Central Brooklyn
WEST INDIAN AMERICAN DAY JUNIOR CARNIVAL Saturday, September 02, 2017: 9:00 – 4:00 PM Formation: * St John’s Place between Kingston Avenue and Brooklyn Avenue Route: * St John’s Place between Kingston Avenue and Franklin Avenue * Franklin Avenue between St John’s Place and President Street * President Street between
midwood
KINGS HIGHWAY — The New York City Police Department is looking for help to identify two men, who hit another man in the head with a metal pipe last Sunday evening. It was reported to the police that the incident took place on Sunday, August 27, 2017 around 11:30pm in
Nonsponsored
Council Member Carlos Menchaca (center); Eric McClure, Executive Director of StreetsPAC (left); NYC Council Transportation Chair Ydanis Rodriguez (right). Photo courtesy of the Office of Carlos MenchacaRED HOOK – At a press conference in Red Hook on Thursday, City Council Member Carlos Menchaca (who represents Red Hook, Sunset Park, and Windsor
Announcements
An ACE crew member cleaning the New York streets (Photo via ACE)Three City Council Members have allocated new funding to street cleaning efforts in their districts as part of the NYC Cleanup Initiative. Council Members Treyger, Greenfield and Gentile all announced funding secured through the City Council’s NYC
Bushwick
WILLIAMSBURG – At a town hall meeting in Williamsburg last night, Mayor de Blasio announced his administration’s support for a bill designed to limit the amount of city waste transported through North Brooklyn. Intro 495 [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=1937616&GUID=2680B9A0-32EF-4B2F-BFD3-85D48111006F] , co-sponsored by Council
Events
Via Eventbrite [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hillary-rodham-clinton-book-signing-tickets-37277898197] FORT GREENE – Hillary Rodham Clinton will be signing copies of her new memoir, What Happened [http://www.greenlightbookstore.com/book/9781501175565], a personal account of her experiences during the 2016 presidential campaign at Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene on Wednesday, September 27.
News
BED-STUY – Applications are being accepted for affordable housing units at 27 Albany Avenue in Bed-Stuy and 210 Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn. 27 Albany Avenue via StreetEasy [http://streeteasy.com/building/27-albany-avenue-brooklyn]Located on the corner of Fulton Street, 27 Albany Avenue [http://www.27albany.com] is a newly constructed,
Events
SUNSET PARK – The Queens Night Market [http://queensnightmarket.com/] is coming to Industry City [https://industrycity.com/] for some rock, roll and retail. “Rock, Shop and Roll” is a night market set for Saturday, September 9, touting shopping, food and entertainment, with a musical theme. A collaboration between the organizers
Bed Stuy
BED-STUY – The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the woman seen in the below photo in connection to six robberies at a YMCA located in Bed-Stuy. Via NYPDIn each incident, the suspect took valuables from unlocked lockers at the YMCA located at 1121 Bedford Avenue, according
fort greene
FORT GREENE – The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in locating the 17-year-old missing girl seen in the below photo. Via NYPDChristina Sanabria was last seen at approximately noon on Wednesday, August 30 leaving her home on South Elliott Street between Atlantic Avenue and Hanson Place in Fort
brownsville
BROWNSVILLE – Police are looking for a man who robbed a Brownsville hotel Wednesday night. Just after midnight on August 30, a man pushed his way into the lobby of the Howard Johnson hotel at 524 Rockaway Ave, near Sutter Avenue, demanding an employee empty the register, said police. The suspect
Bensonhurst
Eid service in Bensonhurst Park (Photo via MAS Youth Center/Facebook)BENSONHURST – Muslims in Brooklyn are preparing to celebrate Eid al-Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/10382365/What-is-Eid-al-Adha.html] , which begins tonight at sundown. Eid al-Adha is one of the two main