Rachel is a reporter for Bklyner and recent Brooklyn transplant who is a bit obsessed with food.
Arts & Culture
Photo of St. George Tower. Photo by Pericle Gheorghias/CTA Architects. Courtesy of Wilk Marketing Communications.The St. George Tower in Brooklyn Heights, once a prime specimen of Jazz-Age opulence and Art Deco artisanship, was recently restored to its former grandeur. The 315-foot tower was designed by famous Hungarian architect,
canarsie
CONEY ISLAND – A man was found with multiple stab wounds to the torso this morning. At 2:28 a.m., police responded to a report of a man assaulted in front of 2785 West 15th Street, near the intersection of Neptune and Stillwell Avenues. When the police arrived, they found
fort greene
FORT GREENE – More anti-Semitic tags, this time at an elite High School in Brooklyn. At 5:12 p.m. on Thursday, NYPD received a report of swastikas and the message ‘Kill All Jews’ scrawled on the wall of a stairway on the third floor of Brooklyn Technical High School. The
Coney Island
Courtesy of Google Maps.CONEY ISLAND — Multiple swastikas were found drawn on the wall of a hallway at Trump Village this morning. The incident was reported to NYPD at approximately 11 a.m. by a woman who observed it after the fact at 2935 West 5th Street which is a
News
HOMECREST – Three men pretended to shop at a Kings Highway clothing store on Tuesday and stole $3,200 worth of merchandise. On Tuesday, January 7 around 2:20 p.m., three unidentified men were at Chuckies, an upscale shoe boutique specializing in shoes and accessories. The suspects were being assisted
Borough Park
A screenshot of the Twitter video.BORO PARK — A shocking clip emerged yesterday of a young boy being hit by a car while attempting to run across a Borough Park street.In the 20-second clip, the boy is sent flying into the air as the car comes to a sudden
east flatbush
Robert Parris. Courtesy of NYPD.EAST FLATBUSH — Police are looking for a 66-year-old man who went missing in East Flatbush yesterday. Robert Parris was last seen at Kings County Hospital at 5 a.m., cops said. Parris suffers from dementia, and cops believe he was a patient at the hospital.
kensington
KENSINGTON – A man attempted to force open a laundry room change machine on Tuesday. Around 11 a.m. Tuesday morning, a man entered a residential building in the vicinity of Albemarle Road and East 5 Street. The man gained entry to the building’s laundry room by forcing open the
Central Brooklyn
BORO PARK — Last year saw another spike in reported hate crimes, much of it perpetrated against our Jewish neighbors. So we went out to talk to our neighbors [/talking-to-neighbors-anti-semitism-in-williamsburg/], both Jewish and not, about anti-Semitism, hate, what’s being done and could be done. According to NYPD reports, anti-Semitic hate-crimes
hate crimes
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Shea hold a media availability on crime statistics. Police Academy, Queens. Monday, January 6, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography OfficeCrime in New York City was at another record low last year, that is if you look at the total number of reported
Borough Park
68-year-old Judith Wieder died yesterday when she was hit by a cement mixer truck in Borough Park. Police responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of New Utrecht Avenue and 49 Street at approximately 9:48 p.m. Wieder was pronounced dead on the
News
For the past week, the U.S. has faced the threat of another war [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/world/middleeast/iran-us-missile-attacks.html] in the Middle East, and tomorrow marks a day of nationwide protests. Women-led grassroots organization CODEPINK [https://www.codepink.org/]is organizing protests [https://www.