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.
Police & Fire
SHEEPSHEAD BAY – The NYPD is searching for the man seen in the photo below in connection to a robbery that occurred last month in Sheepshead Bay. At approximately 10:40pm on Wednesday, July 12, police say the suspect entered a residential building near Avenue V and 27th and walked into
Central Brooklyn
A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz / Flickr)BED-STUY – Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Wednesday that a 72-year-old man has been indicted on charges of menacing as a hate crime, criminal possession of a weapon, and other offenses for allegedly yelling homophobic slurs at a passenger on
Nonsponsored
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – The posh penthouse atop the Standish [http://thestandish.com/] in Brooklyn Heights may soon become Brooklyn’s most expensive residential sale. The Standish via Google Maps, January 2013Located on the twelfth floor of the former Standish Arms Hotel building at 171 Columbia Heights, the apartment was last on
Destinations
SUNSET PARK – What do Brooklyn, Copenhagen, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, and Seoul have in common? Each is home to one of the world’s top ten coolest neighborhoods! Photo by BKLYNERLonely Planet [https://www.lonelyplanet.com/travel-tips-and-articles/10-of-the-worlds-coolest-neighbourhoods-to-visit-right-now/40625c8c-8a11-5710-a052-1479d2769fd4] recently released the survey, “10 of the world’s coolest neighborhoods to
Business
PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS — Little Mo Wine & Spirits [http://www.littlemowine.com] recently posted a photo on Facebook of a new Italian restaurant coming soon to 1146 Nostrand Avenue, in the space that formerly housed local dive bar, Maximillian Bell’s. Conveniently located steps away from the wine shop, Camillo [https:
Arts & Culture
Ceramics and pottery lovers mark your calendars! The first ever Brooklyn Clay Tour [https://www.brooklynclaytour.com/] will debut on Friday, September 8, kicking off three days of self-guided events and exhibits focused on the borough’s growing ceramic arts community. Erin Banta (Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Clay Tour)Co-founded
North Western Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the man seen in the below photo and video in connection to a recent burglary in Crown Heights. Via NYPDAt approximately 8am on Friday, August 18 and 11pm on Saturday, August 19, a black male entered a
fort greene
CLINTON HILL – The FDNY rescued a pedestrian in Clinton Hill this morning after his entire right leg fell into a sinkhole on Myrtle Avenue. > SEE IT: Video footage of @FDNY [https://twitter.com/FDNY] Rescue a person after his foot got stuck in a Sinkhole in Brooklyn on Myrtle
News
Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a series of bills [http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/565-17/mayor-de-blasio-signs-sweeping-legislation-curb-smoking-tobacco-usage#/0] on Monday, August 28 to help reduce the number of smokers in New York City by 160,000 over the next three years. While smoking rates in NYC have gone down from
News
Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Monday, August 28, that a 23-year-old Queens resident has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the November 2014 fatal stabbing of a teen at a Domino’s Pizza in East New York. At approximately 9:40pm on November 11, 2014,
Bushwick
BUSHWICK – The NYPD released the video below showing a man wanted for questioning in connection to a fatal shooting that occurred in Bushwick earlier this year. On Sunday, March 19, police responded to a call at an “illegal social club” located at 1269 Flushing Avenue where they discovered 22-year-old Jefferson
Central Brooklyn
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