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Enma Tenezaca said she was issued a $2,000 ticket. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal)FLATBUSH – Churros. Hot dogs. Ices. Flatbush is a home to all of the above. You won’t necessarily find them in brick and mortar stores. Instead, you would walk up to a beat up cart and order
Central Brooklyn
Brooklyn district map. Photo: ufoa.org [http://www.ufoa.org/statistics/statistics.php?boroughindex=0]City Council elections are on November 7, 2017, but primaries are in three weeks –September 12, 2017, and candidates are trying to rack up as much support as they can. Here is who will be
Central Brooklyn
Solar Eclipse at approximately 1:50pm (Photo Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The long-awaited eclipse [/see-mondays-solar-eclipse-brooklyn/] has come and gone. According to NASA [https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/eclipse-who-what-where-when-and-how], the last time a total eclipse was visible in the U.S. was 1979. To watch the moon cover 70 percent of the sun,
Police & Fire
SEAGATE – Police are looking for a suspect who stabbed and kicked a man in a deli on Saturday, August 19. At approximately 1:20pm the suspect walked into World Deli located at 3602 Neptune Avenue, approached the 49-year-old victim from behind and stabbed him in the neck. According to authorities,
Police & Fire
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] CANARSIE – Four people were shot at a large party in Canarsie when a fight broke out early morning today, August 20. At approximately 3:30 am, one woman and three men were
Announcements
Photo by rkbresler [https://instagram.com/rkbresler/]GOWANUS – Heavy rain flooded areas of Gowanus this early morning. > We ordered the rain and the river to help clean the streets for #summerstrolls tomorrow night. #parkslope #theother5th > Posted by Park Slope Fifth Avenue [https://www.facebook.com/parkslopefifthavenue/] on Friday,
Announcements
Photo: Nicholas Strini, Property SharkBROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Nine tenants filed a lawsuit claiming they were overcharged in rent-regulated apartments owned by Donald Trump’s son in law’s family company, Kushner Cos. According to Crain’s New York Business [paywall] [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20170815/REAL_ESTATE/170819933/kushner-cos-overcharged-brooklyn-tenants-lawsuit-claims] , the
Central Brooklyn
Passengers swarming around the tracks after being ejected off the train on Gravesend Ave. (Photo: with permission by Joseph Ditta, Gravesend Gazette)August 12 was a Sunday in 1906. It was the day after a Justice ruled the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) can only charge a 5 cents fare
community
Photo: Gerry O’BrienThe 48th District has one Republican and one Democrat– Marat Filler [https://www.maratfiller.com/]–running against the incumbent Chaim Deutsch [/?s=chaim+deutsch]. Steven Saperstein [http://saperstein2017.com/] is the Republican candidate vying to represent Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach, Sheepshead Bay, Homecrest, Trump Village, Luna Park,
Arts & Culture
The artist, Cecile Chong, with her sculptures. (Photo: Cecile Chong)SUNSET PARK – One hundred beautiful sculptures popped up in Sunset Park in June, with an equally beautiful message. El Dorado – The New Forty Niners by Cecile Chong [http://cecilechong.com/installations--sculptures.html] is a tribute to the New York’s
community
Photo: Flickr Creative CommonsDYKER HEIGHTS – All power has been restored after wires came down early morning causing 701 Con Edison customers to lose power, a Con Edison spokesperson told BKLYNER. At approximately 4:30am, overhead wires fell and shut off the power. At this point, it is not entirely clear
community
Both American and Pakistani flags raised in the air. (Photo: Hassan Iqbal)CONEY ISLAND AVENUE – Two flags were raised up to celebrate Pakistan’s 70th Independence Day yesterday afternoon in front of Sweetness Bakery on Avenue H and Coney Island Ave. The second annual event, which also consisted of a