Early Sunday morning, September 20, three men were shot dead in apparent targeted killings at 58 Fleet Walk, inside the Ingersoll Houses. No one has yet to be arrested, but the police investigation is ongoing. The three men killed were identified by police as Lacount Simmons, 39, Calvin Clinkscales, 43,
Image via Brooklyn Bridge Animal Rescue Coalition.and Who’s Your Doggy.Missed some of this week’s news? Here’s a recap: * Add your events [/blog/2015/05/12/got-an-event-coming-up-share-it-on-our-new-calendar/] to our Brooklyn-wide calendar! * Here’s our Kids Calendar [/blog/2015/09/15/things-to-do-with-the-kids-through-september-22-brooklyn-book-festival-pencil-buildings-and-young-readers-book-group-at-greenlight/] through September 22. * Moving to
new cops
Our local 88th Precinct [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_088.shtml] has received four additional sergeants and two police officers in the past month, and is slated to expect a new female captain and possibly six more officers some time around October — an increase in human
ms 596 peace academy
Image via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/place/MS+596+Peace+Academy/@40.6926483,-73.9588072,3a,75y,158.31h,92.97t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0Wt_QGJUZO2WpNp0rLhziQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xaa611c99b39ddcbe!6m1!1e1] .The city Department of Education (DOE) released a list of 62
City Parks Foundation
Photo by Justina Wong/City Parks Foundation.September isn’t just back-to-school season for kids — it’s also back-to-yoga season for local seniors! Yoga in South Oxford Park — at South Oxford Street and Atlantic Avenue — returns this coming Monday, September 21 and Wednesday, September 23 at 11am, bringing free fitness
Image via the Fort Greene Tennis Association.With Wimbledon behind us, it’s time to move on to watch the Fort Greene Ladder Tournament [https://www.facebook.com/events/499975000159775/] this weekend — September 19-20 — in Fort Greene Park. Hosted by the Fort Greene Tennis Association, day one will see first
cane juice
Photo via cgi0911 [https://instagram.com/p/7v4_HuyN-1/?taken-by=cgi0911].“Fresh cane juice vendor found near the Lafayette Avenue Station of C train. Brings me back to lots of memories.” Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@bklyner.com, add them to our Flickr group [https://www.flickr.
For family-friendly and kids events, see this week’s (through September 22) Kid Calendar [/blog/2015/09/15/things-to-do-with-the-kids-through-september-22-brooklyn-book-festival-pencil-buildings-and-young-readers-book-group-at-greenlight/] . Submit your event listing [/calendar/] to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR [/calendar/] or by emailing editor@bklyner.com. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 Free Beats with DJ Dundee When: Friday, September 18 at 4-6:30pm
Fort Greene Park Greenmarket
Photo via GrowNYC.Good news for those who live closer to the Myrtle and Willoughby Avenue sides of Fort Greene Park: the greenmarket is shifting its vendors to stretch farther north along Washington Park, beginning this Saturday, September 19. “By moving producers to one side of the sidewalk, we will
147 Saint Felix Street
Image via Google Maps.First reported over at [http://www.yimbynews.com/2015/09/three-story-two-unit-townhouse-planned-at-147-saint-felix-street-fort-greene.html] New York YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2015/09/three-story-two-unit-townhouse-planned-at-147-saint-felix-street-fort-greene.html] comes news that the narrow vacant lot over at 147 Saint Felix Street, across from Atlantic Terminal, on Hanson Place, may become a
Olanike Alabi
In case you hadn’t heard, there will be a prayer march/walk through Crown Heights, from Kingston Avenue and Eastern Parkway to Medgar Evers College, TONIGHT beginning at 6pm. The event is in response to the general ongoing presence of violence — including gun violence — in Brooklyn and around the
City Point
Trader Joe’s Court Street location. (Photo by Malcolm Brown [http://www.nycgo.com/venues/trader-joes].)Another major grocer is coming to the area: Trader Joe’s, to the under-construction City Point development at 1-7 DeKalb Avenue, on the border of Downtown Brooklyn and Fort Greene. The 13,700-square-foot store