Police & Fire
SUNSET PARK – A man’s body discovered in the water by the Brooklyn Army Terminal in March has been identified, according to the NYPD. Ferry docked at Brooklyn Army Terminal/Sunset Park (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner) Prospect-Lefferts Gardens resident Mathew Holley, 33, was identified by his uncle who recognized the
Arts & Culture
For the past nine years, the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival (AoBFF) [https://www.theartofbrooklyn.org/] has been showcasing independent films as former The L Magazine once put it, “For Brooklyn, by Brooklyn and about Brooklyn”. The festival opens on June 1st and runs through June 9 at locations as
Announcements
BAY RIDGE — Soon Brooklyn residents can travel across the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge at the same discounted rate as their Staten Island neighbors. Verrazzano Bridge. Liena Zagare/BklynerThe New York Senate passed 55 – 2, State Sen. Andrew Gounardes’ bill [https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s4490] allowing Brooklyn residents to
environment
GOWANUS – Residents of Gowanus and surrounding neighborhoods braved the rain Wednesday evening to attend the Gowanus Superfund Town Hall at P.S. 133. Oil slick seen in the Gowanus Canal (Photo: Nathan Haselby)The Gowanus Canal Community Advisor Group [https://gowanuscag.org] (CAG) hosted the event to provide locals with
Business
SHEEPSHEAD BAY — Sushi by Bou is bringing it’s rapid-fire take on sushi to one of Brooklyn’s waterfronts today. Sushi by Bou at 1811 Emmons Avenue (Photo: Liena Zagare/Bklyner)Located at 1811 Emmons Avenue, the rapidly-expanding omakase spot, Sushi by Bou [https://www.sushibybou.com/#locations], is destined
Carroll Gardens
P.S. 29 in Cobble HillBy Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat PARK SLOPE – On the heels of sweeping admissions changes [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2018/09/20/brooklyn-middle-schools-eliminate-screening-as-new-york-city-expands-integration-efforts/] aimed at integrating middle schools, District 15 in Brooklyn could soon redraw [https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/951dd9a1-96ac-438b-8642-d89cc6651997/downloads/5.20.19_
Bensonhurst
BENSONHURST – The community center in the heart of Southern Brooklyn’s largest immigrant enclave was packed, as officials tried to demystify the 2020 census to a roomful of residents, many of whom spoke little English. A volunteer translated the speakers’ remarks into Mandarin and Cantonese for the seventy people in
Arts & Culture
Spend some time outdoors this weekend with a variety of events throughout Brooklyn! Explore Red Hook while enjoying some free barbecue and watching performances during Red Hook Fest. If you know a young reader, kick off the summer with BPL’s summer reading program—the theme this year is Universe
Announcements
CROWN HEIGHTS — Another contentious Community Board 9 meeting for the record. This time three members of the executive board walked out of the monthly general board meeting. The gesture subsequently killed quorum for what should have been an opportunity to hear from four candidates in the long-vacant district manager’s
Central Brooklyn
Photo of the motorcycle. Adam Balhetchet/Loudlabs.KENSINGTON – Police have arrested and charged Jasmin Morales-Cruz, 24, of Coney Island Avenue, with vehicular manslaughter, DWI and driving without a license, in the death of Evvon Alexander, 28, of Foster Avenue. On Monday, May 27, 2019, just before 4:00 AM hours,
Central Brooklyn
DITMAS PARK – NYC Parks Department had planned that work on the Cortelyou Road Tot Lot would start in April. The designs were approved, the contractor selected, timeline planned out [https://www.nycgovparks.org/planning-and-building/capital-project-tracker/project/8638] – a complete and beautiful overhaul that residents have been advocated for close to
Bed Stuy
One Brooklyn Health System [http://www.brookdalehospital.org/] is spearheading a new initiative to increase 2020 Census engagement in its catchment area of Central and North Brooklyn, some of the most under-counted neighborhoods in an already severely under-counted city [/fearing-federal-funding-cuts-city-focuses-on-counting-all-brooklynites-in-the-2020-census/] . The newly formed hospital system, consisting of Brookdale University Hospital