Food & Drink
L-R: Three of the Deib siblings, Anas, Aya, and Ahmad at Taheni Mediterranean Grill (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Dinner at the Deib family home in Long Island must be quite an event. The matriarch, affectionately called Mama by everyone who knows her, has been cooking delicious Mediterranean meals
Arts & Culture
Cortelyou public library. (Photo by Chris Farrell)The library is usually a place where silence reigns, but for an hour this Thursday, February 23, staff and patrons at the Cortelyou branch of the Brooklyn public library will stand that idea on its head. The branch is hosting a special all-
North Western Brooklyn
God’s Only Demons, Butler Street between 3rd & 4th Avenues (Image via Google Maps)Several people were arrested early Saturday morning following a police raid at a Gowanus motorcycle club. Police found guns, various types of drugs, and several people with outstanding arrest warrants at the God’s Only
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Photo via NYPDPolice are searching for a man who reportedly tricked a 66-year-old Clinton Hill woman out of $9,500. On the afternoon of Friday, October 21, 2016, police report that the suspect called the victim at her home posing as a friend. The suspect reportedly told the
Central Brooklyn
Kensington Stables (Photo by Melissa Akar/Corner Media)This Thursday, the last horse stable near Prospect Park is set to be auctioned off in a bankruptcy sale. But City Council Member Brad Lander is trying to keep the Kensington Stables [http://kensingtonstables.com], built in 1930, from becoming just another
Central Brooklyn
February 19, 2017 (Photo submitted by reader)Last night, firefighters stamped out a house fire on the border of Ditmas Park and Kensington. The all-hands fire started on the top floor of a residential building at 735 Coney island Avenue near Cortelyou Road, around 5:30pm on Sunday, February
Nonsponsored
“Made in NY” Campus rendering via the Office of Mayor Bill de BlasioFour elected officials penned a joint letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio last week expressing concerns about potential displacement of residents and small businesses due to the implementation of the “Made in New York” campus in Sunset Park.
Central Brooklyn
Flatbush Avenue near Avenue U. (Screenshot via Google Maps)This month, a 25-year-old unlicensed livery cab driver was charged for mowing down a husband and wife in Marine Park before fleeing the scene in August. After being pulled over for a traffic violation on Troy Avenue on February
Food & Drink
Photo via Putnam’s Pub & Cooker via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BQBq67AgQIy/?taken-by=putnamspub]Neighbors, patrons, and fans of Clinton Hill’s beloved Putnam’s Pub & Cooker [http://putnamspub.com/] are pitching in to help out the bar’s staff while the building undergoes extensive
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Police are searching for the three men seen in the above surveillance video and below photos in connection to an armed robbery of a T-Mobile store located at 436 Myrtle Avenue. Police report that the 3 suspects entered the Clinton Hill T-Mobile location at 5:40pm last Thursday,
Central Brooklyn
Photo via NYPDOn Thursday, a Flatbush man with a record of domestic abuse confessed to killing and dismembering his wife, who had been missing for one month. Diana Rodriguez-Martin, 43, was reported missing last week — at which point she hadn’t been seen in one month, said cops. Her
Central Brooklyn
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