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.
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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Animals
In honor of National Dog Day [http://www.nationaldogday.com] tomorrow, real estate website StreetEasy [http://streeteasy.com/] and Rover [https://www.rover.com/new-york-city--ny--dog-boarding/], a nationwide dog walking and pet sitting network, conducted a study to find the best neighborhoods for dogs and dog-owners in New York City. >
Business
Park Slope – Tabeel Rush opened Tabeel Aromatherapy Gift Shop and Salon at 76 Fifth Avenue in 1996, back when Park Slope was a very different neighborhood. “Oh my god, the changes are so many. When I first came here, I think all the businesses on this block were either black-
Business
Park Slope – Mr. Wish, “No. 1 Brand in Taiwan,” debuted [/new-restaurants-coming-soon-park-slope-prospect-heights-carroll-gardens/] its first Brooklyn outpost this week, serving up fruit and milk teas with jelly cubes and tapioca pearls, fresh fruit juices, and smoothies in a small but bright and cheery storefront located at 86 5th Avenue between St.Marks
North Western Brooklyn
The NYPD is searching for the man seen in the below photo in connection to a grand larceny incident that occurred within the 72nd Precinct [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/72nd-precinct.page] which covers parts of Sunset Park and Windsor Terrace. Via NYPDAt approximately 10am on
Central Brooklyn
Lucky Cats at Mr. Wish, 88 5th Avenue (Photo by 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. -DUMBO Becomes Brooklyn’s Newest Dining Destination [New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/
News
Fritz Jean Pierre (Via NYPD)Flatlands – The NYPD are asking the public’s assistance in locating a missing 67-year-old Flatlands resident. Fritz Jean Pierre, who lives on Brooklyn Avenue near Avenue I, was last seen on Wednesday, August 23 at approximately 1:30pm near the corner of Flatbush Avenue and
Central Brooklyn
Crown Heights – The NYPD are seeking three men in connection with a sexual assault that occurred early Monday morning in Crown Heights. Two of the suspects are seen in the video below. At approximately 3:00am on Monday, August 21, the 30-year-old female victim was behind an apartment building at
Arts & Culture
Summer is winding down. There’s lots to do outdoors this weekend including concerts, walking tours, dance parties, even a soap box derby [/10th-annual-soap-box-derby-saturday/]! Don’t forget to celebrate National Dog Day [http://www.nationaldogday.com] on Saturday and check out the list of Battle of Brooklyn commemorative events [/commemorate-the-241st-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-brooklyn/
Downtown Brooklyn
The Clocktower, One Main Street, DUMBO (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)[UPDATED: Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 10:00am] DUMBO – After an investigation and an autopsy, the NYPD have announced that the death of 57-year-old financier, Neil Smith, in June is now being investigated as a homicide. Smith was found
Arts & Culture
FORT GREENE – Since launching in 2005 as a free local concert in Brooklyn, the Afropunk Fest [http://afropunkfest.com/brooklyn/] has grown into an international movement with satellite events in Paris, London, Atlanta, and Johannesburg. > BROOKLYN! Solange will be joining us in August for AFROPUNK 2017! She will be
Arts & Culture
Renderings of Public Art Fund project Ai Weiwei: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors at Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park and at Washington Square Park (Courtesy of Ai Weiwei Studio/Frahm & Frahm)As reported earlier this year [/artistactivist-ai-weiwei-install-fences-across-city/], the Public Art Fund will commemorate its 40th anniversary by presenting
Downtown Brooklyn
Brooklyn Federal Courthouse (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Bridget M. Rohde, announced yesterday [https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/15-defendants-arrested-trafficking-heroin-fentanyl-and-crystal-methamphetamine-brooklyn] that an investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Brooklyn federal and state prosecutors, and the NYPD, led