Paul was a staff reporter at Bklyner, responsible for covering Northern and Eastern parts of Brooklyn between August 2017 and January 2019.
Police & Fire
The supermarket at 4901 5th Avenue in Sunset Park (Screenshot via Google Maps) SUNSET PARK – Police are looking for two burglars who broke into a Sunset Park supermarket at the corner of 5th Avenue and 49th Street last week. Around 8:00 am on Thursday, December 7, the two individuals
Bay Ridge
A diagram of how the lanes will be divided on 4th Avenue under the DOT’s new protected bike lane project (NYC DOT)NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) will start implementing its plan to bring eight miles of protected bike lanes to 4th Avenue in the Spring of 2018, according
Business
Entrepreneurs from across Brooklyn came together last night to compete for cash prizes at the Brooklyn Public Library’s PowerUP! Business Plan Competition. The $15,000 first prize went to Jared Moldonado, founder of Catch-A-Ride [http://catcharidebus.com/], a bus service connecting the outer boroughs to cities in the northeast.
Bushwick
Upstairs in City Councilmember Antonio Reynoso’s Union Avenue office, staffers sat with constituents, conversing in Spanish, helping them with the day to day concerns of their lives. From one of their computers, a Drake track played quietly. Another staff member popped in with a small Christmas tree to put
Dyker Heights
The apartment building at 6709 11th Ave in Dyker Heights, where yesterday’s fatal fire broke out (Screenshot via Google Maps)DYKER HEIGHTS – The woman who sparked a fatal fire in an apartment on 11th Avenue last month has been indicted for arson and murder, the Attorney General’s office
News
After this morning’s terror attack at the Port Authority terminal [/manhattan-subway-suspect-brooklynite-authorities-confirm-developing/], both Mayor De Blasio and Governor Cuomo have responded to the events, addressing New Yorkers and updating them on the situation. “The first news this morning was obviously very frightening and disturbing. When you hear about a bomb
Bensonhurst
BENSONHURST – Police are looking for the man who assaulted a woman on the D train in Bensonhurst last week. On Monday, November 6, around 12:30 pm, the suspect got into an argument with a 20-year old woman on the northbound D train as they approached 79th Street station. The
Announcements
Barclays in the snow (Photo by Nathan Haselby)Well, winter is finally, truly, here. Tomorrow will see the first snow of the season, with 3-5 inches predicted to accumulate throughout the day, starting around 4:00 am and continuing throughout the day, into the night. Temperatures will be just above
Announcements
Brooklyn is a borough where 47% of residents speak a language other than English at home, as Borough President Eric Adams is wont to remind us. This holiday season, the Brooklyn Public Library is capitalizing on that linguistic diversity, offering an expanded slate of holiday programming in myriad languages. The
Bushwick
WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking the man who stole a Blue Quaker bird from the Petland store at 92 Graham Avenue and Seigel Street. Around 5:00 pm on Tuesday, December 5, the bird thief entered the exotic bird cage at the pet store, using a paper towel wrapped around his
Bed Stuy
BROADWAY JUNCTION – Police are looking for the man who punched a woman in the face after grabbing her inappropriately at the Broadway Junction station last month. Around 9:00 pm on Sunday, November 11, the unidentified man grabbed the buttocks of a 21-year old woman while moving past her on
canarsie
Looking east on Flatlands Ave towards E 85th Street. Mr. Diaz was struck while standing between the lanes, waiting for traffic to subside (Screenshot via Google Maps)CANARSIE – A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle while crossing Flatlands Avenue in Canarsie last month, succumbing to his injuries a week later.