Central Brooklyn
Two men embrace at the Festa di Santa Rosalia in Bensonhurst (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -DOT Installs Free Bike Pumps for City Cyclists [Gothamist [http://gothamist.com/2017/08/30/
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Central Brooklyn
The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the individual seen in the surveillance video below in connection with an armed robbery that occurred in Kensington earlier this month. At approximately 9pm inside the Shell gas station located at 1 Cortelyou Road on Sunday, August 6th, an
Greenpoint
GREENPOINT – A suspect wanted in the murder of a Brooklyn man was arrested and charged today in Greenpoint. Gary Correa, 20, had eluded police for more than a week after witnesses identified him in the August 18 murder of George Carroll, a 42-year old actor. Gary Correa, suspect in the
Bushwick
The corner of Broadway and Arion Place, looking north (Screenshot via Google Maps)BUSHWICK – A collision early this morning on Broadway left a Brooklyn motorcyclist dead. Police responded to a 911 call about a motorcycle accident at Broadway and Arion Place at 2:47 am, finding Habib Doukoure lying unconscious
Arts & Culture
It’s Labor Day Weekend! Where has the summer gone? There’s still fun to be had even if you’re not heading out of town, to the beach, or to a barbecue. Check out our list of events below and enjoy the long, holiday weekend! NYC Unicycle Festival via
Business
GOWANUS – F. Ranieri + Sons Corp. will shut down its masonry and building materials business situated at a Gowanus property the company has owned for more than a century, the Commercial Observer [https://commercialobserver.com/2017/08/century-old-gowanus-masonry-supplier-to-close-rent-out-property/#.WaWut33r4NE.facebook] reports. 185 Second Avenue by Kate Leonova (via Property Shark)Owner
Arts & Culture
J’Ouvert by Philip J Bell.CROWN HEIGHTS — Every year on Labor Day weekend Brooklyn celebrates Carnival. Just before sunrise on Labor Day Monday – it’s time for J’Ouvert on Flatbush Avenue. After J’Ouvert winds down, the West Indian Day Carnival Parade [http://wiadcacarnival.org/] starts on Empire
Central Brooklyn
EAST FLATBUSH – The NYPD is asking the public’s assistance in identifying the man seen in the below photos in connection to a recent incident that occurred on a subway in East Flatbush. Via NYPDOn a southbound ‘5’ train at approximately 6:30pm on Tuesday, August 15, police say the
Police & Fire
SHEEPSHEAD BAY – The NYPD is searching for the man seen in the photo below in connection to a robbery that occurred last month in Sheepshead Bay. At approximately 10:40pm on Wednesday, July 12, police say the suspect entered a residential building near Avenue V and 27th and walked into
brownsville
BROWNSVILLE – Police are seeking a man in connection with a shooting that occurred earlier this month near the border of Brownsville and East New York. In the evening of Saturday, August 19, Lyemel Summerville, 19 years old, engaged in a verbal dispute with a 20-year old man on the corner
Central Brooklyn
A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz / Flickr)BED-STUY – Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Wednesday that a 72-year-old man has been indicted on charges of menacing as a hate crime, criminal possession of a weapon, and other offenses for allegedly yelling homophobic slurs at a passenger on
northern brooklyn
WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking for a man in connection with the theft of a credit card in Williamsburg. The victim received an email from his bank reporting suspicious credit card activity while outside the Atlas Cafe, 116 Havermeyer Street, at 6:30 pm on July 24th. At that moment, the