Announcements
Plans released for a development project at the Crown Heights Spice Factory. CROWN HEIGHTS — Plans to replace the Spice Factory on Franklin Avenue are moving forward in what is shaping up to be an enormous project that boasts nearly 1,600 units, half of which will be affordable to some.
Bushwick
Women of the Chabad of Bushwick light candles in the window to rededicate the synagogue and bring in the Sabbath. Todd Maisel/BklynerBUSHWICK – The Jewish community of the Chabad of Bushwick showed their resilience on the Sabbath Friday night, February 22, by lighting candles in the very window of the
Announcements
Photo via Chaim Deutsch.BRIGHTON BEACH – Hate only seems to be getting stronger. More swastikas were found in Southern Brooklyn, this time drawn on playground equipment over the weekend. The horrible incident took place at the Brighton Beach Playground, located at Brighton 2nd St & Brightwater Ct. Council Member Chaim
Marine Park
Police and Gerritsen Beach Volunteer Firefighters removed the body found in Shell Bank Creek on Saturday. Todd Maisel/BklynerMARINE PARK – The body of a man in his 20’s or 30’s was found lying face down in the mud of Shell Bank Creek near the Salt Marsh Nature Center
Central Brooklyn
Don Joseph, brother of slain Samuel Joseph, tries to console his mother immediately after the shooting. By Todd Maisel/BklynerFLATBUSH/MIDWOOD – Police are seeking two suspects in the slaying of a 15-year-old boy who they believe may not have been the target of those bullets as he stood in the
Announcements
Photo via Flickr Creative Commons/mstearne.DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – An off-duty train conductor was arrested after punching a woman on the subway over the weekend. On February 23 at around 2 a.m., 44-year-old Twain Glover was on the Manhattan-bound A Train coming to the Hoyt-Schermerhorn Station. The Daily News reported
hate crimes
PARK SLOPE – The NYPD is searching for a man who stole a statue from Saint Thomas Aquinas Church and then dumped it into a nearby trash can. Surveillance video taken at approximately 11:10am last Wednesday, February 20, shows a man walking out of the church at 249 9th Street
Announcements
Sen. Bernie Sanders makes his way back to Brooklyn College, in Midwood, for his first campaign rally.MIDWOOD — Sen. Bernie Sanders announced Saturday evening he’ll come to Brooklyn at almost the same time the city’s mayor, Bill de Blasio, was giving a speech in Iowa. Sanders will hold
Announcements
Lucy Kalantari. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)KENSINGTON – For her sixth birthday, Lucy Kalantari got a piano and $30 she used not on toys, but on piano lessons. This year, she received a Grammy for the Best Children’s Album. [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/31-women-take-home-awards-grammys-2019-1184290] We talked to Kalantari earlier
News
BROOKLYN — New Yorkers will vote on more than just the public advocate’s race this year. Republican District Leaders are up for election and county leaders for the Conservative and Republican Parties could also have active races. Some eager state and congressional candidates have also declared they’re running in
Business
GOWANUS – A new music venue/bar/café will open next month at the historic ASPCA headquarters building at 233 Butler Street. 233 Butler Street (Photo courtesy of Public Records)Public Records [https://publicrecords.nyc/?fbclid=IwAR2SpwzpkbEAwMWkb7adYzDeYat3khWdXtO9w_UczTD8mQgXE43IEfimXfA] will feature an all-day vegan café and magazine shop as well as two
Central Brooklyn
SPONSORED: City Councilmember and lifelong Brooklyn resident Rafael Espinal is running to be New York’s next Public Advocate in a special election on February 26th. With a diverse coalition of supporters including the Freelancers Union, environmental activists, small business people, and the Teamsters, he’s in a strong position