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Central Brooklyn

More Folks Gave to Bernie, but Elizabeth Raised More: Brooklyn Donations for 2020 Presidential Campaign

Bernie Sanders for President campaign event. Photo by Phil Roeder/Flickr. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tabor-roeder/21145251444/in/photolist-ydwWyL-ydFNii-DsEuaF-2dMhLeo-D3GAGN-D3GAE3-D3GAJG-Dsvjh7-D3GBq1-DuPfeP-DuPfrT-Dkf6ay-Dkf69S-D3GBDs-DsvjYY-D3GBhA-CWjsvB-Dkf6L3-Dkf6gf-Dsvjj1-CWjsQe-CxqNpK-D3GAQo-D3GBKu-Dkf62C-DsvjLU-CWjsHa-D3GAVd-D3GBEE-CxqNjz-CxiXVd-CxqND2-CxiXTu-uKPWCA-ydF3cx-ySXm3h-vVL7to-ySX8nC-yT3NpX-ydwjSA-zbo9aa-CD84u5-Dkf6hC-CWjtcg-Dkf6Ns-wakZkE-wsqemg-D9vYj1-D9vYQb-CD84pA] As th

East New York

Driver Crashes into Sanitation Truck in East New York, Dies

On Sunday, October 20 shortly after 9, police responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision near Cozine Avenue and Montauk Avenue [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cozine+Ave+%26+Montauk+Ave,+Brooklyn,+NY+11208/@40.6609075,-73.8718894,77a,35y,71.92h,39.61t/data=!3m1!

midwood

Driver Arrested and Charged in Traffic Crash that Killed Woman in Sheepshead Bay

Sheryl Augustine, 66, of New Paltz was crossing Ocean Ave. at Emmons Ave. just before 5pm on October 16, when a driver made a right turn from Emmons onto Ocean Ave. and struck her, killing her, and making her the fourth elderly resident to be killed in Sheepshead Bay this

Bay Ridge

Muslim Family Says Trump Supporter Told Them To “Go Back To Your Country” At Bay Ridge TJ Maxx

A Muslim family says that they were attacked and harassed outside of a Bay Ridge TJ Maxx by a Trump-supporting white woman on Saturday, with the woman telling the family to “go back to your country.” Mido Mourad, a journalist originally from Egypt, says that he and his ex-wife were

News

Briefly Noted: They May Be Running For Mayor, NYPD’s Emergency Plans, and more

MoCADA’s ‘Spread Love’ mural [/mocada-mural-reminds-brooklynites-to-take-it-easy/] by Patrick Dougher (Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Brooklynite Maya Wiley [https://twitter.com/mayawiley], most recently MNBC Legal analyst, New School Professor, Former CCRB Chair and head of the Mayor’s School Diversity Panel that came out with suggestions on how to integrate the school

News

All You Need To Know On November’s Elections

Early voting mailer. Liena Zagare/BklynerNew Yorkers on Saturday will, for the first time ever, get the chance to vote in the general election before election day, as a result of the state’s newly passed early voting law. Despite it being an off-year election, Brooklynites have plenty of things

Arts & Culture

MoCADA Mural Reminds Brooklynites To ‘Take It Easy’

FORT GREENE – The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts [https://mocada.org/] (MoCADA) unveiled a new mural Saturday on Fort Greene Place across from the Atlantic Terminal Mall. MoCADA’s ‘Take It Easy’ mural on Fort Greene Place (Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Titled Take It Easy, the artwork features a cast

Arts & Culture

Gowanus Open Studios: 400+ Artists, Disco Balls, Giant Ants & More

GOWANUS – Thousands flocked to Gowanus over the weekend to check out the largest Gowanus Open Studios yet. Now in its 23rd year, the Arts Gowanus [https://www.artsgowanus.org] event presented work by more than 400 artists in and around the neighborhood. “It’s been great so far. Tomorrow it’

affordable housing

These Buildings Are Accepting Applications For Affordable Apartments Right Now

141 Metropolitan Ave [https://a806-housingconnect.nyc.gov/nyclottery/AdvertisementPdf/856.pdf], Williamsburg * Apartments are available for tenants at 130% of AMI. * 3 one-bedroom apartments for $2,211. Income range for one person is $75,806 to $97,110. * Rent does not include electricity. * 5% of units have a preference for

Ditmas Park

Korean Soul Food Joint and Bar to Open in old Mamma Lucia’s Space on October 25

Exterior of new bar Rusty Nail. Photo by Liena Zagare.DITMAS PARK – Mamma Lucia’s will become Rusty Nail and serve Korean and Southern fusion comfort food. The team behind the farm-to-table restaurant The Farm on Adderley [/lunch-date-omelet-at-the-farm-ditmas-park/] and the Sycamore Bar + Flower Shop [/sycamore-re-opens-clean-bill-sans-flower-shop-food-court/] have chosen Memphis Seoul [/tastes-of-franklin-festival-launches-in-crown-heights-this-sunday/

Central Brooklyn

Friday Crime Blotter: Suspect Arrested in Brownsville Mass Shooting, Pumpkin Smasher, Tire Thief and Stabbers on the Lose

The aftermath of the July 27 mass shooting in Brownsville. Todd Maisel/Bklyner BROWNSVILLE – Police have arrested a suspect in the July 27 mass shooting at a Brownsville playground that left one person dead and eleven others injured. Kyle Williams, 20, of Brownsville, was arrested Wednesday in connection with the

Animals

Annual Vegan Food Fest Comes to Bushwick this Saturday

BUSHWICK — Join the second annual Vegan Food Fest Fundraiser this Saturday, October 19, at Bushwick’s social hub Mayday Space. Photo by Rustic Vegan [https://unsplash.com/@rusticvegan?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] onUnsplash. [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/vegan?utm_source=unsplash&

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