Big Story
SUNSET PARK/FLATBUSH – Forty-nine individuals have been arrested and charged with involvement in a prostitution ring, including the alleged mastermind – retired vice Detective Ludwig Paz, 51, of Queens – and seven active duty NYPD officers. The locations span from Sunset Park to Flatbush and Crown Heights, and Queens and Nassau Counties.
Announcements
This weekend: Don’t miss Sunset Park’s biggest fall celebration – Sunset Park 5th Avenue Street Festival – check out all that’s new and revisit old favorites this Sunday, September 16th, from 11 am to 6 pm. 5th Avenue will be closed between 44th and 59th streets, parking is impossible
Bay Ridge
DOT crews painting the new bike lane on 9th Street (Photo: Pamela Wong)The other day a bicyclist in Park Slope ended up with stitches when he asked a driver from Bensonhurst to move his car off the freshly painted 9th Street bike lane [https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2018/09/
News
Transportation: * Man Beaten Up in Bike Lane … For Trying to Ride in the Bike Lane [https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2018/09/11/man-beaten-up-in-bike-lane-for-trying-to-ride-in-the-bike-lane/] in Park Slope. He had the audacity to ask a driver from Bensonhurst to get out of the bike lane. Cops responded and arrested the driver, and
Nonsponsored
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner James O’Neill hold a media availability on crime statistics at One Police Plaza on Tuesday, September 4, 2018. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeFor those of us who do not get NY1, or have given up on cable altogether, here is what Mayor
Food & Drink
3 Start Diner, 1611 Avenue USHEEPSHEAD BAY – A neighbor emailed worried about the sudden closure of the 3 Star Diner on Avenue U, just before the holidays. While the old school diners have been disappearing across the boro at an alarming rate, this one was closed by the Department of
News
Happy rainy Monday! * L’Shana Tova to our Jewish neighbors as they celebrate the beginning of a new year. * Public schools are not in session today or tomorrow in observance. * Local politicians, however, are out in force – despite the rain that hurricane Florence, upgraded to a Category 4 Hurricane as
Dyker Heights
DYKER HEIGHTS – Barone Management finally purchased the former Angel Guardian Home for Little Children [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Guardian_Home_(Brooklyn)] at 6301 12th Avenue [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByNumberServlet?passjobnumber=321830426&passdocnumber=01] in Dyker Heights in August for $37.5 million dollars. For over
Neighbors
Department of City Planning (DCP) Director Marisa Lago announced earlier this week that the Department has submitted addresses for more than 122,000 housing units that the Census Bureau did not have on its address list for the 2020 Census – part of the City’s effort to make sure all
Central Brooklyn
1027-1035 Cortelyou Road. A new 5 story building is proposed for the corner of Stratford and Cortelyou Roads. Full demolition permits have been issued to the owners, so we can say bye bye to the one-story storefronts. 1027-1035 Cortelyou RoadWhile we have no renderings of the new building, from the
Announcements
Bklyner editorial team – from left – Paul Stremple, Pamela Wong, Liena Zagare and Zainab Iqbal. Missing Kadia Goba.Dear Reader, I’m Liena Zagare, editor and publisher of Bklyner. I’m writing today to let you know that Bklyner is joining prominent news organizations around the country by launching a membership
Central Brooklyn
KENSINGTON -To keep the flow of traffic moving smoothly, DOT has implemented new no standing restrictions on the block between East 5th Street and Ocean Parkway. New no parking restrictions on Foster between East 5th Street and Ocean Parkway Where previously Foster Avenue on that block was one lane of