Paul was a staff reporter at Bklyner, responsible for covering Northern and Eastern parts of Brooklyn between August 2017 and January 2019.
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Local lawmakers spoke out strongly against the House passage of the Concealed Carry Reciprocity act, which would force New York to allow out-of-staters to carry concealed weapons in the city. The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 [https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/38?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%
Bed Stuy
The 600 block of Bainbridge Street, where the homicide took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)BED-STUY – Police responded to a 911 call of shots fired in Bed-Stuy around 5:30 am, arriving to the scene of a homicide. At 601 Bainbridge Street, on the morning of Thursday, December 7, officers
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Saturday Night Fever is coming back to Brooklyn for one night only—on a Wednesday! To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the iconic disco flick, the original 2001 Space Odyssey Nightclub is coming back to life in a Southern Brooklyn Chinese restaurant. The Bamboo Garden, which sits at 64th Street
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A rendering of proposed development in the Broadway Triangle (Image via Dept of City Planning)WILLIAMSBURG – A court settlement in the discrimination case against the Broadway Triangle housing development was announced earlier this week, stipulating changes to the planned housing that critics decried as racially biased. Two-thirds of planned apartments
Cypress Hills
The Cypress Hills Key Food where the fight took place, on Crescent Street near Fulton (Screenshot via Google Maps)CYPRESS HILLS – When a fight broke out in line at the Key Foods in Cypress Hills last month, two men injured an elderly bystander as they tussled. Now, police are looking
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Local politicians, activists, business owners and community stakeholders came together in Williamsburg to demand action from the MTA and DOT (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)WILLIAMSBURG – Local politicians, business owners and representatives from neighborhood groups came together to demand action from the MTA and DOT in advance of the 15-month L train
Bensonhurst
MIDWOOD – An attempted robbery occurred at the Pay-O-Matic at 1813 Kings Highway on Thursday, November 30, said police. A man entered the location around 3:00 am and simulated having a gun, demanding money and lotto tickets from the 29-year old female teller. The man was unsuccessful, however, leaving the
Bay Ridge
(Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Corner Media)BAY RIDGE – Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis is urging the MTA to increase service across the Verrazano Bridge, citing long wait lines and insufficient busses. Along with State Senator Marty Golden and politicians from both Bay Ridge and Staten Island, Assemblymember Malliotakis sent a letter to
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Hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli posing with an Enigma machine, a possession he might be forced to sell (Photo: Martin Shkreli [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10100963244517225&set=pb.16400586.-2207520000.1450377114.&type=3&theater] / Facebook)Reviled “Pharma Bro” and securities fraudster Martin Shkreli may
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A Committee on Recovery and Resiliency Oversight Hearing earlier this year (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Only 34 of the 60 accessible emergency shelters promised by NYC Emergency Management are complete—and they were originally ordered to be finished last month. After Hurricane Sandy, a New York court found that the city
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Headstones at Greenwood CemeterySUNSET PARK – Job training non-profit Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow [http://obtjobs.org/home/] (OBT) is taking a step in a new direction, announcing a 2018 program for masonry restoration training in conjunction with Green-Wood Cemetery [https://www.green-wood.com/]. The 10-week paid internship will teach 10
Cypress Hills
CYPRESS HILLS – Police are looking for three teenagers in connection with a robbery in Cypress Hills earlier this month. Just before 9:00 pm on Sunday, November 12, the three suspects approached a 23-year old man near Nichols Avenue and Fulton street, engaging him in conversation, police said. When the