Paul was a staff reporter at Bklyner, responsible for covering Northern and Eastern parts of Brooklyn between August 2017 and January 2019.
northern brooklyn
WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking for a man in connection with the theft of a credit card in Williamsburg. The victim received an email from his bank reporting suspicious credit card activity while outside the Atlas Cafe, 116 Havermeyer Street, at 6:30 pm on July 24th. At that moment, the
Bushwick
Patricia Lopez announces the lawsuit against the waste transfer station in Bushwick. (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)BUSHWICK – Cleanup North Brooklyn [http://www.cleanupnbk.org/], a grassroots community group, announced today that they would be filing a lawsuit against a nearby waste transfer facility as part of their ongoing effort to improve
News
A Kensington-bound B67 bus arrives at its 7th Ave stop a minute early (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)PARK SLOPE – The LED lights for the B69 to Kensington showed 13 minutes until the next bus. “Want to go across and get a slice?” one traveler asked their companion. A shrug was the
Downtown Brooklyn
DUMBO – The historic cobblestones that give DUMBO some of its picturesque charm may have to be changed in order to comply with federal regulations. While preservationists seek to keep the streets’ historic charm, Crain’s reports [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20170828/REAL_ESTATE/170829898] that changes may be inevitable.
Borough Park
418 Coney Island Avenue (Screenshot via Google Maps)CENTRAL BROOKLYN – Police are looking for four individuals wanted in questioning regarding two separate incidents involving credit card skimmers in Kensington and Borough Park this month.On Friday, August 18, the three men attempted to place a credit card skimmer on pump
Borough Park
BOROUGH PARK — A married couple died and their teenage daughter was injured in a Borough Park house fire this morning, Monday, Aug 28. The FDNY received a 911 call at 3:47 am reporting a residential fire at 1174 44th Street, located a block and a half from the FDNY
Bay Ridge
16 94th St (Screenshot via Google Maps)BAY RIDGE—A fire in a Bay Ridge apartment building over the weekend left one woman dead. FDNY responded to a 911 call of a residential fire at 16 94th at 11:29 on Saturday, August 26. The fire took place in a
Bensonhurst
(Paul Stremple//BKLYNER)BENSONHURST – The 42nd annual Festa di Santa Rosalia drew to a close Sunday, August 27th, with the solemn procession of the saint’s statue up 18th Ave and down 20th Ave to Saint Dominic’s Roman Catholic Church [http://brooklyncatholic.blogspot.com/2011/08/st-dominic-bensonhurst.html] on
Bed Stuy
Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man wanted in connection with an assault in Bed-Stuy over the weekend. In the early hours of Saturday, August 26, the individual approached a 27-year old man on the corner of Franklin and Fulton and punched him in the
brighton beach
Police are looking for a man in connection with a burglary in Brighton Beach earlier this month. On the afternoon of Tuesday, August 15, between 3:30 and 5:00 pm, a man entered a basement apartment on Banner Ave through an unlocked window, making off with $5,000 cash,
Central Brooklyn
1069 Wilmohr Street, where the victim was found by police (Screenshot via Google Maps)An assault in East Flatbush Sunday, August 20, left one man dead and another in handcuffs. Kevin Ryant, 49, of East Flatbush, was found on the ground with head trauma by police responding to a 911
Central Brooklyn
MIDWOOD – At select locations in Midwood, alternate side parking has been eliminated on Saturday, so observant Jews won’t have to move their cars on Shabbos. Councilmember David Greenfield, who has fought for parking changes since 2010, announced the change today in a statement. He said that the issue was