Former Politics Reporter for Bklyner, covering Brooklyn politics and Crown Heights/PLG/Bed Stuy. @kadiagoba
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Gentlemen’s Factory Photo: Jeff LindorPROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDEN – Three years ago when Jeff Lindor was looking to chop it up with other like-minded men of color he found his options were bleak. There’s always the barbershop or bar banter but he wanted something more, he thought. That’s when the
Arts & Culture
CROWN HEIGHTS — NASA is working on sending humans to Mars as early as 2030 and some people are already planning for the trip. Space was the theme for a couple of dozen people that came out to Tech Tribe’s [http://mytechtribe.org/] “Chanukah on Mars” talk Wednesday night at
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City Councilman Mark Treyer called for more language access on the steps of City Hall on Wednesday after Russian- and Haitian Creole-language translators stayed outside in the rain on Election Day last month. City Councilman Mark Treyger in front of City Hall rallying for legislation that would allow Russian- and
Central Brooklyn
Yvette Clarke at a public charge forum she hosted in Flatbush.FLATBUSH – U.S. Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke sponsored an information session in Flatbush Monday night to discuss the plan to change the definition of the “public charge”, a White House proposal which could drastically impact residents of the 9th
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421 Maple St. Renderings: IMC ArchitectureEAST FLATBUSH – A new luxury apartment building will replace a 119-year-old single-family home at 421 Maple St. between New York and Brooklyn Avenues, YIMBY first reported. The Department of Buildings approved plans to demolish the century-old building on November 27th. In its place will stand
Events
NY Cares https://www.facebook.com/photoBROOKLYN – It’s freezing and some families can’t afford simple necessities like a winter coat. If you’ve gained some weight and can’t fit last year’s goose down or if you’re just in the market for something new, please consider
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CROWN HEIGHTS – City Councilman Robert Cornegy, on Monday, along with the Crown Heights North Association revealed a maquette of a statue of Shirley Chisholm in honor of the 50th Anniversary of her election to the U.S. Congress. This is the second statue of Chisholm announced since Friday. Artist Sterling
Announcements
Shirley Chisholm Photo: Screenshot Library of CongressFLATBUSH – First Lady Chirlane McCray announced on Friday, November 30, that the city will honor U.S. Rep. Shirley Chisholm with a monument in Brooklyn. The city will erect the statue at the Parkside entrance of Prospect Park as part of the She Built
Coney Island
CONEY ISLAND – Residents in Coney Island and Sea Gate can now look forward to two kinds of waves: those in Gravesend Bay and the yellow ones on the ground along Neptune Avenue. The Department of Transportation repaved Neptune Avenue during the past weeks and on Thursday painted dizzying double lines
Announcements
The re-named New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)PARK SLOPE/EAST FLATBUSH – Two more Brooklyn hospitals settle with the state for illegally billing sexual assault survivors for their rape examinations, said Attorney General Underwood. New York Presbyterian/Brooklyn Methodist Hospital [https://www.nyp.org/brooklyn] and
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Drivers move over. The San Francisco ride-share company Lyft, which purchased Citi Bike’s parent company, Motivate, this summer, is increasing the number of bikes throughout New York City. Citi Bike’s area will double and the number of bikes will triple within the next five years. The expansion will
Bed Stuy
Police Union Temple of Brooklyn after police discovered Anti-Semitic markingsBEDFORD STUYVESANT –BEDFORD STUYVESANT – A man accused of multiple hate crimes, including defacing a synagogue in Prospect Heights, is facing 30-counts of arson and burglary as a hate crime, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office. James Polite, 26, of