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Central Brooklyn

Today’s Links: Fishing Line Foul-Up Kills Owl, No Redemption For Flatbush Church & More

Junk truck with flowers, on the block in Clinton Hill (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) * Flatbush Church Doesn’t Make The Cut For Landmarking, Will Become 9 Stories of Housing [https://citylimits.org/2018/04/30/city-rejects-bid-to-landmark-century-old-flatbush-church-slated-for-demolition/] [City Limits] * Greenpoint Waterfront Retains Industrial Charm Amid Glossy Development in Williamsburg and LIC [https:

mill basin

Residents and Politicians Protest Mayor’s Move to Put Party Boats in Mill Basin

Mill Basin Residents gathered to protest the planned arrival of party boats in the waters off their property (Photo via Al Buznik)MILL BASIN – On Sunday, a group of Mill Basin residents met up in the parking lot of Nick’s Lobster House to protest the planned arrival of Sheepshead

canarsie

Investigation Underway in Canarsie Dismemberment Slaying

A photo of Brandy Odom, who was slain earlier this month (Via Facebook)CANARSIE – After the grisly discovery of the dismembered body of Brandy Odom, 26, in a Canarsie Park earlier this month [/dismembered-body-canarsie-park/], police have started to make moves in their investigation, reportedly questioning both her Queens roommate and

Arts & Culture

Brooklyn Celebrates Spring—And The Selfie—At Sakura Matsuri

PROSPECT PARK – The sun was out and the blossoms in full bloom for the Brooklyn Botanical Garden’s 37th annual Sakura Matsuri cherry blossom festival over the weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, visitors poured into the gardens to experience the flowering of more than 200 cherry trees in peak bloom

Bay Ridge

Bay Ridge 10-Year Old In Critical Condition After Being Struck By SUV

Police shut down the street as they investigated Sunday’s crash in Bay Ridge, which sent a child to the hospital in critical condition (Photo via NYC911News LLC)BAY RIDGE – A 10-year old child is in critical condition after being struck by a car in Bay Ridge yesterday afternoon, police

Bed Stuy

Weekend Crime Blotter: Broad Daylight Shooting in Ditmas Park, Bed-Stuy Box Cutter Robbery, City Employees Rack Up DWIs & More

BUSHWICK – At 2:21 am on Sunday, April 29, off-duty NYPD officer Miguel Martinez, 38, was arrested and charged with DWI, driving the wrong way and refusing to take a breathalyzer test. CROWN HEIGHTS – At 3:45 am on Saturday, April 28, NYC Corrections officer James Laraque, 35, was charged

Business

Meet The Team Celebrating Local Business With “Black-Owned Brooklyn”

Glenn Alan and Cynthia Gordy, the duo behind Instagram’s “Black Owned Brooklyn” (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Last week, our list of black-owned coffeeshops [/black-owned-coffee-shops-alternatives-to-starbucks-in-brooklyn/] generated an enormous reader response. Even Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams got in on the action, launching a #BLKCoffeeInBK [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BLKCoffeeInBK?src=hash]

Central Brooklyn

The Weekly News Quiz: April 27, 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

mill basin

Residents to Protest Against Party Boats This Sunday in Mill Basin

MILL BASIN – While residents of Sheepshead Bay have celebrated the announced departure of some of the “party boats” [/sheepshead-party-boats-relocated/] docked at the Sheepshead Bay Piers along Emmons Avenue, many residents of Mill Basin were shocked to find out that three of the boats were headed for their shores this summer—

Greenpoint

Major Developer Purchases Polluted Greenpoint Parcels

An aerial view of the development site in Greenpoint (Via Google Maps)GREENPOINT – Major developer and property management company All Year Management has purchased a few polluted parcels of Greenpoint land in a huge real-estate deal in North Brooklyn. The company is reportedly paying $55 million for 10 parcels along

Bay Ridge

Friday Crime Blotter: Cash Grab in Coney Island, Busted During a Bensonhurst Break-In & More

CANARSIE – A teacher at a Canarsie School was arrested and charged with sexually abusing a 15-year old student over the course of a month. On Wednesday, April 45, Andre Braddy was arrested and charged with multiple counts of criminal sexual acts and actions injurious to a minor, police said. Braddy,

mill basin

Party Crashers! Mill Basin Residents Concerned About Party Boats

MILL BASIN – Three big party boats are coming to the waters of Mill Basin, perhaps as soon as next week, and yet no one is quite sure where the booze cruise yachts will be moored. Though the Sheepshead Bay community has been fighting for years to rid themselves of the