Borough Park
Defendant was captured on Video Surveillance at each crime scene, Brooklyn DA’s Office says.BORO PARK / DYKER HEIGHTS – A Dyker Heights man has been charged in six burglaries that took place across Borough Park in September and October, and included theft of religious items from a Synagogue. Charles Cajigas,
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The holiday season has officially started! The street lights are up, the windows have been transformed and the catalogs are piling up at your door, but we Brooklynites shop local! Whether you are looking for a thoughtful host gift or one that doesn’t fit in a category Bklyner has
Borough Park
FLATBUSH – It would have been easy for 76-year old Marcella to stay home rather than brave the cold and rainy Tuesday morning. But that was not an option. Her $700 monthly Social Security check had been stretched to the limit to cover her $500 rent (not including gas and utility
Bensonhurst
Several street homeless men huddle together in Borough Park as it snows on Thursday, November 15. (Justin Mitchell/Bklyner).BOROUGH PARK – As the first snow of winter 2018 dumped on Borough Park Thursday afternoon, a handful of men stood huddled beneath a small awning at 61st Street and Ft. Hamilton
Arts & Culture
SPONSORED: Beginning November 29th, the historic Kings Theatre in Brooklyn will be electrified by a seasonal spectacular like none other, as the critically acclaimed extravaganza Cirque Dreams Holidaze invades its timeless showroom. Set in a colorful winter wonderland of holiday cheer, audiences meet snowmen, penguins, candles, reindeer, toy soldiers, gingerbread
Announcements
Instead of unloading your bank account on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, consider participating in Giving Tuesday—the world’s biggest day of giving—this November 27th! And it’s never been easier to support nonprofits right here in Brooklyn thanks to a new campaign and website. Brooklyn Community Foundation
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SPONSORED: Record keeping is an important part of being a successful freelancer. Doing freelance worker has its rewards as well as its hassles. While being able to work at home or a co-working space away from the corporate world is, for many, a better way to do what they do
Borough Park
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)BOROUGH PARK – Police are looking for a burglar who broke into a private school in Borough Park late last month. The incident took place around 5:30 pm on Saturday, October 27, police said, at 1373 43rd Street, near 14th Avenue. Forcing his way past a secured
Bensonhurst
Piles of trash are an ongoing problem on this strip of 61st Street between 8th and 15th Avenues. (Justin Mitchell/Bklyner).BOROUGH PARK / SUNSET PARK – Food containers, industrial lights, protective diapers, tiles—one stretch of the sidewalk next to the tracks carrying the N-train through southwest Brooklyn is an ongoing
Borough Park
BROOKLYN – Voters were in a well-deserved tizzy this morning around 9:30 am when all of the scanners at one Crown Heights polling site went down. A long line of voters was instructed to drop their ballots into boxes at PS 22 inside 443 St. Marks Ave. this morning because
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Election time is here! The General Election will be held tomorrow, November 6. Doors will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. If you are registered and eligible to vote, please do! Find out where your polling site is with this locator [https://nyc.pollsitelocator.com/search]
Bed Stuy
Members of the Jewish community gather at a rally following the mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. Since then, a string of hate crimes targeting the Jewish community has followed in Brooklyn (Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)An uptick in anti-Semitic crimes across Brooklyn in the weeks following the tragic shooting