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Announcements
There will be an independent movie filming at PS 139 [/tag/ps-139/] (330 Rugby Rd) from Wednesday, July 12 to Saturday, July 22. The movie, “The Kindergarten Teacher” is a remake of an Israeli movie about a teacher who aspires to have more creativity in her life. According to the
community
Photo via Nehemiah Economic Development Inc.“To have our own community we must own our community,” Mawuli K. Hormeku The race for City Council has begun. With city elections approaching in September, candidates from all 15 Brooklyn districts are trying to appeal to fellow Brooklynites. We got a chance to
North Western Brooklyn
[Update: A person of interest has been arrested, officials confirm] Police are searching for a shirtless man who threatened to kill a 49-year-old nun as she was praying on Wednesday afternoon in a Prospect Heights church. The suspect approached the nun while she was in a vestibule at the Co-Cathedral
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Photo: Change.orgChildren in East Flatbush will have a new place to spend their time—the Shirley Chisholm Community Center. The recreation center will consist of an indoor basketball court, fitness studios, multipurpose rooms, a children’s center, classrooms, a rooftop track, and an urban farm. It was an endeavor
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Hassan IqbalThe month of Ramadan [/guide-ramadan-2017-brooklyn/]is over, the moon has been sighted and on Sunday, June 25, the majority of Muslims around the world celebrated Eid al-Fitr (which lasts three days). How did Muslims in Brooklyn celebrate? With the annual Chand Raat Bazaar on Coney Island Avenue [/coney-island-avenue-packed-for-annual-chand-raat-bazaar-ditmas-park/
Bensonhurst
Photo: Flickr Creative CommonsTo slow down drivers and help prevent collisions (involving both cars and pedestrians), the NYC Department of Transportation will be installing additional street bumps on 21st Avenue in Boro Park, announced Councilman David Greenfield. The plan includes three speed bumps, spaced about 250-300 feet apart, on the
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Carly MillerSoon, there may be a law that would alert tenants if they’re about to rent an illegally converted apartment — before they sign the lease. Yesterday, the NY State Assembly passed a bill [http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A8249] authored by southern Brooklyn Assemblymember Pamela Harris,
Central Brooklyn
Arts & Democracy and Adda Art at the Avenue C Plaza last summer. (Photo via Esther B Robinson)The month-long Muslim holy event Ramadan [/guide-ramadan-2017-brooklyn/] is coming to an end. And during the final last days, community’s and families host iftar parties where people gather to break their fast.
Announcements
Council Member Mark Treyger in 2016 at Coney Island. (Photo by Hannah Frishberg/BKLYNER)Council Member Mark Treyger [/37630-bensonhurst/], representing Bensonhurst, Coney Island, and Gravesend, has secured major funding in the fiscal year 2018 budget for renovations to area libraries, parks, schools, senior program, and city initiatives. The council member
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Flickr Creative CommonsThe MTA announced it will be improving…how we hear about regular delays. At a board meeting on June 19, MTA officials discussed a plan to replace many pre-recorded messages straphangers hear on the trains with live announcements informing passengers about delays, according to news outlets. This
Police & Fire
16-month-old Nylah Lewis is fighting for her life after being beaten by her 18-year-old dad on Father’s Day in Coney Island, authorities said. According to authorities, the little girl’s mother, Tammy Lewis, arrived at her home on West 32nd Street and discovered her child unconscious, on Sunday, June
Bay Ridge
Photo via Assemblyman William Colton’s office.On Saturday, more than 200 young volunteers worked to clean up Bensonhurst. The clean-up event on Saturday, June 17, was a part of the bigger “Speak-Up & Clean-Up [/colton-and-treyger-kick-off-first-speak-up-clean-up-campaign-of-2015-bensonhurst/] ” campaign (launched in 2011) organized by Assemblyman William Colton, District Leaders Nancy Tong and