Paul was a staff reporter at Bklyner, responsible for covering Northern and Eastern parts of Brooklyn between August 2017 and January 2019.
Bed Stuy
WILLIAMSBURG – A man pretending to have a gun robbed a chicken spot on Broadway over the weekend—now, police are looking for help tracking him down. Around 10:30 am on Sunday, August 12, the suspect entered the Chicken Express at 582 Broadway, near Lorimer, said police. With his hand
Central Brooklyn
(Photo by Carly Miller)Ditmas Park made the top of the Time’s New York Today section, part of a series on “Suburbs in the City.” [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/14/nyregion/new-york-today-ditmas-park.html?rref=collection%2Fcolumn%2Fny-today-daily-briefings&action=click&contentCollection=nyregion®ion=stream&
Events
EAST WILLIAMSBURG – New York Restaurant Week might be winding down, but on Grand Street, it’s just getting started! This year’s Grand Street Restaurant Week is underway and will run until Sunday, August 26. During that time, fifteen restaurants will be serving up prix-fixe lunch and dinner options at
Announcements
GREENPOINT – The main artery from North Brooklyn into Queens will be closed to traffic during nights between now and September. The closures are necessary for work regarding pedestrian and bike lane improvements on the bridge, according to the DOT. The bridge will be closed overnight from midnight until 5:00
News
A rendering of the proposed development between 8th Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway at 62nd Street in Sunset Park (By DXA Studio)SUNSET PARK – With recent real estate developments and city investment, it’s clear that the prognostications of residents and politicians about the impending gentrification of Sunset Park were
Bed Stuy
BED-STUY – Police are looking for three men wanted for their role in a streetcorner shootout that took place in Bed-Stuy earlier this month. At 5:30 am on Saturday, August 5, two men in the area of Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Van Buren Street exchanged gunfire on the street, said
Central Brooklyn
Sunset Park (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Restauranteur Harris Salat, formerly of Ganso Ramen, will bring two new options to downtown: a taqueria and a sushi joint. [https://ny.eater.com/2018/8/8/17665052/taqueria-bigeye-sushi-harris-salat-nyc] Check out other recent restaurant news here. [/restaurant-news-stumptown-coffee-opens-fundraising-for-gage-tollner-more/] And women in baking are about that
Greenpoint
A rendering of the mixed-use building coming to the corner of Eagle and Manhattan in Greenpoint.GREENPOINT – An empty lot on Greenpoint’s main drag will soon be home to a five-story mixed-use building—and now, renderings are out. Located at 1056 Manhattan Avenue, at the corner of Eagle Street,
Coney Island
Source: Nodar Kherkheulidze via Wikimedia CommonsCONEY ISLAND – Posing as a paralegal, a Coney Island man defrauded immigrants by taking their money and filing fake asylum applications. Now, he’s facing charges. Vadim Alekseev, 42, of Coney Island, was hit with a 21-count indictment yesterday, facing charges of scheme to defraud,
Bed Stuy
After analyzing data across the five boroughs, Localize discovered the areas in which cyclists and pedestrians are at three times greater risk of being injured are killed in a crash—and three of them are in Brooklyn. Which are the most dangerous neighborhoods? Williamsburg, Downtown and an area of Crown
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The design for the corner lot has drawn comparisons to the Flatiron Building in Manhattan (Via Cayuga Capital Management)WILLIAMSBURG – A corner building reminiscent of the iconic Flatiron Building—if a little shorter—will be headed to the heart of Williamsburg, renderings reveal. The development will be at the 115
Bensonhurst
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)BROWNSVILLE – Police are looking for a man wanted in connection with a seemingly random slashing that took place in Brownsville on Monday. The attack happened around 11:30 pm on Monday, August 6, near Linden Boulevard and Rockaway Parkway, said police, when the suspect approached a 44-year