Police & Fire
Two suspects in the May 21 robbery.Police are searching for two men, photographed above, who they say mugged another man outside of a Sunset Park deli. According to police, the two men approached the victim, 26, at 5am on Saturday May 21, punched him several times, and took his
Bensonhurst
Photo courtesy of Bay Ridge Democrats/FacebookBay Ridge Democrats [http://www.bayridgedemocrats.org/about], a progressive political club that serves southwest Brooklyn, announced its club endorsements for the 2016 election cycle in a press release yesterday. In two primary races, the club unanimously endorsed incumbent Joanne Seminara for Female Democratic
Nonsponsored
685 4th Avenue. (Image via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6621616,-73.9961817,3a,75y,93.78h,100.01t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6yShe0bdYPp_ulGJAsLcag!2e0!7i13312!8i6656] )Plans have been filed for a 12-story mixed-use building at 685 4th Avenue (corner of 22nd Street)
Arts & Culture
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Central Brooklyn
(Photo via Michael Odmark)We have the latest scoop on the new restaurant and bar opening at 1616 Cortelyou Road. Now called Victorian Flatbush Counter, the “all day hangout” is the latest venture from the owner of Café Madeline Adell, who has made some tweaks to the plan since we
Announcements
Photo by Leon LipkovichA group of Israeli government officials will lead a parade of boats out of Sheepshead Bay Friday for an afternoon trip meant to build stronger ties between Jewish communities in Brooklyn and Israel. The seafaring parade is organized by the World Zionist Organization [http://www.wzo.org.
Food & Drink
Photo via Quarter Bar [https://www.facebook.com/149982888380865/photos/a.149984478380706.25916.149982888380865/331996206846198/?type=3&theater] South Slope is known for some of the great watering holes in the area. And now, the whole country knows. That’s because Esquire Magazine has named Quarter Bar one of
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Education
A classroom at the Warbasse Nursery School. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)A beloved Coney Island nursery school is asking supporters to show up for a fundraiser at Wheeler’s next week to help them relocate. As we reported earlier this year [/co-op-board-wanted-jack-nurserys-rent-400-
fort greene
I would swim in that pool of olive oil if I could. (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox.)Shall I compare great hummus to a summer’s day? It is more lovely and more temperate. Black Iris, a cash-only Mediterranean restaurant at 228 DeKalb Avenue (on the corner of
Arts & Culture
(Courtesy Facebook/Hip Hop Hall of Fame. [https://www.facebook.com/hiphophalloffame/photos/a.189555437784614.48490.189228274483997/1079588378781311/?type=3&permPage=1] )The Hip Hop Hall Of Fame and Museum [http://hiphophalloffame.org] (HOF) has started a crowd-funding effort [https://www.gofundme.com/biggiememorial] to honor the Notorious
community
Tanya Kinne with her fiancé Chris Kovacs were struck in a hit and run on Saturday, May 21 on 3rd Avenue. (Courtesy of the Kinne/Kovacs family)A pedestrian severely injured due to a hit and run incident [/blog/transportation/pedestrian-hospitalized-green-taxi-flees-hit-run-gowanus/] on Saturday,