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Zainab Iqbal

Zainab Iqbal

Zainab is a staff reporter at Bklyner who sometimes writes poetry in her free time || zainab@bklyner.com
Mar
10
Q&A With Edwin Raymond On His Run For City Council District 40

Q&A With Edwin Raymond On His Run For City Council District 40

Edwin Raymond. (Photo via Raymond)Twelve of Brooklyn’s 16 councilmembers are term-limited, and the number of individuals running for
7 min read
Dec
24
Farewell, for now.

Farewell, for now.

Pre-pandemic Brooklyn. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)Today is my last day at Bklyner. I started in May 2017 when I
6 min read
Dec
24
Cyclist Fatally Struck By MTA Bus Driver

Cyclist Fatally Struck By MTA Bus Driver

Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText]
2 min read
Dec
23
This Week In Brooklyn: Hotel Files For Bankruptcy, Post Office Named After Mother Cabrini & More

This Week In Brooklyn: Hotel Files For Bankruptcy, Post Office Named After Mother Cabrini & More

Development in Brooklyn. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)Happy Wednesday! We at Bklyner hope you are all safe and well. Let’
3 min read
Dec
22
Flatbush Avenue Subway Station To Honor Garrett Goble, A Motorman Killed In Arson Fire

Flatbush Avenue Subway Station To Honor Garrett Goble, A Motorman Killed In Arson Fire

At the ceremony yesterday. (Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit) FLATBUSH – The Flatbush Ave-Brooklyn College Subway Station
2 min read
Dec
21
Fire Truck Crashes Into Gravesend Storefront

Fire Truck Crashes Into Gravesend Storefront

Fire Truck crashes into a storefront. (Photo via Hillel Lichtenstein)GRAVESEND – Six people are injured after a fire truck crashed
1 min read
Dec
21
New Rollercoaster Coming To Coney Island Amusement Park

New Rollercoaster Coming To Coney Island Amusement Park

A rendering of the new rollercoaster Phoenix. (Photo via Deno’s Wonder Wheel) CONEY ISLAND – A new rollercoaster, Phoenix, is
1 min read
Dec
20
This Week In Brooklyn: Tipping Delivery Workers, Pfizer, And Suing The NYPD

This Week In Brooklyn: Tipping Delivery Workers, Pfizer, And Suing The NYPD

If you want to take a break from sledding, build a snowman instead. (Photo: Keira Wingate/Bklyner)We’re nearing
3 min read
Dec
18
Bay Ridge Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty To Criminal Tax Fraud

Bay Ridge Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty To Criminal Tax Fraud

Photo by Bill Oxford [https://unsplash.com/@bill_oxford?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText]
1 min read
Dec
18
Lifting Black Voices: 5 Leaders Awarded Grants To Help Tackle Racial Disparities In Brooklyn

Lifting Black Voices: 5 Leaders Awarded Grants To Help Tackle Racial Disparities In Brooklyn

The recipients of the grant. (Alford, top left; Dr. Blackstock, bottom left; Dr. Johnson, middle; Kalam Id-Din II, top right;
5 min read