brighton beach
The Chase Bank at Avenue U and E 18th Street was the latest in a pattern of robberies (Screenshot via Google Maps)SHEEPSHEAD BAY – A man wanted by police for robbing a Park Slope bank [/wednesday-crime-blotter-another-bank-robbery-a-southern-brooklyn-crime-spree-and-more/] earlier this month has struck again, attempting to rob a bank in Sheepshead Bay
Central Brooklyn
A delivery man takes a break to watch a protest march in Downtown Brooklyn (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) * Fellowships Available for East Brooklyn Artists [https://www.caribbeanlifenews.com/stories/2018/1/cl-arts-east-new-york-fellowships-2018-01-19-bk.html] [Caribbean Life] * Brooklyn Tech Cooks Up Next Generation of Hospitality Managers [https://thebridgebk.com/college-where-students-get-to-taste-work/] [The Bridge] * Pioneer
Announcements
Have you ever received a ticket for parking at one of those metered spots on the side streets, just off commercial strips, on days that alternate side parking rules are suspended yet meters are supposed to be in effect? If you did, it was probably for not displaying a paid
Coney Island
GOWANUS/GREENPOINT/CONEY ISLAND – Some homeowners and business owners in NYC may be unwittingly contributing to polluting the city’s waterways, according to a recent City Limits [https://citylimits.org/2018/01/16/in-unknown-numbers-and-often-unwittingly-homes-and-businesses-pollute-city-waterways/] report. The Gowanus Canal from the Union Street Bridge. (Photo: BKLYNER)While the Beach Haven Apartments
Bed Stuy
Governor Andrew Cuomo (Source: Philip Kamrass / Times Union)Yesterday, Governor Cuomo announced $664 million in funding for a new, unified healthcare system in Central Brooklyn that would improve access to healthcare and create new jobs in an area of the city that needs it most. The money is part of
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today that 29-year-old Barry Wells has been indicted for the murder of his 22-year-old wife, Tonie Wells, who was found dead in the basement of their Crown Heights brownstone [/police-suspended-husband-arrested-after-death-of-22-year-old-mom-in-crown-heights/] in December. A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz / Flickr)Wells was
Nonsponsored
MTA and DOT staff manned stations of informational posters at the open house, helping explain proposed plans to attendees (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)EAST WILLIAMSBURG – Last night, the MTA and DOT held the first of four open house meetings about the L train closure. At Grand Street’s Progress High School,
Arts & Culture
The weekend is almost here! There’s lots to check out starting on Thursday, from art exhibitions, performances, and film screenings. Feeling philosophical? The all-night Philosophy & Ideas event returns to the Central Library branch for twelve hours—from Saturday night into Sunday morning. Don’t forget to check out
Bushwick
BUSHWICK – Yesterday, an NYPD cop was arraigned on a 14-count indictment for a gunpoint robbery outside a Bushwick nightclub. Officer Anthony Delacruz, 34, allegedly pistol-whipped and forced his victim to strip after robbing the man of cash, jewelry and a cell phone in May 2016. According to the investigation, at
Announcements
Photo: Vinnie’s Pizzeria TwitterGREENPOINT/WILLIAMSBURG –Vinnie’s Pizzeria [http://www.vinniesbrooklyn.com/] is no stranger to creative twists on pizza. First, it was the edible pizza boxes. Then the Fidget dinner. > Vinnie’s Pizzeria presents: The Fidget Dinner pic.twitter.com/N8zuDolrgl [https://t.co/N8zuDolrgl] — Vinnie’s
Arts & Culture
RED HOOK – New York-based artist Anthony McCall [http://www.anthonymccall.com]‘s current exhibition at Pioneer Works [https://pioneerworks.org] marks his first large-scale institutional show in NYC as well as the first time a group of his vertical and horizontal light installations has been shown together. Installation view of
News
U.S. Sen. Chuck SchumerGRAND ARMY PLAZA – Last night, national political drama came home to Brooklyn for Senator Charles Schumer, as protestors gathered in Grand Army Plaza, near his apartment, protesting his vote to end the government shutdown without securing protections for “Dreamers.” “Dreamers” are those protected under the Deferred