Dec
07
The Weekly News Quiz: December 7, 2018
Think you know all about Brooklyn news? Try this week’s news quiz and see how
well you’ve kept
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Paul Stremple
Paul was a staff reporter at Bklyner, responsible for covering Northern and Eastern parts of Brooklyn between August 2017 and January 2019.
Dec
07
Friday Crime Blotter: “Hangry” Man in East Williamsburg Deli, Hit-and-Run in Carroll Gardens & More
DOWNTOWN – A 14-year-old boy was robbed while changing trains in the
Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway station last week and police are asking
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Dec
06
Sinterklaas in Canarsie, “Suburbification” in Brooklyn & More of Today’s Links
Yesterday, the “smoke a joint, save the subway”
[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/05/nyregion/marijuana-legalized-nyc-subway.html?rref=collection%
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Dec
06
Brooklyn DA Announces Event To Erase Past Convictions for Marijuana
A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)As discussions
swirl about the
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Dec
06
Councilmember Espinal Wants Marijuana Tax for NYCHA, Bail Programs—Not The Subway
In response to a new study calling for the taxation of legalized marijuana to
help fund the spiraling MTA
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Dec
05
UPDATE: Man Arrested on Hate Crimes Charge Following Anti-Semitic Attack
UPDATE (12/5/18): Police have announced that a suspect in the attack on a Jewish
man last week has
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Dec
05
Bed-Stuy Shootings Kill Two Men Just Blocks Apart
The corner of Marcus Garvey and Pulaski, near where one of yesterday’s shootings
took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)
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Dec
05
Wednesday Crime Blotter: Stabbing in Prospect Park, Shots Fired in Flatbush & More
Photo via Wikimedia Commons
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PARK SLOPE
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Dec
04
Bezos and the BQX, E-Sports Come to Atlantic & More of Today’s Links
Rendering of BQX. (Credit: Handout)Yesterday, riders across the subway system
were slowed down in their commutes—but one station
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Dec
04
Bushwick Bodegas Exhibit Art in Living Advent Calendar
BUSHWICK – In bodegas across Bushwick this holiday season, neighbors and
shoppers will find something new among the quick-stop staples they
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