canarsie
The deceased was found inside an apartment on East 37th Street in East Flatbush (Screenshot via Google Maps)EAST FLATBUSH – Yesterday afternoon, police responded to a call of a man unconscious inside an apartment at 237 East 37th Street, near Church Avenue, in East Flatbush. Officers arrived just before 3:
Events
Avenue U Crash / Adam Balhetchet/ NYC 911 NEWS / BKLYNERUPDATE: Unfortunately, Frank Tornabene, the 90-year old husband of Joan Tornabene, has succumbed to the injuries he suffered in the crash that claimed the life of his wife Joan, 85, on May 1. Frank Tornabene was sent to the hospital with severe
Borough Park
A photo from National Night Out 2016. Daskal can be seen at the right, wearing the black vest. (Jole Carliner/Bklyner)BOROUGH PARK – Police have charged a safety officer from the Shomrim neighborhood watch group with the rape of a 15-year old girl, the Daily News reported. [http://www.nydailynews.
Announcements
Screenshot via JTALast week, after a video of a Brooklyn man mocking a Hasidic boy’s hairstyle went viral on Twitter, local officials were quick to condemn the incident as hateful anti-Semitism. Now, the video’s author has offered a sincere apology and the Jewish community of Brooklyn has responded
Health
Councilmembers Reynoso and Menchaca at a press conference calling for reform to the private carting industry (Via Twitter)Yesterday, Brooklyn City Council Sanitation Committee Chair Antonio Reynoso (D-34), along with Brooklyn council colleagues Levin, Lander and Menchaca, joined with teamsters and community groups to both call out New York’s
Announcements
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Applications are now being accepted for 37 affordable units at a new development located at 1 Flatbush Avenue (between Fulton & Livingston). Rendering via Hill West [https://hillwest.com/project/1-flatbush-avenue/] Available units include 21 studios at $867/month, 8 one-bedrooms at $931/month, and 8 two-bedrooms at
Boerum Hill
BOERUM HILL – Brooklyn Community Board 2 [http://www.nyc.gov/html/bkncb2/html/home/home.shtml] voted against Alloy Development’s proposed 80 Flatbush project during its general board meeting Wednesday evening. The 80 Flatbush site (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The full board vote follows last month’s CB2 Land-Use
Central Brooklyn
(Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr) Over the course four years, a waitress at a Brooklyn diner used information from one of her regular patrons to write checks, open lines of credit and otherwise spend nearly half a million dollars on shopping, gambling trips and
Arts & Culture
This weekend features a benefit party for Arts Gowanus, a couple of events celebrating Brooklyn design, and a Mother’s Day concert! Don’t forget to check the BKLYNER Calendar [/calendar/] for more events happening around town or to list one of your own. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/
Bay Ridge
An overpass on the Belt Parkway in Bay Ridge (Screenshot via Google Maps)BAY RIDGE – A dead body was found under a Belt Parkway overpass in Bay Ridge late Tuesday night, the NYPD has confirmed. Responding to a call of an unconscious person near Shore Road and Belt Parkway around
bath beach
An aviation bill could help homeowners previously ineligible for disaster relief funds. After Superstorm Sandy, some homeowners received FEMA emergency funds. Once those emergency funds maxed out at $32,000, FEMA instructed homeowners to apply for low-interest, federal-based Small Business Administration (SBA) loans. Soon after some homeowners qualified for and
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK – The Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/], Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams [http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/event/a-summer-movie-under-the-stars-4/2018-07-18/] , and Nitehawk Cinema [https://nitehawkcinema.com/williamsburg/] are hosting another season of A Summer Movie Under the Stars [https://www.prospectpark.org/news-events/news/summer-movie-under-stars-2018/] starting in July.