brighton beach
Received in response to our article about the opening of the much anticipated Big Bazaar [/discount-supermarket-finally-replaces-brighton-beachs-shuttered-met-foods/] in Brighton Beach, that locals hoped would fill the void created by the closing of The Met food store. Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNEREditor: For over a year Brighton Beach residents have anticipated the
fort greene
(image courtesy of the NYPD)The NYPD has announced that its ShotSpotter [/mayors-expansion-shotspotter-will-bring-gun-detection-program-coney-island-sheepshead-bay/] program, a technology that detects gunfire and alerts police, will expand to Fort Greene by the end of summer, AM New York reports [http://www.amny.com/news/nypd-shotspotter-expanding-to-washington-heights-fort-greene-as-police-see-positive-results-1.13921345] . “It’s contributed to faster response times
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Police & Fire
Via NYPD[UPDATED: 11:10am, Tuesday, August 8, 2017] The NYPD report that Rosa Escobar has been located and is safe. The NYPD are requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing 57-year-old Sheepshead Bay resident. Rosa Escobar was last seen at approximately 7pm on Sunday, August 6, at
Central Brooklyn
A lifeguard looks out from their tower as it rains over Coney Island (Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -The Clintons Attend “Wonder Woman” Screening At Alamo Drafthouse [AM New York [http:
Announcements
> This is what 24 hours of labor and love look like!! Welcome to my healthy, beautiful, baby boy Prince Noah Oluwafemi. I am in LOVE!!! pic.twitter.com/0JjmARVgTY [https://t.co/0JjmARVgTY] — Laurie Cumbo (@cmlauriecumbo) August 7, 2017 [https://twitter.com/cmlauriecumbo/status/894591061275947008] Congratulations are in order
News
Hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli posing with an Enigma machine, used by the Nazis to decode communications. (Photo: Martin Shkreli [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10100963244517225&set=pb.16400586.-2207520000.1450377114.&type=3&theater] / Facebook)UPDATE: After a six week long trial, last Friday a
Central Brooklyn
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a plan to tax the wealthiest New Yorkers to fund much-needed repairs and improvements to the city’s troubled MTA system. The mayor’s proposed plan would raise income taxes from 3.87% to 4.41% for New York individuals earning more than $500,000
Animals
A dog owner stands with his dog in the high grass of the dog park (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Walking past the Dyker Beach Dog Run, one could easily assume it’s been abandoned by the city. The grass is overgrown, the plastic bag dispensers are empty, and standing water pools
Central Brooklyn
Brielle Joseph (Photo via NYPD)The NYPD are requesting the public’s help in locating two girls from Crown Heights who were reported missing this weekend. The police say the two cases are not related. Fifteen-year-old Brielle Joseph was last seen on Sunday, August 6 at approximately 9:30pm leaving
Arts & Culture
Aarti Lamp Ceremony, Brooklyn Bridge Park (Photo by Nathan Haselby)After hosting the traditional Aarti Hindu Lamp Ceremony at Brooklyn Bridge Park for five years, folk artist Aeilushi Mistry [http://aeilushi.wixsite.com/aeilushi] now considers it a Brooklyn tradition. The Aarti Ceremony consists of connecting with the “mother river”
Central Brooklyn
Via NYPDThe NYPD are requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing 77-year-old man from Flatbush. Pierre Ancy was last seen at approximately 2:30pm last Friday, August 4, leaving his home on Newkirk Avenue between East 25th and East 26th Streets, police say. Ancy is described as a
Central Brooklyn
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