Central Brooklyn
Ms. Noel’s lawyer Jonathan Twersky, Aga Trojniak of Flatbush Tenants Coalition, and a neighbor outside the courtroom.Ms. Noel’s [/can-city-really-not-find-apartment-one-elderly-woman-flatbush-octogenerian-still-homeless/] lawyer Jonathan Twersky from Southern Brooklyn Legal Services and her neighbors were back in the Brooklyn Housing Court on Tuesday, on her behalf. Hon. Julie Poley presiding, the
Boerum Hill
PARK SLOPE – At the Brooklyn Community Board 6 [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] General Meeting Wednesday evening, the board voted to pass the NYC Department of Transportation’ s (DOT) [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] proposal to install four miles of protected bike
News
WILLIAMSBURG – A person was pulled from under the L Train at the Bedford Avenue station today, the FDNY confirms. Fire officials said they received a call at 11:19 am of a person trapped under the train and responded to the scene, where they were able to remove the victim
Events
The panel, titled A Century of Striving, will be held tonight at the YWCA in Boerum Hill (Flyer via YWCA)Tonight, some of Brooklyn’s leading women politicians will hold a talk at the YWCA designed to engage with young women from the local community on the importance of women
Arts & Culture
If you’re looking for something to do over the three-day weekend, check out our list below featuring an array of performances and art exhibitions. Also be sure to check out our list of events around Brooklyn commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Day here [/commemorating-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-brooklyn/]. There are lots of
clinton hill
Rendering via Morris Adjmi Architects proposal [http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/lpc/downloads/pdf/presentation-materials/20180109/520-Clinton-Avenue.pdf] to the Landmarks Preservation CommissionCLINTON HILL – New York-based Morris Adjmi Architects [http://www.ma.com/studio/our-studio/] presented plans to the Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page]
Downtown Brooklyn
The cantilevered section of the BQE in Brooklyn Heights, under the promenade. (Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)As the prospect of $1.7 billion dollars worth of rehabilitation work on the BQE [/brooklyn-heights-section-of-infamous-bqe-slated-for-major-re-build/] looms, State Senators and Assemblymembers from Brooklyn and Staten Island have come together to write an open letter to
Business
When Yair Reiner got up in front of the “sharks,” all the nervousness left him. “Up until I got in there, I was nervous,” he said. “It was a little like an out-of-body experience for me.” Yair Reiner was pitching a panel of investors on ABC’s “Shark Tank” [http:
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK – A woman who was raped in Prospect Park in 1994 and then called a liar by a newspaper columnist finally has closure now that police have cracked the case. On April 26, 1994, the 27-year-old victim was walking home through Prospect Park when she was dragged into the
Bed Stuy
The Dime Community Bank on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint was robbed yesterday (Screenshot via Google Maps)GREENPOINT – Police are looking for the man who robbed a Dime Bank in North Brooklyn just after midday yesterday. At 1:10 pm on Tuesday, January 9, a man entered the Dime Bank at
Announcements
Next weekend NYC Life [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/media/index.page] will debut pilot episodes of two new television comedies featuring stories by women, about women. After watching the two pilots, viewers will be able to vote for the show they’d like to green light for an additional
Bay Ridge
DYKER HEIGHTS – It was a dramatic scene, and thankfully no one was severely hurt after a school bus slammed into another vehicle and flipped to its side at 3:30 pm on Bay Ridge and 10th Avenue yesterday. There were five kids and two adults on board the bus. A