Central Brooklyn
The man who was assaulted and called a racial slur at a neighborhood subway stop last weekend has spoken out. Randy Aveille, who is white and was punched in the face and called a “cracker” by a black man at the Church Avenue B/Q stop on Friday night, spoke
Central Brooklyn
A man was assaulted in the vicinity of 1522 38th Street on Monday night. (Photo: Google Maps)A 49-year old man was assaulted and robbed by three men on the border between Kensington and Borough Park last night, police said. The assailants put the victim in a chokehold and threw
Central Brooklyn
Image of an African American farmhand working on land owned by the Vanderveer family around 1920. (Photo: Brooklyn Historical Society)Until the end of the19th century, Brooklyn (Kings County) was the second largest provider of agriculture products in the United States. And the leading produce supplier? Queens. Brooklyn — and Flatbush’
Central Brooklyn
Nostrand Discount 99 & Up at 1705 Nostrand Avenue. (Photo: Google Maps)A masked robber, who held a female shopper at gunpoint and made off with several thousand dollars in Flatbush this weekend, is being sought by police. The 64-year-old woman was forced to stand with a gun to her
Central Brooklyn
Kensington Family Shelter (Photo: Google Maps)Almost 65 homeless families now call Kensington home. The Kensington Family Shelter [/home/dhs-announces-homeless-shelter-opening-on-mcdonald-avenue/#.VrkEubkrJFY] on McDonald Avenue continues to welcome new families since its opening in December, and is now nearly full, said Catherine Barufaldi and Tracy Connor, local residents who are coordinating
Central Brooklyn
Entrance to Church Avenue B/Q stop at Saint Paul’s Place and Caton Avenue. (Photo: Google Maps)An attack on a 44-year-old white man at an area subway station over the weekend is being classified as a hate crime, according to authorities. The assault, which occurred at roughly 9:
Central Brooklyn
McDonald Avenue at Church Avenue. (Photo: Google Maps)Kensington and Borough Park are at the top of the pack in several health categories despite the high poverty rate in our area. Department of Health data released last year [http://a816-dohbesp.nyc.gov/IndicatorPublic/QuickView.aspx] found that we are doing
Central Brooklyn
Hamilton’s, on Fort Hamilton Parkway, will be showing the game on their big screen and serving up a chili special in honor of Super Bowl Sunday.There’s fun stuff — and good food — happening all over Ditmas Park and Kensington in honor of Super Bowl Sunday. Here’s what
Animals
Panda the Cat. (Photo: Phoebe Jonas)After a bit of a rough patch, Panda the Cat may just be your new best friend. According to sources in the neighborhood, she is silky and sweet and very loving. Panda was found in Ditmas Park one cold October evening. She was terrified
Central Brooklyn
Ikhari Hinds-Lewis (center) at the YEAH! NYC Rock Camp last summer. (Photo: Kassim Hinds)Good news, but a long road ahead, for a young member of our community who had a tragic accident last month. Former P.S. 139 student Ikhari Hinds-Lewis, now 16, who suffered a traumatic brain injury
Arts & Culture
The Beach Boys, 2016. Mike Love is at center and Bruce Johnston is at right. (Photo: the Beach Boys)“I love Brooklyn,” was the first thing Beach Boys singer Bruce Johnston told us when we spoke with him last week. And Johnston also loves historic venues, he happily pointed out,
Central Brooklyn
Coney Island Avenue. (Photo: Google Maps)Kensington’s Pakistani community [/photos/thousands-of-people-celebrate-pakistans-independence-day-at-brooklyn-mela-on-coney-island-avenue/#.VrO7yDYrJ8c] is taking a leading role in keeping the area safe. A civilian patrol, created last summer to protect the Little Pakistan commercial district along Coney Island Avenue following a series of armed robberies in 2014, reports that