Paul was a staff reporter at Bklyner, responsible for covering Northern and Eastern parts of Brooklyn between August 2017 and January 2019.
Bed Stuy
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] EAST NEW YORK – Police are looking for three men in connection with a stabbing near Jerome and Liberty Avenues this Saturday, July 21—and they have surveillance pictures. The incident occurred around
Central Brooklyn
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Greenpoint
Renderings of the bold new apartments proposed for Greenpoint (Via ODA) GREENPOINT – At the very north end of Brooklyn’s northernmost neighborhood, plans are in place for a new major development—and now there’s a rendering. The proposed six-story building is a bold design, with living areas elevated over
Announcements
Governor Cuomo addressing the crowd at yesterday’s garden funding announcement in Crown Heights (Via Governor Cuomo’s Office)CROWN HEIGHTS – Governor Cuomo graced a Crown Heights community garden with his presence yesterday to announce a major infusion of green for central Brooklyn gardens: $3.1 million. The grant will
Bed Stuy
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] BUSHWICK – Police have arrested and charged a brother and sister in the death of Daniel Rivera, whose body was found buried in a Bushwick backyard last year. [/homicide-ruled-cause-of-death-in-case-of-backyard-body-in-bushwick/] Kieth Floyd, 40, of
Central Brooklyn
A streetlamp flickers on against the sunset at Empire & Bedford (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Check out a great feature on Brooklyn Councilmember Rafael Espinal, [https://thebridgebk.com/how-rafael-espinal-emerged-as-city-councils-idea-man/] the man behind legalized dancing, a ban on plastic straws, and now a major green rooftop initiative in New York—he’s
Greenpoint
GREENPOINT – Want to wish upon a star? A local stargazing group has just the opportunity for you—a free stargazing event open to the public tonight in Greenpoint. For a lot of Brooklynites, looking up at the night sky means spotting the skyline of Manhattan—the latest colors projected on
Bed Stuy
After a spate of violence in Brooklyn over the last week which claimed the lives of four teenagers, police have announced arrests and charges in all four investigations, as well as identifying the victim in the Williamsburg shooting. Kyon Jackson, 15, was identified yesterday by NYPD after being shot to
Bushwick
Councilmember Reynoso speaking at a press conference calling for reform to the private carting industry this spring (Via Twitter)After a waste equity bill aimed at capping the level of municipal garbage handled by certain neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx failed to pass last year, a new bill—
northern brooklyn
Outside the Bushwick Houses in Williamsburg, where yesterday’s fatal shooting took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)WILLIAMSBURG – Yesterday, a 15-year old boy was shot and killed at the Bushwick Houses in Williamsburg, police confirmed. Officers in the 90th Precinct received a 911 call around 2:45 pm on Tuesday,
Bed Stuy
BED-STUY – A late-night shooting that wounded a 27-year old man has police on the hunt for an unknown suspect in Bed-Stuy. The shooting took place around 2:50 am on Saturday, July 14, said police. The 27-year old victim was shot in the lower back and groin by an unknown
Central Brooklyn
The merry-go-round at Coney Island glows softly at night (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) Walt Whitman famously lived in Clinton Hill, but the aluminum siding on his former home has prevented the building from being landmarked [/coalition-seeks-landmark-designation-former-home-walt-whitman/] in the past. Undaunted, preservationists are giving it another go [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/