fort greene
FORT GREENE – The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the two men seen in the below surveillance video wanted in connection to a robbery at a Myrtle Avenue shop last week. At approximately 1:30pm on Friday, September 15, two men entered the fair trade gift
News
PARK SLOPE – Police are searching for the man seen in the below surveillance video and photos who they say forcibly touched a young girl in Washington Park last week. At approximately 7:45pm on Thursday, September 14, the man approached the 12-year-old female victim inside Washington Park, located on 3rd
Announcements
Photo: Council Member Mathieu Eugene’s officeCROWN HEIGHTS – The intersection ofLefferts and Kingston Avenues was co-named to Barbara Simmons Way this weekend to honor the community activist who died last year. Barbara “Cookie” Simmons was a strong advocate for education. She traveled to Albany many times to lobby for school
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the three men seen in the below surveillance video in connection to a shooting in Crown Heights [/20-year-old-shot-killed-front-crown-heights-deli-early-saturday/] early Saturday morning that left a 20-year-old man dead. The police describe the three men as follows: Individual 1
Central Brooklyn
Bountiful baskets (Photo Esther Shittu / BKLYNER)Last Saturday’s GreenThumb Harvest Fair [http://www.greenthumbnyc.org/]gathered community gardeners from across the city at the Brooklyn Bears Pacific Garden [https://brooklynbears.wordpress.com/] for a chance to celebrate the end of the growing season, connect with each other, and – of
News
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN/RED HOOK – Governor Andrew Cuomo has called for the New York State Department of Public Service [http://www.dps.ny.gov] to conduct an investigation [https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-directs-investigation-latest-coned-power-failure] into the Con Edison substation failure Sunday afternoon that stopped subway service between Brooklyn and Manhattan
Arts & Culture
Representatives from Mayor De Blasio’s office testified before the Committee of Consumer affairs last week in support of a bill [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3086319&GUID=6FDA3305-06B3-47B3-9DF6-21B605C5A8EE&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=cabaret] that would allow public dancing in New York City
Coney Island
Brooklyn Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)CONEY ISLAND – Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced that a NYPD Officer was arraigned today on charges of misdemeanor assault and intimidating a witness. Shortly after midnight on Saturday, July 8, in the vicinity of Mermaid Avenue and
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – A 20-year-old man was shot and killed as he exited a Franklin Avenue bodega early Saturday morning. 790 Franklin Avenue via Google MapsAt approximately 4:25am Saturday, September 16, the NYPD report that a man was shot in front of 790 Franklin Avenue. EMS transported the victim to
Business
Cakes at Cuccio’s (Photo Inna Adams / BKLYNER)Walk down Avenue X in the early morning and you’ll surely feel it. Not the warmth of the dawning sun or the quiet of a neighborhood yet to rise for the day, but the enticing smell of fresh baked goods coming
Police & Fire
The Dunkin’ Donuts on the corner of Avenue U and Bedford, where the attempted robbery took placeSHEEPSHEAD BAY – He didn’t come for the donuts or the coffee, he came for the cash—and he still managed to leave empty handed. At around 6:20 am on the morning of
East New York
The grocery store on the corner of Hegeman and Van Siclen Aves, where the incident took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)EAST NEW YORK – Police are looking for a woman in connection with a beating and robbery outside an East New York grocery store last month. On August 25th, around