Paul was a staff reporter at Bklyner, responsible for covering Northern and Eastern parts of Brooklyn between August 2017 and January 2019.
Bed Stuy
The building at 220A Patchen Ave, where last night’s fire claimed the lives of two men (Screenshot via Google Maps)BED-STUY – Last night, a fire in in Bed-Stuy brownstone claimed the lives of two men. The FDNY received a call about about a fire at 220A Patchen Avenue, near
Central Brooklyn
An important reminder for 2018 on a Greenpoint mailbox—and it applies to local news, too! (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories and other curiosities all over Brooklyn. First Brooklyn Baby Of 2018 Born in Woodhull Hospital [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/01/01/2018-nyc-first-new-babies/] [CBS
Central Brooklyn
The Peking Express restaurant, which was burglarized on Christmas Eve (Screenshot via Google Maps)GREENPOINT – Police are looking for the man who burglarized the Peking Express restaurant across from McGolrick Park on Christmas Eve. Around 10:15 pm on Sunday, December 24, a man used an unknown object to force
Announcements
As 2017 winds to a close this weekend, it will go down as the safest year on record, part of a historic decrease in crime across New York City. Today, Acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez released a statement outlining the finer points of 2017’s crime reductions—especially the lowest
News
Tonie and Barry Wells (Via Facebook)CROWN HEIGHTS – New developments in yesterday’s death of 22-year old Tonie Wells [/wednesday-crime-blotter-fatal-collision-brownsville-young-mom-found-dead-crown-heights-home/] have led to the suspension of two NYPD officers and the arrest of the deceased’s husband, Barry Wells. Two police officers were suspended yesterday after allegedly ignoring a 911
Central Brooklyn
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)WILLIAMSBURG – A shooting just after midnight last night in Williamsburg left one man dead and another wounded, said police. Arriving at 160 Havemeyer Street, near South 2nd Street, police found two gunshot victims: a 19-year old man shot in the leg and back, and a 20-year old
Announcements
Members of Community Board 15 voting in a meeting (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Ever wanted to get more involved with the direction of your neighborhood? Now’s the chance to apply to be a member of your local Community Board and have a say in shaping your neighborhood’s
Arts & Culture
Tomorrow may be the shortest day of the year, but that doesn’t mean you can’t pack in some great music and dancing! On the winter solstice, Thursday, 21, the non-profit Make Music [http://www.makemusicny.org/winter/] is featuring two musical events in Brooklyn for your holiday enjoyment.
Central Brooklyn
Waiting for the Greenpoint Ferry on a quiet winter night (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) The Down-Low is our round-up of stories and other curiosities all over Brooklyn. Abandoned SUV At Fort Greene Park Racks Up Tickets and Tweets About Loneliness [https://nypost.com/2017/12/17/abandoned-car-in-brooklyn-has-been-racking-up-tickets-over-past-year/] [NY Post] Coney Island
Cypress Hills
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] SUNSET PARK – Police are looking for three individuals wanted in connection with the robbery of a tobacco shop in Sunset Park on the morning of Monday, December 18. Around 6:30 am,
Announcements
Two town hall meetings this week offer Brooklynites a space to engage with elected officials before the year’s end. Residents of Councilmember Laurie Cumbo’s 35th City Council District and parents with kids attending schools in the 13th School Board District will have meetings in their neighborhoods starting this
Central Brooklyn
Clinton Lawson, 32, was sentenced for his 2014 crime spree in Crown Heights. (Photo via Attorney Generals Office)Years after his one-night crime spree through Crown Heights in 2014, 32-year old Clinton Lawson of Jamaica, Queens has been sentenced to 75 years in prison, Acting Attorney General Eric Gonzalez announced
Police & Fire
SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying two individuals wanted in connection with a grand larceny in Sheepshead Bay last month. Just before midnight on Saturday, November 25, a 22-year old woman left her purse in the backseat of her car, parked in the United
Bed Stuy
A view of the Brevoort Houses from Patchen Avenue (Screenshot via Google Maps) BED-STUY – A 24-year old man was shot and killed in Bed-Stuy last weekend by an unknown attacker outside the Brevoort Houses. The man was standing with friends in the parking lot at 331 Patchen Avenue, around 10:
Central Brooklyn
Glenwood Road, where a resident was shot and killed earlier this month. (Screenshot via Google Maps)EAST FLATBUSH – Police have made an arrest following the shooting death of an East Flatbush man earlier this month. Just after 7:00 am on Sunday, December 10, police responded to a call of
Central Brooklyn
The corner of St. Johns and Schenectady in Crown Heights, near where the shooting took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)CROWN HEIGHTS – During a weekend beset with violence, a man was shot and killed in Crown Heights on Saturday. On Saturday, December 16, at 1:40 am, police responded to