Central Brooklyn
Canoers paddling to Carroll Street Bridge Wednesday morning for “Watery Words: Reading Niedecker on the Gowanus at Dawn,” part of the 2018 Brooklyn Book Festival (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook
Announcements
Photo Courtesy of Feld EntertainmentIn the imaginations of adults and children alike, the characters who live on Sesame Street loom large. If they’re a part of our childhood, then they kind of dominate our childhood. And at a certain point, we discover — or are told — that those characters have
Announcements
SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – If you are anything like me, you may have a box in the corner of the closet accumulating broken electronics. I seem to never get to recycling them properly, and it is illegal just to put them out with trash [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/site/services/
News
CONEY ISLAND/BAY RIDGE – Last night the race was too close to call, with Frontus leading by just 70 votes. Southern Brooklynites could wait a week before results from the 46th assembly district Democratic Primary are verified. According to sources, several scans malfunctioned while voting data was being transmitted to
Arts & Culture
FORT GREENE – How do you say goodbye to a beloved artistic leader? By putting on a spectacular show and dancing the night away! Joe Melillo, BAM’s Celebration of Joseph V. Melillo (Photo by Richard Termine) The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) hosted a special event at the BAM Harvey
Opinion
Photo Credit: dlandstudioBy Borough President Eric L. Adams and Rick Russo, the Acting President of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. In a borough with so much activity and congestion — the most populous of New York City — we must ask ourselves how Brooklyn can create more green recreational spaces in order
Arts & Culture
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Next weekend, the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://downtownbrooklyn.com] will host Discover the District, an inaugural festival celebrating the many diverse arts organizations in the Brooklyn Cultural District. 300 Ashland Plaza (Photo courtesy of Two Trees)Brooklyn’s top cultural institutions are participating in the Downtown Brooklyn Arts
brownsville
CONEY ISLAND – Police are looking for a second suspect in connection to a robbery reported last month. On August 23, the suspect reportedly punched a 41-year-old man in the face multiple times, in front of 1526 Mermaid Ave., and stole $80. One suspect, Rasharn Brown, was arrested for the robbery
News
SUNSET PARK – The NYPD has confirmed that the body of 47-year-old Luis Almonte was recovered yesterday afternoon at a construction site where a wall collapsed on Wednesday. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Almonte was buried when a 20-foot brick retaining wall collapsed on him and five other workers
brownsville
In a historic New York primary, five of the six candidates looking to take the seats of former members of the Independent Democratic Conference reigned supreme. State Sen. Jesse Hamilton and Zellnor MyrieThe Brooklyn leg of the anti-IDC cohort, who backed Zellnor Myrie (D-20), helped overtake State Sen. Jesse Hamilton’
Events
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerHave a candidate you support? Here is where everyone is watching the results come in after the polls close at 9:00 pm. An almost complete list: Cynthia Nixon – Jumaane Williams – Zephyr Teachout: 9:00 pm Cafe Omar, 1744 Nostrand Avenue Letitia James: 9:00 pm Milk
Big Story
SUNSET PARK/FLATBUSH – Forty-nine individuals have been arrested and charged with involvement in a prostitution ring, including the alleged mastermind – retired vice Detective Ludwig Paz, 51, of Queens – and seven active duty NYPD officers. The locations span from Sunset Park to Flatbush and Crown Heights, and Queens and Nassau Counties.