homicide
Savannah Rivera via Facebook.WILLIAMSBURG – Neighbor charged with murdering a 20-year-old pregnant woman with an ax over the weekend. On April 20, the NYPD received a call about a 21-year-old woman being transported to Elmhurst Hospital with lacerations to her head and body. To investigate, cops went to the woman’
brownsville
BROWNSVILLE – Bicycle riders from throughout the city share the same concerns for riding safely on city streets, so this fifth annual “Bike to Work” ride that started at the still under construction Zion Triangle in Brownsville on this Earth Day on Monday, focused on getting to work by bike in
Central Brooklyn
FLATBUSH – Two elderly neighbors were treated for smoke inhalation after an all-hands fire ripped through one home, causing damage to two other attached houses on Rogers Avenue in Flatbush on Easter Sunday evening, fire officials said. A fire damaged three houses on Rogers Avenue. Todd Maisel/BklynerThe two people injured
Arts & Culture
PARK SLOPE – Thursday, April 18, was National Poem in Your Pocket Day [https://www.poets.org/national-poetry-month/poem-your-pocket-day], but one group of seventh graders took their poems out of their pockets and onto the streets. Class 705 at M.S. 51 filled a block with colorful chalk illustrations of verse
Central Brooklyn
(L-R) Farah Louis, Adina Sash, and Monique Chandler-WatermanEAST FLATBUSH/MIDWOOD — Three people in the race to fill the 45the council seat received matching funds on Thursday, as the 7-person race pushes on. Candidates qualify for payments under the city’s matching funds program if they raise at least $5,000
Borough Park
Burning of chametz in Boro Park. Todd Maisel/BklynerFriday marked the beginning of Passover in the Jewish faith and Good Friday for Christians worldwide, meaning thousands of people in Brooklyn participated in special religious rituals to mark the holy days. In the Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods, Jewish residents burned bread and
Announcements
GOWANUS – The NYC Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page] (DCP) is hosting a Scoping Meeting next Thursday, April 25 at M.S. 51 to collect community feedback on the proposed Gowanus Neighborhood Rezoning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/gowanus/gowanus-framework.page#navigation]
News
BROOKLYN — Easter is upon us and here are some free and paid events happening this weekend. You’ll be digging for chocolate, eggs, and plastic ovals filled with goodies. In the meantime, find out what eggs have to do with Easter, anyway [https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/17597617]. Bedford
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS — More than a million Jewish New Yorkers will observe Passover this Friday. Finalizing a menu and meal prep remains a top priority of the annual holiday. But for the sick-and-shut-in, navigating the 15-step seder (Jewish ritual dinner) can be cumbersome. That premise was the motivation for launching “seders-on-the-go”
Big Story
MIDTOWN – A man walked into St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan carrying gasoline and lighter fluid last night. He was apprehended, and it turns out, he taught at Brooklyn College. Marc Lamparello, a 37-year-old from New Jersey, brought inside with him lighter fluids and gas cans at around 7:55
Announcements
A ghost bike to commemorate the death of a cyclistBORO PARK – A 26-year-old cyclist died after being struck by a box truck early evening yesterday. At around 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17, Pedro Tepozteco was cycling westbound on 47th Street on the right side of the road.
Big Story
MADISON – A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle whose driver did not care to stay at the scene over the weekend. According to cops, on April 13 at about 1:45 a.m., a 39-year-old man was walking across the Coney Island Avenue and Kings Highway intersection when he was