Haiti just does not seem to be able to get a break. As you no doubt have heard by now, on Saturday it suffered a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that has killed [https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Haiti%20-%20Flash%20Update%20-%20Earthquake%20-%2020210815.pdf] at
In the wee hours this morning, about 100-150 people had gathered in front of 927 DeKalb Avenue, The Roosevelt Houses, listening to some amplified music, when two unknown shooters walked over from Pulaski street and fired shots into the crowd wounding 8 people, police informed. Via Citizen [https://citizen.com/
Two years after Mayor Bill de Blasio announced $9 million for Brownsville [https://bklyner.com/exclusive-mayor-promises-brownsville-almost-9-million-in-wake-of-mass-shooting/] following the 2019 mass shooting during the Old Timers festival [https://bklyner.com/outrage-over-12-people-shot-at-old-timers-festival-in-brownsville/] , we looked at what has happened to the money. We also looked at what the new census data has revealed
The Census numbers are out and Brooklyn is basically tied with Chicago for the 3rd largest city in America. Brooklyn's population grew by 231,374 residents to 2,736,074, just 10 thousand fewer than Chicago, and it remains the most most populous borough of the largest city
Good evening. Cuomo's resignation dominates local news, with lots of speculation about the inevitable musical chairs now and later. At least two Brooklynites are likely to run for the seat next year. Public charter schools are resuming instruction, left to devise their own COVID safety protocols in the
Good evening. It's good to be back in Brooklyn. Much of the attention in the city is focused on the latest Cuomo drama up in Albany, which we will not be covering, but there was a mass shooting at a party in East New York on Sunday that
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This weekend we lost four neighbors to gun violence that left many others with various injuries fighting for their lives, with one mass shooting reminiscent of the 2019 Brownsville Old Timers gathering.
Good evening. I hope you are having a lovely summer and enjoying some well-earned time off. Here's how you can spend it: Live Music Choices 7/30 - 8/5 [https://bklyner.com/live-music-choices-7-30-8-5/] Piotr Orlov [https://bklyner.com/author/piotr/] • 5 min read [https://bklyner.com/live-music-choices-7-30-8-5/
During two weekends in August [https://new.mta.info/ftrain-summer21], (August 6-9 and 13-16) there will be significant service diversions on the F, G, C, and E lines as the MTA works to upgrade the Rutgers Tunnels [https://new.mta.info/projects/rutgers] and install fiber optic cables in the
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Health Department today announced that mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus have been detected [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/han/alert/2021/increasing-positive-mosquito-pools-human-case-under-investigation-072221.pdf] in New York City. The infected Culex pipiens and Cx. restuans mosquitoes were collected in all five boroughs. One suspected human
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Good evening. Yet another stormy afternoon in the books, but tomorrow should be warm and sunny. Today's Mayoral press briefing was again, almost entirely about the threat the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant, which is now the dominant variant across NYC, is posing to those who are yet
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Today's Mayoral press briefing was again, almost entirely about the threat the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant, which is now the dominant variant across NYC, is posing to those who are yet to be vaccinated. As of today, new reported cases on a seven-day average is at 597