Former Politics Reporter for Bklyner, covering Brooklyn politics and Crown Heights/PLG/Bed Stuy. @kadiagoba
Crown Heights
1191 Park Place in Crown Heights – Albany Houses (Screenshot: Google Maps)CROWN HEIGHTS — A Crown Heights man was arraigned today for the alleged murder of his mother after police found her stuffed in a closet with several stab wounds. Jason Reeves, 32, was charged with murder in the second degree
Central Brooklyn
Community Board 9 at 890 Nostrand Ave. between Carroll and Presidents Streets. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS/PLG — Phone service at Community Board 9 was restored Wednesday after nearly a month of no service because a rat infestation in the building’s basement prohibited Verizon from repairing the rat-chewed
Business
CROWN HEIGHTS/PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Here’s a listing of what’s opening & closing in Crown Heights and Prospect Heights. To start, here are some retail scoops: Good news for those on the CB9 [http://www.communitybrd9bklyn.org/] side of Franklin Avenue who were disappointed when Yoon’s closed a
Crown Heights
OBK Oyo’s Bar and Grill (formerly Summerhill) at 637 Nostrand Avenue. (Photo credit: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS — The controversial bar Summerhill in Crown Heights is rebranding — a new name, coat of paint and new items on the menu. Chef Wallahi Oyo told Bklyner he entered into a co-ownership
News
BROOKLYN — After a month-long partial government shutdown over funding for border protection, some of the Democratic-led Congress doubled-down on immigrant guests for Tuesday’s State of the Union (SOTU) address. Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, who boycotted [https://www.facebook.com/repyvettedclarke/videos/1697151057014033/] the last two SOTUs over President Trump’s
Business
Babydudes at 715 Nostrand Ave. in Crown HeightsCROWN HEIGHTS — A Crown Heights couple is serving up coffee to residents in the nabe. Hannah Jacobs and Tali Petschek opened the coffee shop Babydudes [https://www.instagram.com/babydudes/?hl=en] last month after meeting at another commercial kitchen, ELEVEN36 [https://www.
affordable housing
Renderings of the completed mural at 824 East New York Ave. (Rendering credit: Ariel Rouco)EAST FLATBUSH/CROWN HEIGHTS — A developer who enlisted two overseas muralists [/east-flatbush-mural-paints-portrait-of-community/] to design and paint an art piece showing different cultures living together across its facade is only affordable to neighbors making 130 percent
Coney Island
CONEY ISLAND — Two people were shot, one fatally, at an apartment complex in Coney Island Monday morning, according to police. NYPD responded to a 9-1-1 call at 11:53 a.m. at 2750 W. 33rd Street between 33rd and 37th Streets, in Coney Island. Police identified the victims as a
Announcements
193 Sullivan Pl. (Renderings: Reside New York)CROWN HEIGHTS — Affordable Housing Lottery is now open for four apartments at 195 Sullivan Pl. in Crown Heights. The four-story, roughly 15,000 sq. ft. building located between Ludlam Place and Rogers Avenue has 19 units, four of which are listed as affordable
bath beach
SUNSET PARK – A heat and electricity-deprived federal facility [/jail-without-heat/] set off rolling protests outside of the Sunset Park prison this weekend. After several days, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) finally released a statement [https://twitter.com/LisaRoznerTV/status/1091860847562027008/photo/1] Saturday confirming services would be restored Monday, but the
Feature
Door art created by Hollie Tubbs, a teacher’s assistant at PS 231 at 54. (Photo credit: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)BEDFORD STUYVESANT — Tucked behind a Brooklyn Home Depot, up five flights of stairs, along a yellow-painted wall there’s a lady that’s taking social media by storm. Except she’
bath beach
BROOKLYN – Three candidates get an early boost in the public advocate’s race after the New York City Campaign Finance Board (NYCCFB) doled out close to $2 million in the first round of matching funds on Thursday. Michael Blake, Dawn Smalls and Jumaane Williams received public funds under the new