fort greene
Update: A 14-year-old Brooklyn girl, Jenna Hospendales, that went missing after school on Thursday, has been found in “good condition,” last night, cops said. The police did not say where she was found, but confirmed she was not abducted. Jenna is safe at home. FORT GREENE – Police are still looking
community
Lori Bodner in a classroom. Megan McGibney/Bklyner.When you enter Lori Bodner’s AP Calculus-BC class at Brooklyn Technical High School – a top New York City public high school that specializes in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)- there is immediately a sense of excitement and intense collaboration.
Announcements
Brooklyn Tech High School. Photo by Ajay Suresh/Flickr Creative Commons.FORT GREENE — Brooklyn Technical High School was evacuated this morning for several hours after a bomb threat was emailed. All is clear now. At around 8:15 a.m. this morning, administrators at the specialized high school received an
Arts & Culture
CARROLL GARDENS – After 35 years at the historic ASPCA building at 233 Butler Street in Gowanus, the vintage guitar repair shop and showroom RetroFret [http://retrofret.com/] has moved west to Carroll Gardens. Vintage guitar with inlay design on neck, RetroFret, 87 Luquer Street (Photo: Nathan Haselby)The business’s
Announcements
Brooklyn Tech’s UFT Shanker College Scholarship winners (left to right): Krishna Roy, Bing Chen, Emily Cheng, Mirna Nashed, Tamanna Hussein, Sandy Jean-Charles, Jimmy XieSeven students from Brooklyn Tech’s Class of 2017 were awarded UFT Albert Shanker College Scholarships [http://www.uft.org/parents/scholarship-fund], the school announced yesterday.
Announcements
Members of the Executive Committee of Brooklyn Tech’s Student Government Organization Top row (L to R): Joseph Kaelin (Coordinator of Student Activities), Marly Banatte, Joseph Glanzberg, Jasmin Wang, Husna Ellis, Alexander Badiu, Rene Clever, Kecia O’Neal (Coordinator of Student Activities); Bottom row (L to R): Nour Haredy, Laura
celebrity
John Travolta filming “The Life and Death of John Gotti” in Bath Beach (Photo via Gina Miraculous)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -Portions of the Kosciuszko Bridge to be dynamited [Curbed [http://ny.curbed.
Education
Mr. Honner receives his award from Lt. Gov. Hochul. (Courtesy Flickr/LtGovHochulNY [https://www.flickr.com/photos/ltgovhochulny/27665847940/in/album-72157669743254401/] )A Brooklyn Tech [/?s=brooklyn+tech] teacher has received the Empire State Excellence in Teaching [https://www.ny.gov/programs/nominate-teacher-empire-state-excellence-teaching-award] award. The award was presented by New York
bicycling
After a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of our favorite recent stories from our sister sites, as well as some other fascinating pieces that are worth a read this weekend: A
Brooklyn Tech
A Brooklyn Tech math and science teacher was arrested this morning and is being charged after allegedly sending a photo of his genitals to a 16-year-old female student, says the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office. Sean Shaynak is charged with harassment, obscenity, disseminating indecent material to a minor, and endangering
affordable living
This Clinton Hill apartment building is the last standing home of Walt Whitman. (Illustration by Daniel Lewis)The building at 99 Ryerson Street in Clinton Hill is one of the least remarkable looking buildings in Brooklyn. It’s a simple building: three stories, not including the basement, pale yellow vinyl
biketrain
Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School was the first Catholic school in Brooklyn. (Illustration by Daniel Lewis)What makes a neighborhood? People, pets and the stories that make up our days. But we also have our buildings, the places where we work, play, eat, sleep, learn and live. Throughout Fort Greene