bath beach
Oil Spill In Gravesend/BKLYNERFour months after BKYLNER revealed a large, unreported oil spill in Gravesend [/breaking-oil-spill-dumps-27000-gallons-toward-gravesend-bay/], city officials are pushing to ensure future spills can’t be kept secret. City Council Member Vincent Gentile, with the support of Council Members Costa
Bed Stuy
BED STUY – Police are looking for two individuals after the attempted daylight robbery of a gas station turned into a gunfight yesterday. Two men brandishing handguns approached the Sunoco gas station at 584 Gates Ave yesterday, August 14, at 1:20pm, forcing two employees into the service area, said police.
Bed Stuy
The NYPD is seeking assistance in identifying a man wanted in connection with an armed robbery on Sunday, August 6, near Broadway Junction. At 3:25pm an individual entered the Metro PCS store at 142 Rockaway Ave and displayed a handgun, demanding money and property from a 27-year old
Arts & Culture
Another weekend is here! There are lots of events taking place outdoors this weekend including Part 2 of the Soul Summit Music Festival, Coney Island’s 1st Annual Music Festival, Bed-Stuy’s 5th Annual Brooklyn Beer & Wine Fest, and BRIC’s final Celebrate Brooklyn! concert of the season.
Central Brooklyn
Brooklyn has become a capitol for all kinds of capital and the thriving luxury market reflects that. Here are six opulent homes listed for sale in Brooklyn in the last week. (Courtesy Zillow/Jose Nunez Warren of Lewis Sotheby’s International Realty [https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/79723117_
Bed Stuy
Police are searching for two individuals wanted in connection with the armed robbery of a Bed-Stuy bodega. The incident occurred at approximately 5:49pm at 488 Jefferson Ave, Wednesday, August 2, when two unidentified males entered the corner store wearing masks, police said. The first jumped the counter and
Central Brooklyn
Stuyvesant Avenue between Bainbridge and Chauncey Streets. (Photo via Brooklyn Botanic Gardens [https://www.bbg.org/community/greenestblock])Congratulations to gardeners who won formidable accolades in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden’s annual Greenest Block in Brooklyn [https://www.bbg.org/community/greenestblock]awards — including first place winners in Bed-Stuy,
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via gemsiecraven/Instagram)This week, the city turns its arsenal on those infamous, four-legged rodents that share our streets, [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1111/j.1740-9713.2014.00764.x/asset/sign764.pdf;jsessionid=F73EB4D2CCFF4B4462D268FADA1E5739.f01t02?v=1&t=j52v87n4&s=b618e49364759150c8f6ff1714bc49732a680947] subway tunnels,
Carroll Gardens
The Brownstone Belt is home to incredible real estate, but it is also a place that celebrities sometimes [/celebs-didnt-know-clinton-hill-fortgreene/] call home. This week, we will indulge in some of the more luxurious (and occasionally [/5-celebs-probably-didnt-know-lived-fort-greene-fortgreene/] star-crossed)
Animals
R.I.P. Ziggy (Photo by Laura Stephen via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10210420591729079&set=a.1438366997147.2058727.1172171601&type=3&theater] )Bed-Stuy resident Laura Stephen took her six-year-old pit bull mix Ziggy out for a walk Sunday night but
Animals
Dog Parker Located in Front of Brothers Bagels at 285 Court Street (Photo by dogparker_via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BP_ViQgh_lc/?taken-by=dogparker_])The Down-Low is our round-up of stories as well as other curiosities throughout Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too.
Business
1446 Fulton Street on January 20. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)The stage is set for the Fulton Ale House [https://www.facebook.com/fultonalehousebklyn/], a sports pub slated to open next week in Bed-Stuy, run by a well-loved Ditmas Park bar crew. Co-owner Diana King and