canarsie
Last Tuesday, September 15, just before 6:30pm police responded to a traffic crash involving a car and a motorcycle at the intersection of Utica Avenue and Winthrop Streets in East Flatbush (71 Precinct). The 23-year-old motorcyclist was thrown from his bike and suffered injuries from which he died on
Cypress Hills
In the wee hours of this morning, cops responded to a 911 call about a man shot on Wortman Avenue in East New York. When they got to 738 Wortman Avenue around 1:20 am, they found a 27-year-old man shot in the abdomen in the back of the building.
Borough Park
Sheindy Weichman, who says her son is being deprived of a secular education | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Reuven Blau and Greg B. Smith,originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/education/2020/9/20/21448158/brooklyn-yeshivas-schools-nyc-secular-classes-deblasio] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] The future does not look so bright for
Bed Stuy
With colder weather coming in and a 25% capacity indoor dining set to start on September 30th, the streets of Bushwick are lined with restaurants anxious about their survival and confused over implementing the ever-changing restrictions on their operations. We checked in with two pizza places in Bushwick – Tony’s
Extraordinary Neighbors
When Alicia Morrison-Fagbemi found out Ruth Bader Ginsburg had passed away, she cried for her and for her three daughters, Savannah, 12, Olivia, 10, and Leah, 4. The next day, she and her husband Mike took them to Ginsburg’s childhood home at 1584 E 9th Street in Midwood, Brooklyn.
affordable housing
As City Councilmember Carlos Menchaca faces off with developers and his own colleagues [/is-the-industry-city-rezoning-doa/] over the plan to rezone Industry City, affordable housing advocates warn that the rising rents, gentrification and displacement that the plan’s opponents fear it could bring to the neighborhood are already well underway thanks to
Announcements
Here is Dr. Chen in action meeting with a patient, with safety measures in place. (Photo via SOMOS Community Care)SUNSET PARK – When people in the city were urged to stay at home and quarantine during the worst of the coronavirus, Dr. Henry Chen, an internist, came to his office
Announcements
Photo by Igal Ness [https://unsplash.com/@igalness?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/rosh-hashanah?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] Shanah Tova to all our Jewish neighbors! Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown
Announcements
Mayor Bill de Blasio visits the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island to pack food packages for senior citizens ahead of Rosh Hashanah, on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)BROOKLYN – It’s Thursday and so much is happening across our borough. Don’t forget
Business
The patio at Sky Ice. Ellie Plass, Bklyner.The City Council passed a COVID-19 Recovery Charge on September 16th that will allow restaurants to tack on a 10% fee to customer’s bills. The charge is not a service charge, and goes to the restaurant directly rather than the server.
Announcements
A fire truck hit a pole after crashing into an ambulance during an emergency. (Photo: Hillel Lichtenstein)BEDFORD STUYVESANT – One person is dead and several are injured after an ambulance and a fire truck crashed into each other while responding to emergencies early this morning. At around 12:45 a.
Announcements
NYC public schools will not physically reopen for all students on Monday, September 21. Instead, there will be a phased-in reopening by grade levels throughout the next two weeks, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced this morning. All students will still be taking online classes on Monday. Only children in 3K,