News
Police have released additional footage of suspects in various recent robberies, and are looking for help from the public. PARK SLOPE/CARROLL GARDENS — Police are asking for help identifying a man who they suspect may have robbed at least six homes across Park Slope and Carroll Gardens this winter. Police
Central Brooklyn
By Zainab Iqbal/BklynerThe federal public charge rule takes effect today, February 24, 2020. The rule will make it harder for people who have used public benefits in the past to get their green cards going forward. “This rule I think is going to radically transform who gets to get
Food & Drink
Red pozole. Courtesy of Food Karma Projects.WILLIAMSBURG – Bowl of ‘Zole [https://bowlofzole.com/] – a new festival celebrating one of Mexico’s most beloved dishes, pozole, with eleven distinct variations on the hominy-based soup by eleven different chefs, will take place in Williamsburg this Saturday, February 29. Chef Danny Mena
brownsville
BROWNSVILLE — On Friday, February 21, 2020, just after 10:00 a.m. police got a 911 call about a man shot in front of 183 Herzl Street. When they got to the location, police found a 38-year-old man unconscious and unresponsive with a gunshot wound to his torso. He was
affordable housing
Building concept courtesy of Urban Cartographics.VINEGAR HILL – Community Board 2 voted on Wednesday to recommend against approving a request for rezoning of 265 Front Street that would see a truck lot in the heart of historic Vinegar Hill transformed into a 6-story residential building with first floor commercial space.
Animals
Brooklyn Rat 2019, Peter Senzamici/BklynerPROSPECT HEIGHTS – Carol Morrison remembers exactly when she decided enough was enough with the rats. She was walking toward her home in Prospect Heights on Lincoln Place between Washington and Underhill avenues. There were so many rats on both sidewalks, she had to walk in
Education
Originally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/02/19/thousands-of-nyc-immigrant-youth-didnt-enroll-in-school-advocates-want-to-fix-that/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Reema Amin on February 19, 2020 Georges Remy had one year of high school remaining when he left Haiti with his family in March 2017
News
Shoppers at the McDonald Avenue ShopRite in Brooklyn gear up for the state ban on single-use plastic bags, Feb. 17, 2020. Photo: Virginia Breen /THE CITY By Virginia Breen Additional Reporting By Gabriel Sandoval, originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/02/new-yorkers-still-confused-on-how-plastic-bag-ban-will-work.html] on February 19. Less
Arts & Culture
The cover of “SalviYorkers” displays a photo of Geronima Campos, a Salvadoran woman who lived in New York. Courtesy of Carmen Molina-Tamacas.They’ve filled jobs in media [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7L0LhEd0GI] and construction [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/13/business/economy/salvadoran-immigrant-workers.html] , here in
Bay Ridge
This week’s installment of openings brings lots of new faces – about 20 new bars and restaurants across Brooklyn. Williamsburg is busy, with new coffee, beer, and Korean dishes. Also, say hello to a new ramen spot from a master of the dish, and a new place to smoke some
Immigration
GRAVESEND – The unarmed man shot in the face by an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer has filed a federal civil rights action against the officer in the Eastern District of New York. The lawsuit details how Erick Diaz Cruz, a 26-year-old man from Mexico who was visiting
Central Brooklyn
B46 Route 2020 via MTAOn the heels of launching bus-mounted camera enforcement along B44 last year, MTA announced today that they will be rolling it out for B46 as well. The new bus-mounted cameras on the B46 Select Bus Service route will begin enforcement on Feb. 20, 2020, MTA says,