Paul was a staff reporter at Bklyner, responsible for covering Northern and Eastern parts of Brooklyn between August 2017 and January 2019.
East New York
The Outback Steakhouse in East New York where an NYPD detective was arrested after flashing a gun (Screenshot via Google Maps)EAST NEW YORK – An off-duty NYPD detective was arrested yesterday after flashing his gun during an argument in an Outback Steakhouse. Joel Crooms, 31, was arrested and charged with
Announcements
Sarah Dupre, 24, missing in Sheepshead Bay since 11/23 (Photo via DCPI) SHEEPSHEAD BAY – The New York City Police department is asking for help locating 24-year old Sarah Dupre, missing since Thursday, November 23. Dupre was last seen around 3:30 pm at her home, on the 2000-block of
Bushwick
The check cashing spot on Broadway where Shaheem Bernard was killed last Friday (Screenshot via Google Maps)BUSHWICK – A Williamsburg man was arrested and charged in the shooting death of a 20-year old from Bed-Stuy last Friday. Just before 1:00 pm on Friday, November 24, police responded to a
East New York
The high-rise apartment building at 1530 Pennsylvania Avenue, where the shooting took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)EAST NEW YORK – A shooting last week in a Starrett City apartment left one dead and one injured, and a 20-year old man arrested and charged with murder. Around 10:30 pm on
Announcements
As families come together at Thanksgiving to celebrate what they have and are thankful for, it’s an important time to turn our minds to those less fortunate in our community. Many people will hungry or homeless over the holiday, and Thanksgiving day itself is a great time to get
Bed Stuy
The robbery took place just before 3:00 am on Fulton Street (Screenshot via Google Maps)BED-STUY – Police are looking for the man who stole cash and cigarettes from a 7-Eleven store on Fulton Street earlier this week. Just before 3:00 am on Tuesday, November 21, the suspect entered
Announcements
The Coney Island Gospel Assembly at 2828 Neptune Ave (Screenshot via Google Maps)CONEY ISLAND – This Thanksgiving, the Coney Island community is doing all they can to make sure no one goes hungry. Every year for the last 20 years, local stakeholders in the Amusement District have come together to
Central Brooklyn
Inside the old Pavilion Theater as it’s being renovated (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. Bensonhurst Brothers Cornered the Online Market for Appliances and Big Ticket Buys [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/
Arts & Culture
Tom Finkelpearl, co-chair of the Mayoral Commission on City Art, Monuments, and Markers opened the discussion (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)BOROUGH HALL – Politicians, teachers, art historians, feminists, futurists and more turned out to speak on the role of public monuments in New York City. The Mayoral Advisory Commission on City Art,
Health
Today, the Food Bank for New York City released a new study that shows Brooklyn has the highest rate of food security of all five boroughs. The report, titled “Trade Offs at the Dinner Table,” examines the effect that 2013 cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) had on
Announcements
CONEY ISLAND – A group of Coney Island gangsters have been indicted in a slew of crimes spanning the last six years, which include murder, racketeering, witness tampering and robbery. The four members and one associate of the “West End Enterprise,” a street gang based out of the Mermaid Houses on
Central Brooklyn
The NYPD is asking for help locating two missing persons, one from Coney Island and one from East Flatbush. Coney Island Lorena Puebla, 15, missing since 11/15 (Photo via DCPI)Lorena Puebla, a 15-year old girl from Coney Island, was reported missing on Wednesday, November 15. Puebla was last