Pam was a staff reporter at Bklyner, covering North-Western parts of Brooklyn between 2016 and 2019. She also writes about art at arthag.typepad.com.
Central Brooklyn
Kids singing in front of 360 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook, 10.21.17 (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. Tenants In Crown Heights Unite To Fight Shady New Landlord [https:
North Western Brooklyn
WINDSOR TERRACE – A woman accidentally struck her husband with a car last night on East 5th Street between Greenwood Avenue and Vanderbilt Street. East 5th Street, Windsor Terrace via Google MapsAt approximately 9:40pm, October 31, a 41-year-old woman hit her 55-year-old husband with their 2006 Ford Escape when he
Arts & Culture
CLINTON HILL – Last night, the creepy and kooky team behind Halloween 313 [https://www.facebook.com/Halloween313Theatrical/], who have been putting on elaborate, family-friendly stage shows for neighbors every October 31 for the past 20 years, performed its swan song. Rehearsals for Halloween 313’s production of The Curse of
Carroll Gardens
CARROLL GARDENS – Former Trump campaign manager, Paul Manafort, was indicted on Monday [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/us/politics/five-takeaways-manafort-gates-indictment.html?_r=0] on 12-counts including money laundering and tax evasion in his political and business dealings with the Ukraine. 377 Union Street (on left) in Carroll Gardens
Business
RED HOOK – A massive United Parcel Service facility is headed to Red Hook. Red Hook via Google MapsUPS recently signed a long-term lease for a 12-acre site in the waterfront neighborhood, The Real Deal [https://therealdeal.com/2017/10/30/ups-signs-megadeals-in-bk-and-queens/] reports, likely with plans to open a new distribution
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – The City Planning Commission [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/about/commission.page] voted 11-1 on Monday to give the go-ahead to the divisive Bedford-Union Armory redevelopment project [/one-way-crown-heights-feel-armory-decision-communitys-hands/]. Bedford-Union Armory (Ben Foldy / BKLYNER)In 2014, the mayor’s Economic Development Corporation requested proposals to convert the vacant
Announcements
SUNSET PARK – Mayor Bill de Blasio announced last Friday, October 27, that Sunset Park’s Chinatown will receive a forty-foot-tall “Friendship Archway” as a gift from the Chaoyang District in Beijing. Rendering via the Office of the Mayor [http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/692-17/mayor-de-blasio-borough-president-adams-that-new-friendship-archway-will-span-8th] In Chinese culture, archways
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brownsville
BROWNSVILLE – The NYPD is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the man seen in the video below in connection to a burglary that happened earlier this month. At approximately 4pm on Friday, October 6, police say the suspect broke into a commercial van parked at Boyland Street and Livonia
Coney Island
A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz / Flickr)CONEY ISLAND – At approximately 7am Monday morning, two NYPD officers were arrested in connection to the rape of an 18-year-old woman they placed under arrest last month. Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today that the two NYPD detectives have been
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community
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Downtown Brooklyn was rife with wee superheroes, princesses, and a couple of Super Mario Brothers Saturday afternoon as it played host to two fun-filled, family-friendly Halloween events. First was BKLYN Boo! [https://citypointbrooklyn.com/bklyn-boo/] at City Point (445 Albee Square West), the first-ever Prospect Park Halloween afterparty
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Animals
FORT GREENE – Fort Green Park was packed Saturday afternoon with thousands of local dog lovers cheering on the 126 adorable contestants at the 19th annual Great PUPkin Dog Costume Contest [https://www.facebook.com/events/153801595205306/]. Lots of dogs came dressed as their (or their parent’s) favorite television characters,
Bed Stuy
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT – The NYPD released on Friday the name of the third suspect wanted in connection to the death of 91-year-old Waldiman Thompson during a home invasion/robbery in Bed-Stuy earlier this month. Police are searching for 43-year-old Howard Morris who has 11 prior arrests and is allegedly the man seen