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.
Announcements
Brooklyn Bridge Park pop-up pool, August 2012 (Photo by: Julienne Schaer, courtesy of Brooklyn Bridge Park)DUMBO – Brooklyn Bridge Park (BBP) announced today that the much-loved pop-up pool will be back for one more season in 2018. Located at Pier 2, the pop-up pool [http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/attractions/pop-up-pool]
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FORT GREENE – The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the two men seen in the below surveillance video wanted in connection to a robbery at a Myrtle Avenue shop last week. At approximately 1:30pm on Friday, September 15, two men entered the fair trade gift
News
PARK SLOPE – Police are searching for the man seen in the below surveillance video and photos who they say forcibly touched a young girl in Washington Park last week. At approximately 7:45pm on Thursday, September 14, the man approached the 12-year-old female victim inside Washington Park, located on 3rd
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the three men seen in the below surveillance video in connection to a shooting in Crown Heights [/20-year-old-shot-killed-front-crown-heights-deli-early-saturday/] early Saturday morning that left a 20-year-old man dead. The police describe the three men as follows: Individual 1
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DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN/RED HOOK – Governor Andrew Cuomo has called for the New York State Department of Public Service [http://www.dps.ny.gov] to conduct an investigation [https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-directs-investigation-latest-coned-power-failure] into the Con Edison substation failure Sunday afternoon that stopped subway service between Brooklyn and Manhattan
Coney Island
Brooklyn Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)CONEY ISLAND – Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced that a NYPD Officer was arraigned today on charges of misdemeanor assault and intimidating a witness. Shortly after midnight on Saturday, July 8, in the vicinity of Mermaid Avenue and
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – A 20-year-old man was shot and killed as he exited a Franklin Avenue bodega early Saturday morning. 790 Franklin Avenue via Google MapsAt approximately 4:25am Saturday, September 16, the NYPD report that a man was shot in front of 790 Franklin Avenue. EMS transported the victim to
bath beach
BATH BEACH – The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the man seen in the below surveillance video in connection to an attempted robbery last month. At approximately 7:50pm on Saturday, August 26, an 82-year old man in front of 8512 Bay Parkway, a frozen yogurt/
Central Brooklyn
Dean Street (Photo by Pamela Wong/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
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Brooklyn Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)FORT GREENE – Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today that a Queens man was sentenced to one year in jail after pleading guilty to striking a man with a stick while shouting a homophobic slur earlier this year.
Arts & Culture
PARK SLOPE – Saturday is going to be a great day to check out art in the neighborhood created by local artists. After checking out an exhibit celebrating Mexican Independence Day and Frida Kahlo [/artists-celebrate-mexican-independence-day-frida-kahlo/] by artists Gabriel Rivera and Uta Brauser at 539 9th Street (between 8th Avenue and Prospect
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS/PROSPECT HEIGHTS/PLG – Citi Bike [https://www.citibikenyc.com] will roll out the final phase of the bike share program’s 2017 expansion plan over the next few weeks, fulfilling the company’s goal to increase the number of shared blue bikes across NYC to 12,000 before