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 – After a fire tore through an apartment building [/two-dead-in-dyker-heights-no-smoke-detectors-in-apartment-building-blaze/] in Dyker Heights yesterday, leaving two dead, police announced they’ve made an arrest: for arson and two
East New York
Brooklyn Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)EAST NEW YORK – Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced yesterday that a 28-year-old man has been indicted for leaving the scene of an incident and tampering with evidence in connection to a fatal hit-and-run in 2016. Kevin Ozorio
Announcements
BROOKLYN – Saturday, November 11 is Veterans Day. Government offices will be closed, there will be no mail delivery, libraries will be closed, alternate side parking is suspended but all other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect. Garbage/recycling/organics collections are on a normal schedule. Check out NYC.gov
Arts & Culture
BAY RIDGE – As Veterans Day approaches, thousands of Americans around the country are preparing to celebrate and thank those who gave service to the country, at home or abroad. Many Veterans in Brooklyn are thankful for art therapist Beryl Brenner. On Wednesday, November 8, an event held to commemorate the
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – A victim of a home invasion robbery over the spring recognized one of the thieves yesterday as she took his order at a Chipotle, police say. Via NYPDAt approximately 5:20am on Thursday, May 18, the victim and her two roommates were robbed at gunpoint by three men
Bay Ridge
Looking north on 3rd Ave from 67th Street, where the vehicle dragging Mardaknayevy came to rest (Screenshot via Google Maps)BAY RIDGE – A West Brighton man was dragged to death by a motorist in Bay Ridge after a road-rage confrontation following a collision at 65th & 3rd Ave last night.
Police & Fire
Photo via Harvey K / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/theharv58/6805188814/in/photolist-bnmnxC-7KqGp4-dhysjP-9XGVEn-9rQvTt-ecVqDK-ab77GB-9bfUCg-5HdCGb-4KPf6B-8392Ri-6cBDwA-9rJYYc-a8BgD9-51638U-b3kp8-5fqYA6-ab9XEj-CWBFEx-4tm4p-64tP7S-dK8RG-d3cwQU-ao23y9-ftTWf-9WAzC2-ab9XBJ-do4uFD-mLPih-4sYLvC-pUNQcw-2jzEnw-7z82jY-9EVarh-3ASWC-iJXA2n-do4C9h-8ojEVe-vbSNk-4zLBCi-8ByMpE-67qp7o-9qGYL-6nJf2B-52bAev-aa31z-6WSuSR-5ATaLP-dCP2Nk-7QwtgF] SEAGATE – Police have arrested a 40-year-old Seagate man after he
Bed Stuy
BUSHWICK/BED-STUY – A chain-snatching robber has been terrorizing jewelry-wearing straphangers along the JMZ line since October, striking victims at the Myrtle and Kosciuszko Stations. Just after noon on Thursday, October 12, the suspect approached a 31-year old woman on the staircase of the station near DeKalb and Broadway, grabbing her
Business
CONEY ISLAND – Despite strong community pushback, the homeless outreach organization Women In Need (WIN) [http://www.winnyc.org/] is moving forward with plans to construct a seven-story homeless shelter at 2200 Neptune Avenue in Coney Island. Although no formal announcement has been made by Women In Need yet, the first
Neighbors
BROOKLYN – Two Brooklyn men associated with the Gambino crime family [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambino_crime_family] were arrested yesterday and charged alongside two others from the Bonanno crime family [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonanno_crime_family] at the federal courthouse earlier today with narcotics trafficking, loansharking and
Announcements
The Navy Yard’s Building 77, which will hold 1 million square feet of manufacturing space (Photo via NYC Mayor’s Office)BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – Today, Mayor De Blasio opened the Navy Yard’s Building 77 [https://brooklynnavyyard.org/leasing/bldg-77/], a major new manufacturing site in Brooklyn, which promises
News
A delivery e-bike chained to a bike rack (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Last month, when Mayor De Blasio announced a crackdown on e-bikes [https://www.facebook.com/NYCMayor/videos/10155618175616166/?q=de%20blasio%20e%20bikes&opensearch=1] , his main concern was their danger to pedestrians. Some of his points were