Paul was a staff reporter at Bklyner, responsible for covering Northern and Eastern parts of Brooklyn between August 2017 and January 2019.
Announcements
A party boat docked at the Sheepshead Bay Piers of Emmons Avenue (Carly Miller/BKLYNER)SHEEPSHEAD BAY – After years complaints from residents of Sheepshead Bay about the noise, trash, parking and fights that spilled over from party boats docked along Emmons Avenue, it appears a sea change is coming. Yesterday
Announcements
DOWNTOWN – Swarms of autonomous robots. Smart appendages controlled by the mind. Are they elements from a dystopian sci-fi novel? Not so much, in fact… They’re just a few of the projects that will be on display at this Friday’s Research Expo from the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.
Bed Stuy
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)KENSINGTON – Police are looking for three men responsible for a pre-dawn break-in at a Kensington building last weekend along Foster Avenue. The incident took place around 4:40 am, when the three suspects forced open the door to 620 Foster Avenue, said police. Inside, the men stole
Central Brooklyn
UPDATE (4/25/18): Police have released photos and video of the man wanted in last weekend’s violent anti-Semitic attack on Menachem Moskowitz in Crown Heights. Police described the suspect as a black man in his 40s, around 6′ tall with a beard. He was last seen wearing dark
Central Brooklyn
The Pulaski Bridge going up in the late Brooklyn evening (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) * East Flatbush Residents Push Back Against “Overdevelopment” [https://citylimits.org/2018/04/23/jumaane-williams-east-flatbush-residents-call-for-contextual-rezoning/?platform=hootsuite] [City Limits] * A Toll Booth In Prospect Park Is A Relic Of Past Transit [https://www.brownstoner.com/architecture/prospect-park-flatbush-avenue-tollbooth-brooklyn-history/] [Brownstoner]
clinton hill
A rendering of the new apartment conversion coming to Washington Avenue in Clinton Hill (Via J Goldman Design)CLINTON HILL – A mansion in Clinton Hill, built in the 1930s, is on its way to becoming apartments as the Washington Avenue building is stripped down and converted. The building at 487
midwood
The 9 new units listed at 2802 Kings Highway are in a new 6-story development (Via NYC Housing Connect)MIDWOOD – Nine units are up for grabs on the NYC Housing Connect [https://a806-housingconnect.nyc.gov/nyclottery/lottery.html] website, though at 130% of the Area Median Income (AMI), they aren’
mill basin
The body was found in the waters off the Mill Basin bridge (Screenshot via Google Maps)MILL BASIN – On Monday, a body was found floating in the water near the Mill Basin bridge, the NYPD confirmed. Officers responded to a call of a man in the water at 9:30
green
City green spaces, like Prospect Park, would see a ban on single-use plastic bottles through new legislation introduced to the City Council today (Photo credit: Martin Seck)Earlier this year, Prospect Park went permanently car-free. Recently, the Mayor announced Central Park would follow suit. But what’s the latest thing
East New York
The building on Hendrix Street in East New York, near where Gayle was shot and killed (Screenshot via Google Maps)EAST NEW YORK – After an article celebrating East New York’s historic run of four months without a murder [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/20/nyregion/east-new-york-precinct-no-murders.html?rref=
Bay Ridge
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] BUSHWICK – Police have released surveillance video that shows a man wanted for question in connection with the stabbing death of 46-year old James Otis in Bushwick last week. [/bushwick-murder-busdriver/] The former MTA
Central Brooklyn
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