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Arts & Culture

SummerStage Returns to Coney Island Tomorrow Night, Starts Summer of Free Music Events

CONEY ISLAND – Coney Island is a must stop destination for Brooklynites, New Yorkers and tourists alike during the summer, boasting everything from boardwalk games and swimming to events ranging from the wild Mermaid Parade [/mermaid-parade-2018/] to Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest [/joey-chestnut-gobbles-record-nathans-famous-hot-dog-eating-contest/]. Now, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams

Arts & Culture

Coney Island’s 36th Annual Mermaid Parade [PHOTOS]

CONEY ISLAND – On a hot, sunny Saturday, crowds gathered along Surf Avenue in Coney Island to check out the 36th Annual Mermaid Parade, a “celebration of ancient mythology and honky-tonk rituals of the seaside” performed each year. Writer Neil Gaiman served as King Neptune with his wife, singer Amanda Palmer

Bushwick

Shootings in East Flatbush, Bushwick Leave Two Dead Over Weekend

Two Brooklyn men in two neighborhoods died over the weekend from gun violence—one in a Bushwick shooting Saturday night, the other from injuries sustained in a shooting the weekend before. In Bushwick, the shooting took place at the intersection of Bushwick Avenue and Beaver Street, a few blocks from

brighton beach

Weekend Crime Blotter: Snatch-and-Grab on Brighton Beach Ave, A Cop Arrested for Assault & More

BRIGHTON BEACH – Police are looking for a group of teens wanted in a string of snatch-and-grab robberies along Brighton Beach Avenue. From April until June, the crew of robbers struck at least five times, usually around midday. They targeted the elderly, and mostly women, approaching from behind and grabbing wallets

Central Brooklyn

The Weekly News Quiz: June 15, 2018

Think you know all about Brooklyn news? Try this week’s news quiz and see how well you’ve kept up with all the coverage on BKLYNER! If you’re reading BKLYNER regularly, consider becoming a subscriber [/subscribe/]—you can keep up-to-date on all things Brooklyn and support the local

Bushwick

RiseBoro Community Partnership Awarded Grant to Start New Health Programs

RiseBoro will provide individualized health care for those using its housing and senior centers with the new grant (Via RiseBoro)BUSHWICK – The RiseBoro Community Partnership will be able to bring individualized health care to the people utilizing the organization’s housing, community, and senior centers thanks to a grant of

Bay Ridge

Friday Crime Blotter: Back to Back Burglaries in Bay Ridge, A Bushwick Break-In & More

CYPRESS HILLS – Police are looking for a bicycle thief that hit a house in Cypress Hills earlier this week. The theft occurred on Tuesday, June 12, around 11:00 pm in the vicinity of Fulton and Hale Avenues, said police. The 51-year old victim of the theft saw the damage

Central Brooklyn

Today’s Links: Mega Developments Continue Apace, Green Space, “Local” Fish Revealed to be New York Transplants & More

New Williamsburg towers over Old Williamsburg on Metropolitan Avenue (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)There’s major development news all over Brooklyn this week as a variety of large-scale projects make their debut to the usual mixed reaction of delight and dismay from Brooklyn residents. First, check out the in-depth history of

Central Brooklyn

Catching Up on Speed Cameras—What’s The Latest on Legislation?

With this week’s tragic death of Shaena Sinclair in Canarsie [/canarsie-crash-fatal-mother-son/], the safety of New York streets are once again under scrutiny as residents, community activists and political leaders hope to reduce the number fatal car crashes in the city. Yesterday, the activist group Transportation Alternatives released a statement

bath beach

Former Assemblymember Pamela Harris Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Witness Tampering

Former Assemblymember Pamela Harris pleaded guilty to fraud and witness tampering this week (Photo by Alex Ellefson/Sheepshead Bite)Former 46th District Assemblymember Pamela Harris, who resigned earlier this year, pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of fraud and witness tampering, admitting to defrauding government agencies like FEMA out of tens

brighton beach

Ride Vintage Subway Trains in Brighton Beach This Weekend

The BMT Centennial train making a trip on the elevated tracks (Via NYC Transit Museum)BRIGHTON BEACH – In celebration of Father’s Day this weekend, the New York Transit Museum [http://www.nytransitmuseum.org/] is hitting the rails with some vintage train cars to ride in Southern Brooklyn! At the

fort greene

New Design Revealed for Fort Greene Townhouse Near BAM and Atlantic-Barclays

The new render for the three-story townhouse at 147 Felix Street in Fort Greene (Via JRA Design Group)FORT GREENE – A building set to fill a long-standing empty lot on St. Felix Street between the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Atlantic-Barclays has a new rendering. The new renderings from JRA