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Central Brooklyn
Photo of the motorcycle. Adam Balhetchet/Loudlabs.KENSINGTON – Police have arrested and charged Jasmin Morales-Cruz, 24, of Coney Island Avenue, with vehicular manslaughter, DWI and driving without a license, in the death of Evvon Alexander, 28, of Foster Avenue. On Monday, May 27, 2019, just before 4:00 AM hours,
Central Brooklyn
DITMAS PARK – NYC Parks Department had planned that work on the Cortelyou Road Tot Lot would start in April. The designs were approved, the contractor selected, timeline planned out [https://www.nycgovparks.org/planning-and-building/capital-project-tracker/project/8638] – a complete and beautiful overhaul that residents have been advocated for close to
Arts & Culture
CONEY ISLAND – City’s beaches officially open this Saturday, May 25, and Coney Island is again open for visitors all week long, with rides, boardwalk entertainment, and music to remind us there is more to life than just work, work, work, work, work. Best thing – most of it is free,
Events
The ships arriving for Fleet Week sailed into the New York Harbor Wednesday morning, greeted by a salute from the cannons at Fort Hamilton Army base. This year fleet week overlaps with Memorial Day weekend and we’ll be following along on Sunday when there will be a Marine Day
Events
Lott farm field in 1923. Catherine Lott/A. LooryaFLATLANDS / MARINE PARK – Farming was a way of life in much what is now known as Brooklyn until about 150 years ago. A few of those farms, all located in southern Brooklyn, have survived the city changing around them. Farm work at
Arts & Culture
475 Clermont – 9th-floor roof terrace. Rendering courtesy of RXR Realty.FORT GREENE – When one thinks rental in Brooklyn, one rarely thinks of getting to rent at a building that offers amenities akin to luxury hotels. However, that seems to be the trend for most new developments situated downtown and nearby,
Arts & Culture
By Antonio M. RosarioKENSINGTON – Antonio M. Rosario [http://www.amrosario.com] is a man of routines. Every morning he wakes up at 6:00 am and captures the sun rising above Brooklyn outside his office window. From the top floor of the white Trump apartment building on Ocean Parkway, his
Health
WILLIAMSBURG – The city today declared a public health emergency [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/press/2019/emergency-orders-measles.pdf] in Williamsburg that has been struggling to contain a measles outbreak within the Orthodox Jewish community. “Under the mandatory vaccinations, members of the City’s Department of Health and
Arts & Culture
PARK SLOPE – Park Slope native Jake Dobkin has been sharing advice for newcomers to this city in true native New Yorker fashion since forever. The co-founder of the popular New York online news site Gothamist (that was acquired by DNA Info and has since become part of WNYC), traces it
Arts & Culture
BROOKLYN – The 100 Most Jewish Foods, a book by Tablet’s editor in chief Alana Newhouse, is a perfect gift for this Passover — gorgeous and funny and well written. It is, if you like food and/or the Jewish tradition, a delight. Naturally heavy on Brooklyn, The 100 Most Jewish
Borough Park
Dov Hikind at the protest last week. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)In the aftermath of last week’s protest and counter-protest in Borough Park over a council member’s comment on Palestine, a prominent community leader there has made a truly bizarre and disturbing allegation. Our reporter, Zainab Iqbal, “organized