Paul was a staff reporter at Bklyner, responsible for covering Northern and Eastern parts of Brooklyn between August 2017 and January 2019.
Central Brooklyn
Get high enough and Bushwick and you can see the Manhattan skyline… along with some major industrial space! (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Flatbush Councilmember and Lieutenant Governor hopeful Jumaane Williams was found not guilty of disorderly conduct [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/06/nyregion/jumaane-williams-councilman-immigrant-protest-guilty.html?smid=tw-nytmetro&smtyp=
Greenpoint
GREENPOINT – One of the key concessions made by developers eager to erect high-rise luxury rental towers along the North Brooklyn waterfront has been the inclusion of public green space along the water. This week, one such space at the northern end of Greenpoint opened up for use. At the top
News
La Guardia Playground in Williamsburg, where a man was found dead yesterday evening (Screenshot via Google Maps)WILLIAMSBURG – A body was discovered in a North Brooklyn playground yesterday evening, police confirmed. Around 5:30 pm on Monday, August 6, police received a 911 call reporting an unconscious man in Williamsburg’
News
Passengers boarding a B82 bus in Brooklyn (Source: MTA [http://www.nyc.gov/html/brt/downloads/pdf/2015-10-14-brt-southbrooklyn-bkbsc.pdf] )FLATLANDS – An MTA bus driver drunk on cheap vodka crashed his B82 bus into a row of cars early Sunday morning in Flatlands, said police, while nine people were on board.
Downtown Brooklyn
Outside the Prince Street homeless shelter where a man was beaten to death last night (Screenshot via Google Maps)DOWNTOWN – A 64-year old man was beaten to death in a homeless shelter in Downtown Brooklyn in the early hours of Monday morning, police confirmed today. Around 12:30 am on
Bay Ridge
BAY RIDGE – A hot Sunday afternoon in Bay Ridge was interrupted by a bank robbery by a medical-mask wearing suspect, police said. The robbery took place yesterday, Sunday, August 5, around 1:40 pm, said police. The suspect entered the TD Bank at 9904 4th Avenue and 99th Street wearing
Central Brooklyn
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Police & Fire
The apartment building at 575 59th Street, where a man was stabbed to death on the street yesterday morning (Screenshot via Google Maps)SUNSET PARK – Police are looking for a suspect in the stabbing death of a man in Sunset Park yesterday morning. Just before 10:00 am on Thursday,
Bed Stuy
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] DOWNTOWN – Police are looking for a suspect that attacked a man on a Downtown bus while shouting a racial remark earlier this week. Just before 10:00 am on Monday, July 30,
Central Brooklyn
A ferry crosses in front of the Williamsburg Bridge (Photo via NYC Ferry)Borough President Eric Adams has made no secret of wanting to run for Mayor. It’s a few years out yet, but check out this great profile reported while riding a bike! [https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/
midwood
The intersection of Avenue P and East 16th, where the 57-year old was hit while crossing the street (Screenshot via Google Maps)MIDWOOD – After a woman died on Tuesday from injuries suffered in a Midwood hit-and-run last week, police are searching for the deadly driver that fled the scene of
Bushwick
BUSHWICK – Last night, a city sanitation truck hit and critically injured a bicyclist on a Bushwick street. The crash took place around 8:45 pm on Wednesday, August 1, said police, and involved a woman in her 20s. The cyclist was northbound on Evergreen Street, near Menahan, when the truck,