Announcements
Tomorrow, September 14th, Mayor Bill De Blasio will hold a town hall meeting at PS 811K, located at 2525 Haring Street [https://www.google.com/maps/place/2525+Haring+St,+Brooklyn,+NY+11235/@40.5911934,-73.9409077,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c244807d091de5:0xcb8fe534937f4090!8m2!3d40.5911934!4d-73.938719]
Arts & Culture
Gabriel Rivera’s work displayed on his 9th Street stoop (courtesy of the artist) PARK SLOPE – Park Slope artist Gabriel Rivera [https://www.facebook.com/CosmicCollision/] will present an art exhibition on his 9th Street stoop this weekend (September 16-17) to commemorate Mexican Independence Day [https://www.cntraveler.com/story/
Announcements
Polling booths at Agudath Senior Center. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal)In a nutshell – Voter turnout was abysmal, polling stations were poorly sited, and the results favored incumbents. According to NYC Board of Elections [https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/enrollment/county/county_apr17.pdf], as of April 2017, there were exactly
Central Brooklyn
Hankering for a cool new spot to eat in Prospect Heights or Prospect Lefferts Gardens? Here’s a few relatively new restaurants—around long enough to both iron out opening issues and for the “if you’re not first you’re last” foodies to have come and gone—that are
Business
Do you recognize the guy in the photo? NYPD is looking for him in connection with a non-fatal shooting two weeks ago in Crown Heights [https://ny.eater.com/2017/8/30/16225372/brooklyn-wing-house-shooting]. Details are as follows: Two employees of Brooklyn Wing House (1218 Union Street), as well as
celebrity
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Brooklyn may be losing one former-Bostonian-turned-Hollywood-actor [/emily-blunt-and-john-krasinski-list-park-slope-townhouse-for-8m/], but may soon gain another. Remember the Brooklyn Heights penthouse asking for $16.645 million [/brooklyn-heights-penthouse-break-record-boroughs-expensive-home-sale/]? The Wall Street Journal [https://www.wsj.com/articles/matt-damon-is-in-contract-to-buy-brooklyn-heights-penthouse-1505249552] reported on Tuesday that actor Matt Damon is in
Central Brooklyn
EAST FLATBUSH – The NYPD is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing 71-year-old East Flatbush resident. Via NYPDLena Alleyne was last seen leaving her Dorset Street home near Ditmas Avenue at approximately 2:15pm on Monday, September 11, according to police. She is described as a 71-year-old black
Bed Stuy
BED-STUY – The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the three men seen in the surveillance photos below in connection to a shooting at the Sumner Houses over the weekend. Via NYPDAt approximately 6:25pm on Saturday, September 9, a silver Mercedes Benz pulled up to a
northern brooklyn
Pedro Sanchez, missing in Williamsburg since Monday (Photo via DCPI)WILLIAMSBURG – The New York City Police department is asking for help locating 72-year old Pedro Sanchez, missing from his home since Monday, September 11. Last seen at 1:00 pm Monday at his residence—the Bushwick Houses off Flushing Ave
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – A man was slashed in the face at approximately 4pm Tuesday afternoon at the Nevins Street MTA station in Downtown Brooklyn. The 27-year-old victim got into a dispute with the suspect on the mezzanine level of the subway station, a police spokesperson said. The suspect reportedly pulled out
Central Brooklyn
Bicyclists in Prospect ParkPROSPECT PARK – Yesterday, Prospect Park opened its streets back up to cars after a summer ban on motor vehicles [/cars-banned-prospect-park-2-month-summer-trial-officials-say/] that lasted two months. The ban, which started July 17, closed a window in which cars were allowed to use the East Drive on weekdays between 7:
Downtown Brooklyn
Via NYC DOT [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/atlantic-ave-flatbush-ave-study-2016.pdf] FORT GREENE – The intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues is a major hub consisting of two highly trafficked two-way roads. Vehicular, foot, and bicycle traffic will only increase with all the new commercial and residential developments rising
Bed Stuy
Photo by: BASIS Independent SchoolLauded for its array of well-rounded course options like Mandarin, arts, and engineering, BASIS Independent Brooklyn has captured the attention of families across New York City. BASIS Curriculum students are engaged and outperforming schools across the world, prepared with the content knowledge, critical thinking, and creative
Announcements
There will be a neighborhood-led clean-up in “Little Pakistan” (Coney Island and Foster Avenues) this Sunday, September 17, from 5 to 8pm. It is organized by the Pakistani American Youth Organization [https://www.facebook.com/payousaa/] (PAYO) in partnership with the Department of Sanitation in an effort to keep the
Central Brooklyn
East 48th Street, near where the assault took place (Screenshot via Google Maps) EAST FLATBUSH – Police are looking for a man who assaulted another man with a baseball bat last Friday. On September 8, around 6:00 pm, two men were involved in a dispute outside 762 East 48th Street,
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – Last Friday, September 8, NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver and City Council Member Laurie Cumbo hosted a groundbreaking ceremony at Stroud Playground, kicking off the $5 million transformation the park will undergo as a part of the Community Parks Initiative. Stroud Playground Groundbreaking (Photo by: Daniel Avila,