Paul was a staff reporter at Bklyner, responsible for covering Northern and Eastern parts of Brooklyn between August 2017 and January 2019.
Central Brooklyn
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Police are looking for a suspect who shot another man outside a Sheepshead Bay mini mart earlier this week. The shooting took place around 11:00 pm on Tuesday, October
Central Brooklyn
Construction netting over the facade of St. Barbara’s Catholic Church in Bushwick (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)In case you missed it, the MTA is having a little “L Train Shutdown” Preview—every night ’til the end of November. [http://gothamist.com/2018/10/17/lol_train_weeknights_yay.php] That’
brownsville
The basketball courts at Chester Playground, where the shooting took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)BROWNSVILLE – Nearly a month after a 16-year-old was shot in the head on a Brownsville basketball court [/weekend-homicides-and-suspects/], his killer has been indicted on murder charges, facing a potential 15-year sentence if convicted. That’s
clinton hill
Fall weather and turning leaves also means heating season for Brooklyn residents (Donny Levit / BKLYNER)It’s officially cold in Brooklyn! The high temperature is expected to top out at barely 50° today and many residents will be relying on their heaters to stay warm. But what is your landlord’
Bushwick
A crowd gathers outside 431 Bleecker Street during a rally by tenants fighting against harassment from their landlord (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)BUSHWICK – It isn’t an uncommon sight in Bushwick: tenants, community organizers and politicians outside a building, calling out a bad landlord. But today, those gathered outside 431 Bleecker
brownsville
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)MARINE PARK – Police have finally identified the third suspect from the home invasion robbery in Marine Park earlier this week. Tyrique Rushing, 20, is wanted in connection with the robbery and sexual assault of a couple in their 70s. His two accomplices have already been caught and
Central Brooklyn
Inside the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Building 77 (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)The Brooklyn food incubator PilotWorks closed abruptly over the weekend [http://www.grubstreet.com/2018/10/brooklyn-pilotworks-closing.html?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=grub-street] , leaving local businesses [/island-pops/] that use their industrial kitchens wondering
Arts & Culture
A shot of the Greenpoint waterfront from Pink Slater’s “Dreamcatcher” music video (Screenshot via Pink Slater)GREENPOINT – Can you see your house from here? A new music video from artist Tim Poovey, recording as Pink Slater [https://pinkslater.bandcamp.com/releases], uses drone footage from over Greenpoint as the
News
Where the Hope Street Underpass once stood, now filled in on the west side of the BQE, on Marcy Avenue (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)WILLIAMSBURG – Local residents looking for a better way to cross the BQE on foot into the other side of Williamsburg have come up with a new suggestion:
Borough Park
The brutal attack took place at the intersection of 46th and 13th, apparently sparked by a man crossing the street too slowly (Screenshot via Google Maps) BOROUGH PARK – Over the weekend, a brutal attack on a Jewish man in the streets of Brooklyn has led to public outcry over what
Bay Ridge
BAY RIDGE – Police have arrested and charged the MTA bus driver wanted for exposing himself to young girls in Bay Ridge last week. Matthew Wohlfahrt, 28, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, public lewdness and grand larceny, police said. Last Monday, while driving a gray minivan, Wohlfahrt
Central Brooklyn
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