Paul was a staff reporter at Bklyner, responsible for covering Northern and Eastern parts of Brooklyn between August 2017 and January 2019.
News
A rendering of the proposed development at 875 4th Avenue (By KFA)GREENWOOD HEIGHTS – A corner gas station will give way to eight stories of residential development along 4th Avenue, as permits are filed and renderings revealed for a new Greenwood Heights apartment building. Just a few blocks from both
Bed Stuy
Looking west on Dekalb Avenue, near where the crash took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)BED-STUY – Last night, a driver died behind the wheel after suffering a “medical episode,” crashing his vehicle into several parked cars on DeKalb Avenue. The crash took place around 11:45 pm on Monday, August
Gowanus
St. Thomas Aquinas church and the R train entrance on Ninth Street in Park Slope, where the attempted robberies took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)PARK SLOPE – A would-be robber was electrocuted and killed this weekend when he slipped and fell onto the third rail while attempting to evade police.
Bed Stuy
EAST FLATBUSH – In the early hours of Sunday, around 2:45 am, an off-duty cop shot and wounded an armed man in a wheelchair outside an East Flatbush house party. The shooting took place Sunday, August 19, when the victim began firing a gun outside a party at 145 East
Central Brooklyn
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Central Brooklyn
The four-story apartment at 291 Buffalo Avenue in Crown Heights, where a fatal fire broke out this morning (Photo via PropertyShark [https://www.propertyshark.com/])CROWN HEIGHTS – A fire broke out in a Crown Heights apartment building early this morning, leaving one person dead and hospitalizing three more. The fire
Bay Ridge
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)SUNSET PARK – Police are looking for a suspect wanted in connection with a case of forcible touching that happened within a Sunset Park church last week. On Friday, August 10, around 7:45 pm, the suspect followed a victim into a church near 5th Avenue and 48th
Central Brooklyn
Inside Brooklyn Borough Hall today (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Caught between a street sweeper and a bike lane in Bushwick, some drivers have found literal middle ground in the ongoing struggle to find alternate side parking—they’re leaving their cars in the middle of the street! [https://nypost.com/2018/
canarsie
The MTA town hall regarding the L train in Canarsie (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) CANARSIE – The MTA’s traveling town hall tour finally reached Canarsie last night, giving attendees representing neighborhoods south of Broadway Junction a chance to learn more about the “L Train Shutdown” and pose questions to a panel
Arts & Culture
Police searched participants bags and used hand-held metal detectors to search for weapons and alcohol at J’Ouvert 2017 (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)J’Ouvert and the West Indian Day are just a few weeks away, but preparation for a safe and successful Carnival have been in the works for some
Announcements
A view of the detention center at 275 Atlantic (Via Google Maps)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Six months after the Mayor proposed expanding the Atlantic Avenue Detention Center to facilitate the closure of Riker’s Island [/expanding-atlantic-ave-detention-center-part-mayors-plan-close-rikers/], new details have emerged about the plan to move inmates into smaller, borough-based facilities. In
brighton beach
EAST WILLIAMSBURG – A homeless man was crushed to death by a truck yesterday after he sought shelter from the summer rain under the vehicle. The accident occurred yesterday, August 14, at the loading dock at 1177 Flushing Avenue, near the intersection with Varick. Sometime during the day, the victim placed