Police & Fire
KINGS HIGHWAY: NYPD is looking for help from the public to identify and locate the person captured in the surveillance images. They provide the following details: A man described to be about 5’10”, 165lbs, entered TJ Maxx store at 1630 East 15th Street [https://www.google.com/maps/place/
Kids & Family
Waiting for the sprinkler to be turned on. Sunset Park PlaygroundSUNSET PARK – Parks Department has delighted so, so many local families by opening the playground on July 31, after announcing back in April the project was going to be delayed till September. That would have resulted in two summers without
Business
Muscat Market on Avenue U (Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Muskat Market, the new Glatt Kosher Gourmet Grocery store at 2613 Avenue U in Sheepshead (corner of E26th Street), had its soft opening on June 29, and has been stocking the shelves in anticipation of the Grand Opening on August
Central Brooklyn
DITMAS PARK/ FLATBUSH. NYPD have released two surveillance videos of suspects in a string of broad daylight robberies in Ditmas Park and Flatbush going back to late April, at least four of which involved the pricey Adidas Yeezy sneakers [https://solecollector.com/news/yeezy-price-guide/]. In each case, cops allege, an
Announcements
KarVér [https://karver.com/], a European style Brasserie & Cafe, opened the Cafe portion yesterday on Emmons Avenue. Brasserie is expected to open within the month next Thursday, August 17th. The spot — where the iconic El Greco diner once stood [/tag/el-greco-diner/] at 1809 Emmons Avenue — was acquired by Rybak
News
Avenue U traffic calming project in progress. (Photo Liena Zagare / BKLYNER)New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) has painted a stretch of Avenue U from McDonald to Ocean Avenue with a pair of double yellow lines, confusing residents [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/08/07/brooklyn-double-double-yellow-lines/]. The mystery will
Central Brooklyn
Parking is getting more and more difficult in Brooklyn, making neighbors lament and scrutinize every rule and restriction. School Busses parked overnight in FlatbushShould yellow school buses be allowed to take up street parking overnight [/parking-wars-can-school-buses-park-residential-streets-overnight/]? Taxis parked along Bay ParkwayWhat about livery cars taking up every last spot? Filming
Central Brooklyn
P.S./I.S 338, [/todays-mud-tomorrows-school-councilman-eugene-community-leaders-break-ground-psis-338-ditmas-park/] the brand new school on Coney Island Ave in Kensington is set to open in September, [/the-murder-house-is-demolished-to-make-way-for-new-school-kensington/] but there’s one major problem: there seems to be no plan to get students there safely. [/todays-mud-tomorrows-school-councilman-eugene-community-leaders-break-ground-psis-338-ditmas-park/] Photo: Purcell ArchitectsThe school t
bath beach
Bensonhurst, please welcome 80s Tea, the latest addition to a growing list of ice cream spots that offer Thai rolled ice cream, milk tea, slushies as well as cheese tea (more on that next time – but in case you are inclined, there are instructions on how to enjoy it posted
Announcements
Photo: Liena ZagareThanks to the request by Prospect Park South Neighborhood Association, Albemarle Road finally has all-way stop signs at one intersection. “In June the Department of Transportation determined that the corner of Argyle met criteria for signs in the west and east directions,” Community Board 14 told us, and
Bensonhurst
Gala Fresh Farms will now be replaced by NetCost. (Photo by Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)Looks like NetCost Market [http://www.netcostmarket.com/] has taken over the space vacated by Gala Fresh Farms at 3100 Ocean Avenue, which closed after just a year in business, having taken the space over from
Business
(Photo by Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)Muscat Market, a new Glatt Kosher grocery storefront on Avenue U near East 27th Street is inching closer to completion. [/cherry-hill-open-gourmet-kosher-market-avenue-u-former-richard-yees-site-sheepshead-bay/] The store manager told BKLYNER that they’re hoping to open in three weeks, offering catering services, kosher certified meats, packaged groceries, organic vegetables,