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
It’s October, and while Brooklyn may be thousands of miles away from Germany, we can still make like they do in Munich and celebrate Oktoberfest by enjoying some of the borough’s finest, locally crafted beers. The DUMBO bid is hosting an Oktoberfest celebration from Friday, October 6 to
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Via Corcoran [https://www.corcoran.com/nyc/Listings/Display/5231302]BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Move over Matt Damon [/celebrity-real-estate-matt-damon-rumored-contract-brooklyns-expensive-home/], there’s a new contender for the most expensive home in Brooklyn. A 8,500-square-foot duplex condo on the top two floors of One Brooklyn Bridge Park [http://www.onebrooklyn.com/], located at
community
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – A Go Fund Me page [https://www.gofundme.com/dalypie] was launched last week to assist Meghan Daly, owner of Prospect Heights’ Daly Pie, who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Meghan Daly via Go Fund Me“A few months ago, at only 35, Meghan was diagonosed with
brownsville
Intersection of Ralph Avenue and Park Place via Google MapsBROWNSVILLE – A 49-year-old Prospect-Lefferts Gardens resident was killed over the weekend when his motorcycle collided with a vehicle on Ralph Avenue. At approximately 4:30pm on Sunday, October 1, police responded to a call of motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle
brighton beach
MILL BASIN – The NYPD is searching for a pair of pyromaniacs who set four fires in a Mill Basin parking lot over the summer. At approximately 3am on Thursday, July 13 at 6065 Strickland Avenue, 4 fires were intentionally set by two suspects, police say. The fires were sparked in
Central Brooklyn
720 East 98th Street via Google MapsEAST FLATBUSH – A 33-year-old man from Flatbush has been arrested in connection to the shooting death of an auto mechanic last week following a dispute over car repairs. Richard Essor was arrested for shooting a 62-year-old employee of the Total Auto Care Shop located
Downtown Brooklyn
BOERUM HILL – The NYPD has released a second surveillance video of the man they are searching for in connection to the stabbing and shooting death [/nypd-releases-video-suspect-4th-avenue-killing/] of a Staten Island resident on the corner of 4th and Atlantic Avenues last month. Police released the latest surveillance video footage (above) last
News
SOUTH SLOPE – Police have arrested the man and woman suspected of attempting to kidnap a teenage girl [/police-release-video-photos-couple-suspected-kidnapping-attempt/] in broad daylight in South Slope. Police arrested 60-year-old Raymond Ortiz of Boerum Hill and 33-year-old Delgria Lynch of Gravesend. The two are being charged with second-degree attempted kidnapping, acting in a
Central Brooklyn
Atlantic Antic 2017 (Photo: Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and sign up for our daily newsletter [/]. And if you
Central Brooklyn
Atlantic Antic 2017 (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -Remains Of WWII Marine From Brooklyn Heights To Be Buried In Borough After 74 Years [NY Post [http://nypost.com/2017/09/29/
Arts & Culture
DreamStreet Winter Gala 2015 (Courtesy of DreamStreet)FORT GREENE – For nearly 20 years, DreamStreet Theatre Company [http://www.dreamstreetnyc.org] has provided education and inspiration to developmentally disabled adults with a passion for the performing and creative arts. The Brooklyn-based non-profit was founded in 1998 by Karuna Heisler, a social
Central Brooklyn
EAST FLATBUSH – The NYPD is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the man seen in the below surveillance video and photo in connection to a shooting that occurred in broad daylight earlier this month. At approximately 3:20pm on Saturday, September 9 in front of 1283 Rogers Avenue (on