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.
Downtown Brooklyn
BOERUM HILL – The NYPD has released surveillance video of the man they believe stabbed and shot [/man-fatally-stabbed-and-shot-on-corner-of-4th-atlantic/] a Staten Island man to death on the corner of 4th Avenue and Atlantic Avenue Wednesday evening. At approximately 8:20pm on September 20,
Central Brooklyn
Underhill Walls BK at Underhill Avenue and St. Johns Place, Prospect Heights, Sept. 9, 2017 (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. -Flatbush and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens To Be Designated
Downtown Brooklyn
FORT GREENE – Forest City has sold its retail portfolio of a dozen properties in New York and New Jersey including Atlantic Terminal Mall and Atlantic Center across from the Barclays Center. Atlantic Terminal (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Madison International Realty agreed to buy out Forest City’s interest in all
Arts & Culture
The 43rd annual Atlantic Antic, the oldest and biggest street festival in Brooklyn, takes over the western end of Atlantic Avenue on Sunday. There are also lots of musical events happening this weekend including the Brooklyn Americana Music Festival, MoCADA’s Soul of BK Festival 2017, and day two of
fort greene
FORT GREENE – Police are searching for the woman seen in the below photo in connection to a robbery that occurred over the weekend. Via NYPDAt approximately 6:30pm on Sunday, September 17, the woman helped herself to a bottle of body soap at a store located at 635 Fulton Street
Gowanus
PARK SLOPE – A 40-year-old man was fatally hit by a southbound R subway Wednesday afternoon at the Union Street/4th Avenue station. Police responded to the scene at approximately 3:20pm on September 20. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, a NYPD representative said. It is
North Western Brooklyn
Corner of 4th and Atlantic Avenues, Thursday, September 21, 9:00am (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)BOERUM HILL – A Staten Island man was killed in front of the Dunkin’ Donuts on the southwest corner of 4th and Atlantic Avenues Wednesday evening. Police responded to the scene at approximately 8:20pm
Arts & Culture
Hoyt and Livingston Streets (photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The five-story garage that once served as a canvas for artist Stephen Powers [http://firstandfifteenth.net]‘ Love Letter to Brooklyn mural has been demolished—in its place, a giant hole in the ground. The site of the former
Events
RED HOOK – The non-profit cultural center Pioneer Works [https://pioneerworks.org/] will host the third annual Red Hook Regatta on Saturday, September 30, bringing the innovative, homemade boat race back to Valentino Pier. Photo courtesy of Pioneer WorksThe Regatta attracts hundreds of spectators to the Red Hook waterfront each
Downtown Brooklyn
Willoughby & Pearl Streets (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/] and NYC DOT [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] are temporarily closing off two busy streets in Downtown Brooklyn and converting them into public playgrounds for two Wednesdays
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK – Last week the Prospect Park Alliance announced the arrival of three new food vendors who will offer affordable, edible options to hungry visitors to Brooklyn’s backyard. King David Tacos at Prospect Park via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/ProspectParkBrooklyn/photos/a.10153581365435385.1073741828.10150099384115385/10159418486340385/?type=3&
Central Brooklyn
EAST FLATBUSH – Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced yesterday that an East Flatbush man has been charged with grand larceny, criminal possession of a forged instrument, and other charges for allegedly forging documents in an attempt to transfer ownership of an elderly neighbor’s house to himself. 390 East