bath beach
A mini food pantry by a Brooklyn Temple. Liena Zagare/BklynerBAY RIDGE/ DYKER HEIGHTS – Whether your business has three bagels left at the end of the day, or your grocery store has an extra box of radishes, or your restaurant has leftovers from a catering order, you now can easily
affordable housing
National Grid’s monthslong moratorium on new gas hookups is having a significant impact on affordable housing in Brooklyn, with completed developments being denied gas service and sitting vacant. The impact on affordable housing developments, like that facing businesses, is likely to only get more acute as the standoff between
brownsville
Police engaged in a running gun battle with a man who began shooting at them in Brownsville Brooklyn early this morning, just before the start of the annual JÕOvert and West Indian Day Parade.Three people are dead, two others critically wounded as a result of gun violence early Labor
Announcements
Crime scene at Coney Island. (Photo via Loudlabs)CONEY ISLAND/BROWNSVILLE – Three people – one in Brownsville and two in Coney Island – were shot and killed in two separate shootings in the borough last night. On Tuesday, August 20 at around 9:20 p.m., cops responded to a call of
Announcements
BROWNSVILLE – A 31-year-old man from Queens was murdered while visiting his mother in Brooklyn just before the weekend, cops say. On Friday, August 16 at around 10 p.m., Rakeem Edwards was shot on the back of his head outside the Marcus Garvey Houses. He was there to visit his
brownsville
The Mott Hall Bridges Academy guidance counselor, Wesley McLeod, center, with two former students, whom he helped counsel after the deaths of their parents. The Brownsville middle school has been praised for its “grief-sensitive” approach to education. Via ChalkbeatBy Zipporah Osei, Chalkbeat New York The Brownsville Old Timers Day annual
brownsville
As the mayor pushes for a storefront vacancy tax [https://nypost.com/2019/01/09/de-blasio-i-will-lobby-for-vacancy-tax-on-landlords-of-empty-storefronts/] , the NYC Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page] (DCP) last week released “ Assessing Storefront Vacancy in NYC [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/planning-level/housing-economy/assessing-storefront-vacancy-nyc.
brownsville
Courtney Williams at a press conference in Brownsville (Image by Zainab Iqbal/ Bklyner)CLINTON HILL — A few years ago Courtney Williams was unemployed and about to leave New York City. “I remember putting up the posters trying to leave the city, trying to sell stuff out of my apartment, and
brownsville
Street where the victim was stabbed. (Image via Google Maps)BROWNSVILLE — A woman was stabbed to death overnight in Brownsville, according to police. The victim was found just before 2:30 a.m. in front of 376 Mother Gaston Boulevard. The woman, who was 33 years old, suffered a stab
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerDITMAS PARK/BROWNSVILLE – Two pedestrians were killed by drivers while crossing streets this week in two separate incidents. ROCKAWAY AVENUE: On Monday, August 5, a person was driving a red Honda CRV traveling north on Rockaway Avenue toward Belmont Avenue. At the same time, 66-year-old Ruilian Huang,
brownsville
State Senator Zellnor Myrie speaks at a press conference outside his office (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS — Brooklyn-based anti-gun violence groups need more money from the state, local elected officials said Friday. While announcing the allocation of hundreds of thousands in state funds to neighborhood-based anti-gun violence
Boerum Hill
By Robert Weiner and Kimberly Bartenfelder According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, [https://ncadv.org/] “While data proves women are most often the victims of abuse in intimate relationships… anyone can be abused and anyone can be abusive.” Abuse is not attributed to one gender, sex, race, ethnicity,