Announcements
Monday 5/15 * Brooklyn Ave (Winthrop St to Eastern Pkwy), Wingate * Warwick St (Jamaica Ave to Sutter Ave), Highland Park * Prospect Pl (Ralph Ave to Rockaway Ave), Brownsville 1 Milling Crew * Amboy St (East New York Ave to Linden Blvd), Brownsville * Atkins Ave (Linden Blvd to Flatlands Ave) – Night – Spring
Central Brooklyn
Be kind to your neighbors on Ocean Parkway. Last night they had to sleep through this. Repaving started at Church Avenue around 9pm and went on till 5am this morning. This schedule is expected to continue on weekdays, extending to 7am on weekends until Memorial Day Weekend in Ditmas Park
Central Brooklyn
TONIGHT: Tuesday, May 16 7:00 pm Town Hall Meeting at Roosevelt High School, with Mayor Bill de Blasio, Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams, NYC Councilmember David Greenfield and NY State Assemblymember Dov Hikind. Where: 5800 20th Avenue, Brooklyn (between 58th and 59th Streets)7:30 pm – 70th Precinct
Bensonhurst
Photo Liena Zagare / BKLYNERA frustrated straphanger emailed us this morning saying that the metro card vending machines at 79 st D Station haven’t been accepting credit cards for more than six weeks now. “I’ve been having to go to an ATM for cash (and of course pay a
Bensonhurst
Just over a year ago, we wrote that Jmart’s bid on the old Waldbaums location in Bensonhurst was approved [/its-official-waldbaums-is-now-owned-by-asian-grocer-j-mart-bensonhurst/]. As of this morning, the store looked almost finished, with shelving in place and the parking lot mostly cleared of garbage and ready for repaving. We could not confirm
Central Brooklyn
Weather permitting, repaving of Ocean Parkway will start on Monday 5/15, from 9 pm to 5 am, and on weekends they plan to work from 9 pm to 7 am. The work is to be performed in two phases. Resurfacing will begin at Church Avenue to Avenue N first,
Central Brooklyn
Marcus Gamble, 24, of Charlotte, North Carolina has pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal sale of a firearm in connection with trafficking 33 firearms from his home state into Brooklyn, Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today. Last December, Gamble sold a combined 25 loaded firearms to an undercover police
Arts & Culture
176 Washington Park in Fort GreeneA Crown Heights man, Aderibigbe Ogundiran, 36, was indicted today for allegedly stealing a 19th century landmarked mansion in Fort Greene, as well as attempting to steal five other properties in Crown Heights, Bedford-Stuyvesant and East New York in a title transfer scheme. Aderibigbe Ogundiran
Police & Fire
Police are looking to talk to Patrick McCormick, 44, in relation to last year’s anti-semitic incidents [/cops-searching-man-drew-swastikas-marine-park-sheepshead-bay/] in Marine Park. On April 25, 2016, a man used a white marker to draw a swastika at the following locations: 1. A garbage can cover located in the vicinity of Avenue
Business
Over just off the Sheepshead Bay Road where Infinite Auto Leasing used to be, a new restaurant is opening up. Luda’s Dumplings [https://www.instagram.com/ludas_dumplings/], better described as a pelmeni bar, will focus on fresh, all-natural ingredients and careful, deliberate process to craft the best pelmeni,
Arts & Culture
Imagination Playground and the exhibition hallJMP WoodCASA KIDSAphro ChicMakers MarketMarco Guglielmino Light DesignsAmerican Design Club’s Pop-up shopEmogayu Enitan VintageEnitan VintageGreenery NYCGreenery NYCBole Road TextilesStill Alive LIghtsStill Alive Lights Bear Light in 3D printerStill Alive LIghtsMK WorkshopMK WorkshopArt Center Pop-up StudioTextile Art Center Pop-up StudioArt Center Pop-up StudioKeep FurnitureLounge areaNaula
Announcements
Murrow High School / GoogleEdward R. Murrow High School [http://www.ermurrowhs.org/]will host their first officially licensed TEDx event this week, and the topic will be: Education, Inspiration, Revolution, Breaking through alienation, and Making Art Wherever thou Are. The TEDx Program [https://www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/tedx-program] is