Paul was a staff reporter at Bklyner, responsible for covering Northern and Eastern parts of Brooklyn between August 2017 and January 2019.
Bushwick
Putnam Avenue in Bushwick, where a resident died of what may be a drug overdose this weekend (Screenshot via Google Maps)BUSHWICK – Over the weekend, a Bushwick man died in what might be a fatal overdose caused by the synthetic cannabinoid K2, which has been causing hospitalizations across Brooklyn. Police
Central Brooklyn
WILLIAMSBURG – Police have made an arrest in the death of Jose Osorio, 19, who was shot and killed in Williamsburg last December. The shooting that claimed Osorio’s life [/wednesday-crime-blotter-shooting-death-in-williamsburg-hit-and-run-in-madison-and-more/] took place on Wednesday, December 20, 2017, and left another victim shot in the shoulder. Last week, police arrested Donovan
Central Brooklyn
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Bed Stuy
The site of yesterday morning’s drug raid in Brownsville (Screenshot via Google Maps)BROWNSVILLE – In the early hours of yesterday morning, police prepared to serve a warrant at an unsuspecting Brownsville address, hoping to find those responsible for last week’s wave of overdoses across Brooklyn. [/k2-od-bed-stuy/] As scores
Bed Stuy
FLATBUSH DITMAS PARK – Yesterday, a man was assaulted outside his Flatbush Ditmas Park apartment, seemingly at random. Police said the attack came around 2:00 pm, while the 73-year old man was standing outside his residence, near Avenue H and Ocean Avenue. When his attacker punched him at random, it
Central Brooklyn
Teal gels and crane-borne lights cast an eerie glow over the clocktower bank for some manner of filming this week (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)For anyone that’s ever accused New Yorkers of living in a bubble, well, you might be right: a giant bubble conference room [https://www.bkreader.com/
Announcements
The Empire State building lit up in orange—during National Gun Awareness month, orange is the color worn to honor victims of gun violence (Via Gun Violence Awareness Month [http://www.gunviolenceawarenessmonth.com/])Brooklyn politicians and communities are speaking out and hosting events to kick-off June’s Gun Violence Awareness
Bushwick
Councilmember Antonio Reynoso’s District 34 covers parts of Williamsburg, Bushwick and Ridgewood (Via City Council)With results filtering in for Participatory Budgeting Cycle 7, the latest district to announce their winning projects is Councilmember Antonio Reynoso’s District 34, which covers Williamsburg, Bushwick and Ridgewood. The neighborhoods will receive
News
BED-STUY – A car smashed through a café storefront this morning, injuring patrons and sending three people to the hospital. The accident occurred around 8:30 this morning, when the silver Dodge struck the storefront of the Civil Service Café [/black-owned-coffee-shops-alternatives-to-starbucks-in-brooklyn/], located at 279 Nostrand and Clifton Place in Bed-Stuy. FDNY
Greenpoint
The Greenpoint Savings Bank on Manhattan Avenue (Via Property Shark)GREENPOINT – Big developments in the Greenpoint real estate scene are afoot as iconic property changes hands and developers reveal big plans. First, the iconic Greenpoint Savings Bank was sold to real estate investor Jack Terzi for more than $10 million,
Arts & Culture
The five-story, four-ton platform and statue of Saint Paolino at the 130th Giglio Feast in Williamsburg in 2017 (Photo by Paul Stremple)WILLIAMSBURG – For over 130 years, the Italian community in North Brooklyn has been coming together every year for the Giglio Feast [/130th-giglio-italian-feast-kicks-off-williamsburg/], a week-long religious celebration that involves
Bay Ridge
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] BAY RIDGE – Police are looking for a burglar that struck a Bay Ridge apartment earlier this week, gaining entry to the building by slipping in the front door as a tenant was