the Clinton Hill-Bed Stuy border last Sunday, February 21, at Classon and Lafayette Avenues. According to police, it was 7pm when the suspect approached the victim, punched her in the face, demanded
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Image via Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp.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 * Get out the vote: 19 participatory budgeting projects will be on the
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Image courtesy of Fort Greene Park Conservancy.Parks-lovers have until this coming Monday, February 29 to vote for their favorite park to get $5 million in funding through the city Parks Department’s $50 million Parks Without Borders initiative [http://www.nycgovparks.org/planning- and-building/planning/parks-without-borders] — and Fort Greene
Animals
Image via Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition [https://www.facebook.com/163926860354248/photos/a.164058167007784.41892.163926860354248/980164795397113/?type=3&theater] .Who can resist a cute cat in a sink? Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition [http://bbawc.org](BBAWC) introduced us to Sybil: > Sybil was discovered abandoned in
Police & Fire
Juan Ramos, 67, was convicted of murder for stabbing a neighbor to death in 2013. (Photo via Brooklyn DA’s office.)A 67-year-old Sunset Park man has been convicted in the stabbing death of his 23-year-old neighbor — a father of two — and faces up to 25 years in prison for