Paul was a staff reporter at Bklyner, responsible for covering Northern and Eastern parts of Brooklyn between August 2017 and January 2019.
Arts & Culture
A portrait of Frida Kahlo by Toni Frissell (Via Wikimedia Commons)The Brooklyn Museum has just announced the subject of their next major exhibition: Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. In one of the biggest exhibitions of her work in the last decade, the Brooklyn Museum will host the show, titled Frida
Central Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN – A subway slashing at the Nevins Street station sent a man to the hospital after a verbal altercation turned violent. On Wednesday, November 14, two men were arguing on a northbound 2 train around 11:30 pm. As the train pulled into the station, the suspect pulled out a
Central Brooklyn
The Domino Sugar Factory from the East River (Paul Stremple/Bklyner)The big news of the week is Amazon’s HQ2 announcement, and some think Atlantic Yards serves as a warning of what could come. [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2018/11/15/amazon-hq2-deal-atlantic-yards-serves-warning] In East Flatbush, residents and politicians
Bushwick
Eventually, Box Street Park will be built over the paratransit parking site the city uses at the north end of Greenpoint (Paul Stremple/Bklyner)GREENPOINT – A park slated for the northern tip of Greenpoint has gone back to the drawing board for a bit after being presented to the community
Bushwick
All across Brooklyn, major luxury rental developments are rising—and so are rents. Many Community Boards are fighting for higher and higher percentages of affordable housing units in new developments, and though the brass ring of 100% affordable development remains elusive, here’s a roundup of relatively affordable units that
Bushwick
WILLIAMSBURG – More Citi Bikes are coming to Williamsburg and Greenpoint ahead of the L Train Shutdown this winter as the NYC Department of Transportation looks to add capacity to existing bike stations across North Brooklyn. A draft of the new plan was presented to Community Board 1 in Williamsburg last
Greenpoint
The grassy field at 50 Kent, between North 11th and 12th Streets, where the new park will be developed (Paul Stremple/Bklyner)WILLIAMSBURG – As the last new parks to be built in North Brooklyn progress through their design phase, Community Board 1 has approved the design for a new portion
Borough Park
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)BOROUGH PARK – Police are looking for a burglar who broke into a private school in Borough Park late last month. The incident took place around 5:30 pm on Saturday, October 27, police said, at 1373 43rd Street, near 14th Avenue. Forcing his way past a secured
Central Brooklyn
Fall colors in McCarren Park (Paul Stremple/Bklyner)Following a string of anti-Semitic crimes [/anti-semitic-crimes/] last week and a racist attack this week [/another-racist-attack-in-flatbush/], allegedly white supremacist graffiti was spray-painted in North Brooklyn [https://greenpointers.com/2018/11/12/white-supremacist-tag-appears-at-transmitter-park/] , as well. A mother is in handcuffs after an abandoned
Bushwick
Local leaders speaking at the L Train panel at Brooklyn Bazaar in September 2017 (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)WILLIAMSBURG – Tomorrow, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce will co-host an event geared towards informing the local business community in North Brooklyn about the upcoming L train shutdown. While few could have avoided the
Central Brooklyn
The apartment building at 25 Lefferts Avenue, where a woman and a man were both found with knife wounds this morning (Screenshot via Google Maps)PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS – A woman is dead and a man is in the hospital after a domestic knife attack in a Lefferts Avenue apartment early
Greenpoint
The corner building at 996 Manhattan Avenue, soon to be replaced with a six-story mixed-use project (Paul Stremple/Bklyner)GREENPOINT – The former location of a popular Manhattan Avenue eatery will become a six-story residential building in the heart of Greenpoint. The new building at 996 Manhattan Avenue, where the popular