Carlton Rehab and Nursing Center
Image via NYPD.A local senior has been missing for over a week and police are asking for our help in finding him. Michael Reid, 60, was last seen on Saturday, July 18 at 11:30pm in the Bronx — inside 350 East 143rd Street — but the Fort Greene man lives
red-tailed hawks
Photo by BrooklynGrange [https://instagram.com/p/5bDEwmns4L/?taken-by=brooklyngrange].Red-tailed hawks are making an appearance at the Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Farm at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. They must be drawn to the open green space! Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@bklyner.com, add them to our
clifton place
Image courtesy of jade [http://mrg.bz/tH53TY].A drive-by shooting at around 12:30am on Sunday, July 26 left two men injured, say police, who are searhing for suspects and the car they were in. As reported by Brownstoner [http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2015/07/two-hurt-in-shooting-on-clifton-place-in-clinton-hill/] , the incident
Below you’ll find information on events through the week in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill this weekend. Check back Thursday to see what’s scheduled this weekend! For family-friendly and kids events, see this week’s (through August 4) Kid Calendar [/blog/2015/07/28/things-to-do-with-the-kids-in-fort-greene-clinton-hill/]. Submit your event
lost pet
Photo courtesy of Stephen Hoogerwerf [https://twitter.com/hoogbk/status/625701228631191552].Neighbor Stephen Hoogerwerf posted this photo [https://twitter.com/hoogbk/status/625701228631191552] on Twitter, asking did “anyone lose a giant bunny? ” The bunny was apparently spotted at around 1:30pm exploring backyards along Washington Park between Willoughby and DeKalb
senior services
The first visit from the USPS Mobile Unit [/blog/2015/07/10/fort-greene-seniors-notch-victory-in-securing-usps-mobile-van-on-myrtle-avenue/] has been postponed from today to this Wednesday, July 29, due to the driver having trouble finding a parking spot this morning near the Willoughby Senior Center at North Portland Avenue and Myrtle Avenue. The next three
Fort Greene Park playground
Volunteers paint the DeKalb Avenue playground in Fort Greene Park. (Photo by Fort Greene Park Conservancy)You may have noticed the DeKalb Avenue playground in Fort Greene Park looking a little spiffy this weekend. That’s thanks to the work of “over two dozen volunteers from Oak Hill Advisors [who
Photo via NYPD.The man seen here is wanted by police for allegedly groping and fondling a 26-year-old woman on a Brooklyn-bound Q train at the DeKalb Avenue station this past Tuesday, July 21. [Update on Thursday, July 30: The suspect, Jonathan Quirindongo, has turned himself in to police.] [/blog/
Image via Google.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 new Brooklyn-wide calendar! Here’s our Kids Calendar [/blog/2015/07/21/things-to-do-with-the-kids-through-july-28-greenlight-sidewalk-sale-music-movies-in-the-park-summer-science-club/] through July 28. 2015 Music In The Grove schedule [/blog/2015/06/16/
1940 Census
Contributed by: Steven Romalewski, CUNY Center for Urban Research (Image via . [http://www.1940snewyork.com/]Every 10 years, the United States conducts a census of people, places and other measurable markers of life in the country. Back in 1940, this was no different, except that in the aftermath, in 1943,
a kid's dream
This Sunday, July 26 marks the first anniversary of the day that A Kid’s Dream Hair Salon & Spa [http://akidsdreamnyc.com/] (549 Myrtle Avenue, at Emerson Place) opened, [/blog/2014/08/19/now-open-a-kids-dream/] bringing the full-service salon experience, from haircuts, braids and blowouts, to manicures, pedicures and facials
Detective Richard Lyman
Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams recognizes retired NYPD Detective Richard Lyman (left), who helped solve a 12-year-old murder case in Flatlands, and Iver Whittingham (right), a Good Samaritan who tried to stop a fight between teenage girls at a McDonald’s in Fort Greene, as “Heroes of the Month”