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.
Neighbors
Missing Red Hook resident, Jacqueline Howard (Photo via NYPD)The police are asking the public’s assistance in locating a missing Red Hook resident, 62-year-old Jacqueline Howard. Howard was last seen at approximately 9:00am on Monday, April 3, at her home, police say. She is described as 5’5″
North Western Brooklyn
As BKLYNER reported on Monday [/series-subway-assaults-brooklyn/], a 29-year-old male commuter was spat on, verbally accosted with anti-gay remarks, and punched in the face while taking a Manhattan-bound C train to work last Thursday, March 30. The attack occurred as the subway approached the Hoyt-Schermerhorn station at about 8:50am during
Announcements
Photo by linknycofficial via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BL_rfSKF6G4/?taken-by=linknycofficial]Ever find yourself running around and suddenly realizing that you desperately need to recharge your cell phone? Who hasn’t ever been in this situation? Now it’s a cinch for Park Slopers to juice up
Announcements
East One Coffee Roasters (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The founders of London’s New Row Coffee [http://newrowcoffee.co.uk/] and Free State Coffee are bringing East One Coffee Roasters [http://www.eastonecoffee.com/]—a roastery, café, and full-service restaurant—to the heart of Carroll Gardens. Opening Thursday, April
Arts & Culture
Sara Erenthal, Three “subconscious self-portraits” spotted on St. Marks Place (Photo by Nathan Haselby)Chances are, walking in or around Park Slope, you’ve encountered Sara Erenthal. The artist often leaves her mark on storefronts [/from-ultra-orthodox-jewish-sect-to-street-artist-sara-erenthal-shows-her-three-selves-parkslopestoop/] , mattresses, or other discarded items on the sidewalk that might make a good canvas
fort greene
Farragut Houses (Photo by planetbklynacademy via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/_fhV3PNJU6/?tagged=farraguthouses])Trash piling up from countless construction sites in and around the Brooklyn Navy Yard is causing a massive rat infestation in the neighborhood. An increasing number of creative and tech businesses moving into the Brooklyn
Central Brooklyn
Photo by avocaderia via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BSFHN9ugGmE/?taken-by=avocaderia]The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -Avocaderia, An Avocado Bar, Opens In Industry City. [NY Times [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/
Central Brooklyn
Last night in Washington, Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York 8th Congressional District, Brooklyn, Queens) took to the House floor demanding that President Trump release his tax returns. Jeffries, a member of the House Judiciary and House Budget Committees, presented a privileged resolution which would delay any tax-reform legislation until the
News
The NYPD are searching for the man in the above video in connection to a robbery that occurred in Clinton Hill last Tuesday night. A 27-year-old woman was walking home from the subway station near Waverly and Dekalb Avenues around 10pm on Tuesday, March 28, when she was approached from
Arts & Culture
It’s almost hump day. Break out of your weeknight routine rut and check out some of the cool events scheduled for the middle of this week! Film still from George Polk Documentary Film Award winner “Hooligan Sparrow” screening at BAM Rose CinemasHooligan Sparrow [http://www.bam.org/film/2017/
Announcements
Louis Valentino, Jr. Pier in Red Hook (Photo by Eddie Cheaz via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10205353122345978&set=br.Abq4yba1hYwK3czo1s7hVEgPokIwS2VHlfhTREoxDHJqY8olUUG7Nm5lG1Oke9hftEaPrECCzgaFyUzz8TwOhIvU1AC7bBFtrYah0Gh40i3FawdL4w7iAuWIQ0jBUQGhwbn3CMliVqmpiMvJaiMvviKXOyY9CMwZdzqcT39zJHIuViOPiMZus9g73lpF2eG-Pbly9a0GwTyohx7RdsvONkh7Wk_lva2MY9pjtR74XLPtChC5bDchAqtEb_U-BVNUJo4&type=3&theater] )Dust off your portfolios and CVs, Brooklyn creatives! The NYC Department of Cultura
News
The Clock Tower Penthouse at One Main Street in DUMBO (Image via Corcoran [http://www.corcoran.com/nyc/listings/display/2546956])A stunning, 6,813-square-foot, triplex penthouse at DUMBO’s Clock Tower building located at One Main Street has sold for $15 million [http://www.corcoran.com/nyc/listings/display/
![[Update] Watch Creep Stroll Off With Expensive Baby Stroller [Video]](/content/images/size/w600/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-03-at-2.51.12-PM.png)
fort greene
[Updated: Monday, April 3 at 5:20pm] Police have apprehended an individual in connection to the baby stroller incident. A 23-year-old male from Brooklyn was arrested and will be charged with grand larceny. A Fort Greene child will have to walk on his/her undoubtedly adorably tiny legs after a
Nonsponsored
> LAST DAYS FOR LOVE LETTER BROOKLYN. The garage at hoyt and livingston closes today. Thank you @chinobyi and @icysigns and @colossalmedia and @macys and most of all BROOKLYN for making me the man I am today (IN A 3/4 shearling) [https://www.instagram.com/p/BAcYkyorCtT/] A post
North Western Brooklyn
Police are searching for the above suspect in a Borough Hall subway assault, Photo via NYPDTaking the subway can be an unpleasant experience, with the crowds, delays—you name it. Now it seems a recent wave of random violent assaults is making it dangerous for riders as well. On March
![[UPDATE] Bye Bye Key Food: Deal Closed, Construction To Begin This Year](/content/images/size/w600/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/key-food-4.jpg)
News
Photo by BKLYNER[Updated: Monday, April 3 at 9:30am] City Council Member Brad Lander’s office released an announcement [http://bradlander.nyc/news/updates/agreement-reached-for-neighborhood-supermarket-affordable-housing-at-5th-avenue-key-foo] on Thursday, March 30 regarding the agreement reached [/bye-bye-key-food-deal-closed-construction-begin-year/] with Avery Hall Investments on the Key Food site located at 120 Fifth Avenue. “The