Central Brooklyn
KENSINGTON – Last night at PS130, a couple dozen residents listened to the DOT present their solutions to what has been a longstanding issue – crossing Church Avenue where ocean Parkway becomes Prospect Expressway safely. Of particular concern are the north-side crossings, especially the one where traffic turns from Church Avenue onto
Bay Ridge
Assemblymember Mathylde Frontus Photo credit: Mathylde FrontusCONEY ISLAND – Newly-elected Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus announced her transition team and possible future think tank members on Tuesday along with a new chief of staff. The 33-person transition team includes residents from all corners of the district, including Bay Ridge, Brighton Beach, Coney Island,
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – This holiday season, kids can take a sleigh ride to the North Pole and visit Santa Claus via VR technology created by Brooklyn’s YokeyPokey Virtual Reality Club [https://yokeypokey.com/]. Kicking off on Saturday, November 24, City Point will host Bklyn Arctic Adventure [https://citypointbrooklyn.com/bklyn_
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK SOUTH – The NYPD is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the man seen in the below photos and video in connection to a rape and robbery that occurred early Sunday morning in Prospect Park in the vicinity of Parkside Avenue and Parade Place. Via NYPDAt approximately 4am
Bed Stuy
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — The Brooklyn Nets were “Coogi down to the socks” during their 127 – 119 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday at the Barclay Center. The franchise is honoring late Brooklyn rapper Notorious B.I.G [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Notorious_B.I.G.] (Christopher Wallace)
clinton hill
CLINTON HILL – Brooklyn Community Board 2 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb2/index.page] approved the 29-story development [/29-story-residential-tower-planned-for-550-clinton-avenue/] planned for 809 Atlantic Avenue (between Vanderbilt & Clinton Avenues) during a full board meeting last Wednesday, November 14. CB2 voted 31 in favor and 7 opposed to the project with
Announcements
The 10th edition of the Latke Festival, one of the most delectably fun events on New York City’s annual holiday season calendar will make the Brooklyn Museum very tasty place on Monday, Dec. 3 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Courtesy of the Sylvia CenterThe potato-powered evening will
bath beach
The holiday season has officially started! The street lights are up, the windows have been transformed and the catalogs are piling up at your door, but we Brooklynites shop local! Whether you are looking for a thoughtful host gift or one that doesn’t fit in a category Bklyner has
Central Brooklyn
KENSINGTON – Last spring, local officials held a Town Hall with the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) and the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) to address yet another terrible pedestrian death at the intersection of Ocean Parkway/Prospect Expressway and Church Ave in late February [/dangerous-ocean-parkway-intersection-claims-another-life/]. “This
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS — Police are looking for tow 20-year-old men in connection with a burglary on Saturday, November 3, in Crown Heights. The incident took place around 2:00 am near Eastern Parkway and Albany Avenue, police said. The men illegally entered into the apartment window of a 21-year-old woman stealing
Announcements
Families for Safe Streets. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BOROUGH HALL – “Traffic crashes do not discriminate by religion, race, age, sex, political affiliation, or neighborhood,” Devan Sipher, a member of Families for Safe Streets [https://www.transalt.org/familiesforsafestreets] said. The first thing one noticed when entering the Borough Hall yesterday,
Animals
KENSINGTON/WINDSOR TERRACE – Beware! There are reports of a raccoon inside the Fort Hamilton F/G subway station. Have you spotted it? The poster outside the station reads: “Sick raccoon in station – BEWARE.” A neighbor tells us he saw it inside the tunnel near the stairs yesterday: “It was in