Central Brooklyn
679 Ocean Parkway (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNER)[UPDATED: Monday, December 11, 2017 at 3:30pm] Police and FBI swarmed the vicinity around 679 Ocean Parkway [https://maps.google.com/?q=679+Ocean+Parkway&entry=gmail&source=g] earlier today, where suspected subway bomber, Akayed Ullah, is believed to
Dyker Heights
The apartment building at 6709 11th Ave in Dyker Heights, where yesterday’s fatal fire broke out (Screenshot via Google Maps)DYKER HEIGHTS – The woman who sparked a fatal fire in an apartment on 11th Avenue last month has been indicted for arson and murder, the Attorney General’s office
Central Brooklyn
The death of local outlets for journalism is no longer a news story—we watched for years, as outlets for reporting city and neighborhood stories dwindled across the country. There is a more recent twist to the stories, however—online sources, which were often cited as the cause in the
News
After this morning’s terror attack at the Port Authority terminal [/manhattan-subway-suspect-brooklynite-authorities-confirm-developing/], both Mayor De Blasio and Governor Cuomo have responded to the events, addressing New Yorkers and updating them on the situation. “The first news this morning was obviously very frightening and disturbing. When you hear about a bomb
Bensonhurst
BENSONHURST – Police are looking for the man who assaulted a woman on the D train in Bensonhurst last week. On Monday, November 6, around 12:30 pm, the suspect got into an argument with a 20-year old woman on the northbound D train as they approached 79th Street station. The
Central Brooklyn
[UPDATED: Monday, December 11, 2017 at 12pm] – More information has come out regarding the hit-and-run incident that occurred in Prospect Park last Thursday morning. Michael Gitelis, an 18-year-old from Flatlands, stole a Hyundai Sonata in Camden, New Jersey some time after midnight on Thursday, December 7 and drove into Brooklyn,
Announcements
[UPDATED: Monday, December 11, 2017 at 11:25am] Following this morning’s investigation, authorities have announced that normal subway service has resumed on the 1,2,3,N,Q,R,W,7,B,C,L and M trains in both directions. Commuters should expect residual delays. A notification was issued
Central Brooklyn
Dr. Diane Davis, clinical director of the Fatherhood Program, and Alan Dorvil, case manager for the program, at the Brooklyn Community Services office in Coney Island. November 8th, 2017.CONEY ISLAND – There’s a new program in Brooklyn helping men be better fathers—and challenging traditional notions of masculinity in
Business
Patty Suarez of Badlands with a client.PARK SLOPE – “Helping straight white men look less fascist was the last thing I thought I’d be doing when I started cutting hair at a queer-owned salon in Park Slope, Brooklyn, back in 2014,” Patty Suarez [https://www.instagram.com/mrjulianray/] writes
Animals
[UPDATED: Monday, December 11, 2017 at 10:30am] Good news! Teddy, the dog lost in Prospect Park on November 30 while out for a walk with a Wag! dog-walker, was caught and reunited with her owner yesterday. “TEDDY HAS BEEN FOUND!” Kane Giblin, Teddy’s owner posted to Facebook yesterday.
Central Brooklyn
Atlantic Avenue Holiday Tree located in front of The Belarusian Church, on corner of Atlantic & Bond Street (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)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], and Instagram
Gowanus
BOERUM HILL – The NYPD is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the man seen in the photo below in connection to a robbery late last month. Via NYPDJust before 1am on Saturday, November 25, police say the suspect snuck up on a 21-year-old woman standing in front of 59