Announcements
The deal with Amazon will close on Monday, August 28, and as the result Whole Foods Market, the upscale grocery stores across the country will be lowering prices on their produce, the company announced in a press release [http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&
Announcements
Den StarShow performing at the Brighton Jubilee. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / BKLYNER)41st Annual Brighton Jubilee (Brighton Beach) [/tag/brighton-jubilee/] Brighton Beach comes out to celebrate – food, rides, music. Jubilee is run by the Brighton Neighborhood Association [http://brightonbeach.com/], a non-for-profit organization, and will help fund the group’s many
Events
SOUTH SLOPE — Every year for the past ten years kids have been racing their homemade contraptions down 17th Street in Brooklyn as part of the Soap Box Derby organized by Koko Open Source [http://open-source-gallery.org/koko/], the education branch of Open Source Gallery. [http://open-source-gallery.org/] Soapbox designs are
bath beach
Oil Spill In Gravesend/BKLYNERFour months after BKYLNER revealed a large, unreported oil spill in Gravesend [/breaking-oil-spill-dumps-27000-gallons-toward-gravesend-bay/], city officials are pushing to ensure future spills can’t be kept secret. City Council Member Vincent Gentile, with the support of Council Members Costa Constantinides, and Jumaane Williams will be introducing two
Central Brooklyn
EAST FLATBUSH — NYPD is still looking for the bicyclist who robbed an 11 year old girl of her school bag, and targeted other women in a string of robberies in East Flatbush back in late May. In each case, the individual approached the victim on a bicycle, took their property,
Central Brooklyn
Monday morning, around 7:30am, a car struck a bicyclist on the corner of Beverley Road and East 7th Street. The 69 year-old man was taken to Maimonides Hospital with head trauma, and died from the injuries on August 16, 2017. According to the preliminary police investigation, the car, a
Announcements
Street Fair in Brooklyn (Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)Late August just about every neighborhood has weekend events that shut down a street or two. Here’s this weekend’s list with associated street closures. Enjoy! Thursday: Festa Santa Rosalia – [/guide-years-18th-avenue-feast/]The 42nd annual Italian-American Feast will start on August 17, 18th
Announcements
Daffodils on Flatbush AveRegistration [http://ny4p.convio.net/site/Survey?ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_REQUESTS&SURVEY_ID=2020] for the 2017 Daffodil Project is open, and ends on Friday, September 1 at 3:00 pm. Every year since 2001, the Daffodil Project has been giving away free bulbs
News
The New York City Police Department is looking for Thomas Farrell, a 6’2″ tall white man with a light complexion, short gray hair and blue eyes and a tattoo on his left arm. They estimate he’s about 210 pounds. He is wanted for questioning regarding a grand larceny
Police & Fire
CONEY ISLAND — Police have released video in efforts to identify the man who slashed a 52 year old man on Wednesday August 02, 2017. Around 6pm, in front of 1615 Mermaid Avenue [https://www.google.com/maps/place/1615+Mermaid+Ave,+Brooklyn,+NY+11224/@40.5766729,-73.9843104,3a,47y,
Police & Fire
GEORGETOWN — A neighbor was stabbed to death outside his home shortly before midnight last night, allegedly over a parking spot. UPDATE: Police have arrested and charged Canarsie resident Jean-Paul Djems, 41, with manslaughter, assault and criminal possession of a weapon. The assailants, who the police believe were driving a Gray
gravesend
SHEEPSHEAD BAY/GRAVESEND — A man has been brutally robbing women along Sheepshead Bay/Gravesend border, and the police believe he’s involved in five robberies that took place in just over a week between July 11 and July 22. Please help them identify the suspect: Here are the details from