Rachel is a reporter for Bklyner and recent Brooklyn transplant who is a bit obsessed with food.
Business
Chocolatte on Franklin Avenue. Rachel Baron/Bklyner.CROWN HEIGHTS — A bearded, fedora-clad gentlemen, his blank eyes staring out from behind dark-rimmed glasses, watches over the clientele at Chocolatte [https://www.choco-latte.com/] at 800 Franklin Avenue. The bearded dude is the shop’s logo – and, in a way, its mascot,
Business
Construction on Moore Street between Humboldt Street and Graham Avenue. Rachel Baron/Bklyner.NORTH BROOKLYN — Construction of a new National Grid pipeline that will run from Linden Boulevard in Brownsville to Newtown Creek in Greenpoint, is destroying local businesses in North Brooklyn. The Metropolitan Reliability Infrastructure (MRI) project responsible for
Brooklyn Heights
Sunday gravy. Courtesy of Sam Barrett-Cotter at One15 Brooklyn Marina.BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Chef Danny Brown, who earned Queens its first Michelin Star with his restaurant Danny Brown Wine Bar & Kitchen, is cooking Italian American-style Sunday suppers for the Brooklyn community. The supper is served every Sunday at the Brooklyn
Food & Drink
Vanderbilt Avenue location of Beer Street. Courtesy of Josh Meckes of Beer Street.PROSPECT HEIGHTS — The second location of Beer Street [https://www.beerstreetny.com/] at 550 Vanderbilt Avenue, opening in the next two weeks, will offer both beer aficionados and novices beers both classic and rare, a menu by
community
300 East 25th Street Block. Courtesy of the Historic Districts Council.EAST FLATBUSH — On the 300 East 25th Street Block, which sits between Clarendon Road and Avenue D in East Flatbush, neighbors work tirelessly to preserve the lush diversity of plants that has made them the four-time winner of the
Bushwick
Man wanted in connection to string of Brooklyn bank robberies. Courtesy of NYPD. NORTH BROOKLYN — Police are on the lookout for a man connected to a string of three similar bank robberies over the last two weeks. The first robbery took place in Williamsburg on Monday, January 13 at approximately
Dyker Heights
The back entrance of PS229 in Dyker Heights, on Bay 7 Street and Benson Avenue. Rachel Baron/Bklyner.DYKER HEIGHTS — Mornings at the intersection of 14th and Benson Avenues are hectic and dangerous for students attending PS229 in Dyker Heights. In the morning, during drop-off, city buses and school buses
News
BUSHWICK/BED-STUY — A man was arrested Thursday for criminal possession of a weapon on an M train. An IGTV video originally posted by the Instagram account @harley_punxx [https://www.instagram.com/harley_punxx/] shows close to a dozen police officers flooding the platform and train car, which was stopped
Bushwick
Puerto Rico Earthquake Relief Fundraiser flyer. Courtesy of Saara DeAngelis. Puerto Rico [/pr-declares-state-of-emergency-after-6-4-magnitute-earthquake-hits-island-brooklyn-gets-ready-to-help/] has been hit with over 1,200 earthquakes [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/14/opinion/puerto-rico-earthquake-power.html?searchResultPosition=1] in the course of just three weeks, leaving over 2,200 people homeless. Roughly 6,000 are
fire
UPDATE: The police informed us that the woman, named Destiny Marmolejo, passed away from her injuries this afternoon. She was not a resident of the building. Park Slope – Made in New York Jazz Cafe & Bar, located at 155 5th Avenue in Park Slope, was forced to shut down indefinitely
Animals
Graffiti by Denis Shelagin on January 23. Rachel Baron/BklynerBird God is back, and he’s got lots to say. The new messages, scribbled just a few feet below where the original message was and has since been scrubbed from, read: “If you cripple or kill any more of my
Food & Drink
The weather’s been a little inconsistent lately, but the powerhouse team behind Sally Roots [http://www.sallyroots.com/], a Caribbean American barbecue joint in Bushwick, just gave Bed-Stuy denizens a new place to warm up whenever they want – Sally’s. Interior of Sally’s. Courtesy of Sally’s.Sally’