Paul was a staff reporter at Bklyner, responsible for covering Northern and Eastern parts of Brooklyn between August 2017 and January 2019.
News
Today, Governor Cuomo announced a budget amendment that would provide state funding for early voting in New York in the 12 days leading up to elections. The proposal allots $7 million in the FY 2019 Executive Budget for New York Counties to cover the cost of early voting. Cuomo had
environment
The New York League of Conservation Voters’ [http://nylcv.org/] recently published 2017 Scorecard [http://nylcv.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2018-Council-Scorecard-2.5.18.pdf] shows the majority of Brooklyn’s Councilmembers have perfect records supporting environmental legislation—but a few members of the delegation are well behind. Laurie Cumbo,
Bed Stuy
The Shell station at Knapp Street and Avenue Y was robbed earlier this month (Screenshot via Google Maps)SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Police are looking for two men who robbed a gas station on Sunday, February 4. The two men hit the Shell Station at 2472 Knapp Street, at Avenue Y, around
Central Brooklyn
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A rendering of the elevated comfort stations (Via NYC Parks)BRIGHTON BEACH – After years of controversy, two new “comfort stations” will be coming to Brighton Beach in time for Memorial Day Weekend, Assemblymember Steven Cymbrowitz (D-45) announced this morning. The $2 million elevated bathrooms are finally coming to the Reigelmann
Central Brooklyn
The victim lived at the Ebbets Field apartments, and was shot to death nearby (Screenshot via Google Maps)CROWN HEIGHTS – A man was shot and killed outside the Ebbets Field apartments in the early hours this morning, police confirmed today. Thierno Barry, 26, was shot in the face and torso
Bushwick
BUSHWICK – Police are looking for three men wanted in connection with a burglary near Maria Hernandez Park earlier this week. At 1:30 pm on Wednesday, February 7, the three suspects forced their way into a residence in the area of Starr Street and Knickerbocker Avenue, said police. Once inside,
canarsie
WILLIAMSBURG – Tonight, the second L Train open house [/mta-and-dot-announce-open-house-meetings-regarding-l-train-closure/] in Brooklyn will take place, an event sponsored by both the MTA and the DOT. Tonight’s meeting will be the third in a series of four (two each in Brooklyn and Manhattan) that was announced in January so the two
Bed Stuy
BED-STUY – A number of large apartment buildings are hitting the market in Bedford-Stuyvesant, part of a package deal of nine properties worth an estimated $60 million. Alcion Ventures [http://www.alcionventures.com/] and Alchemy Properties [http://www.alchemy-properties.com/] are looking to offload the buildings, which contain 113 units, reported
Central Brooklyn
The house at 263Winthrop Street, where yesterday’s attack occurred (Screenshot via Google Maps)PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS – A home invasion robbery gone awry led to the stabbing death of two Winthrop Street residents yesterday in PLG, said police. Responding to a call of a robbery in progress around 6:40
Central Brooklyn
Police cars block the northbound lane of Ocean Parkway as officers confer about the accident (Image via NYC911NEWS)KENSINGTON – Last night, an 80-year old woman was struck by a car as she crossed Ocean Parkway, police confirmed today. The elderly victim was crossing the six lanes of traffic around 8:
fort greene
An ambulance outside the Brooklyn Hospital (Photo by Fort Greene Focus)FORT GREENE – A 5-year old child died after a possible asthma attack last night, Tuesday, February 6, police announced this morning. Oshane Rose, Jr. was found unconscious and unresponsive at his apartment on Felix Street, between Fulton and DeKalb