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Photo by Erica Price at Coney Island Beach.Happy Monday! The weekend was filled with shootings, deaths, and protests. We hope this week will be a good one. * A one-year-old baby boy was shot and killed at a cookout last night in Bed Stuy [/one-year-old-boy-shot-and-killed-at-cookout/]. Three other people were also
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A protestor and counter-protestor clashing. (Photo via Rathkopf Photos, with permission.)BAY RIDGE/DYKER HEIGHTS – On Sunday, dozens of people decided to march for Blue Lives Matter in Bay Ridge in support of the NYPD. Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, who was leading Saturday’s protest, told the Staten Island Advance [https:
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Photo via Loudlabs of the scene of the crime, where the stroller is still standing.BEDFORD STUYVESANT – A one-year-old baby boy was shot and killed at a cookout last night. Three other people were also shot but are in stable condition. On Sunday, July 12 at around 11:30 p.
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerIt’s Friday! How do we feel about welcoming the weekend with a good old storm? Please stay safe and indoors! * Tropical Storm Fay is here! It is expected to be windy and rain all day today until 2 a.m. Saturday. The City has also issued
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Flatbush Library Branch getting ready for reopening. (Photo via BPL)BROOKLYN – The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) is finally reopening on Monday, however, it will be grab-and-go – think takeout but for books. In this first phase of the libraries’ reopening, people will be able to access a small area inside some
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBROOKLYN – Tropical Storm Fay is here! It is expected to be windy and rain all day today until 2 a.m. Saturday. The City has also issued a flash flood warning and it is in effect until late tonight. Please stay indoors and stay safe. “We are
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Photo by Erica Price/BklynerIt’s Thursday! The sky is blue, the sun is shining, and it is HOT outside. Then again its almost mid July and we are heading into heatwave season, and storm season. Need to cool off? Beaches are open as are cooling centers. Don’t forget
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Photo by Bill Oxford on UnsplashBROOKLYN – “Brian and I were born just one year apart and raised in Brooklyn by mothers who came here from somewhere else to make a life for themselves and their families. But our lives were set on very different courses—irreversibly so—in March of
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Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City. (Photo by Erica Price/Bklyner)It’s Wednesday! Some days it is rainy and windy. Other days, we sweat too much. We keep thinking about the beach. How have your days been going? Have a story you want to share? Please reach out! * There
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(Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)BROOKLYN – NYC public schools are planning on reopening on a part-time basis in the fall with in-person classes two to threes times a week, the Mayor announced. The decision won’t be final until the Governor says so, and that can take until August.
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EAST NY – During a wellness check, cops found a 64-year-old man dead with trauma to his body. On Tuesday, July 7 at around 1:47 p.m., cops were called to a wellness check at a building on Schenck Avenue near Stanley Avenue, where they fund a 64-year-old man dead
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For David, who is in nursing school, this will be his last year as a lifeguard in Coney Island. (Photo: Erica Price/Bklyner)It’s Tuesday. Can you believe how quickly the first week of July passed by? We hope you’re staying safe and well. And if there are