Boerum Hill
FORT GREENE – Community groups rallied outside the Brownstoner RADD Awards last Thursday (March 22) to protest Alloy Development’s 80 Flatbush project [/will-mega-project-80-flatbush-cast-shadow-downtown-brooklyn/]. Protesters outside RADD Awards, March 22, 2018 (Photo courtesy of Save Our Sunlight)Alloy was slated to receive two
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Arts & Culture
BAY RIDGE – A week after the city celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with parades from Manhattan to Park Slope [/43rd-annual-brooklyn-st-patricks-day-parade-photos/], the Southern Brooklyn community turned out in droves for the 25th Anniversary Bay Ridge St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The day was overcast
Bay Ridge
BOERUM HILL – Police are looking for the man who viciously punched a small child on the subway over the weekend, NYPD confirmed. Ramon Thomas, 25, is wanted for felony assault after striking a 5-year old victim in the head while riding the southbound G train approaching Bergen Street, said
Central Brooklyn
Red-tailed hawk spotted in Park Slope (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and subscribe [/subscribe/]. If you have news tips,
Central Brooklyn
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Carroll Gardens
CARROLL GARDENS – Council Member Brad Lander and Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon were joined by Carroll Gardens residents and community groups Friday morning to call on the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] (LPC) to grant two historic properties on President Street individual landmark
Education
Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Citing concerns about the carcinogenic effects of processed meats like baloney, city lawmakers want to ban the lunchmeats from New York school lunches. Resolution 238 [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3458218&GUID=E2D39627-1649-42BB-AF90-A7E364FE5329&Options=ID|Text|
Central Brooklyn
Lamont Wright was sentenced to 25 years to life for the murder of his ex-girlfriend (Via District Attorney’s Office)After being convicted of murder earlier this month, today Lamont Wright of East Flatbush was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison today, for the 2016 murder of
Bushwick
Lots of new restaurants have recently opened in the borough or will be coming our way soon. Check out our list below of seven newcomers in Fort Greene, Park Slope, DUMBO, Clinton Hill, and Bushwick. Let us know if you’ve tried any of the eateries or if we’ve
Bed Stuy
WILLIAMSBURG – Yesterday, a Williamsburg man was arrested for running over his girlfriend’s leg with a minivan after a fight, police said. Larry Crump, 34, was having an argument with his 35-year old girlfriend while sitting in a van on Roebling Street, near South 8th Street around 2:30
Central Brooklyn
Flatbush Avenue during Wednesday’s nor’easter, March 21, 2018 (Photo: Nathan Haselby) * Queens Council Member Wants To Ban Smoking While Walking [http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2018/03/21/smoking-while-walking-bill] [NY1] * ‘Testilying’—When Police Officers Lie [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/18/
Announcements
CLINTON HILL – The NYC Department of Design & Construction [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/ddc/about/about-ddc.page] (DDC) has announced that reconstruction work at Putnam Triangle Plaza will begin “on or about Monday, March 26, 2018.” Via NYC DOT and FAB Alliance presentation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/