Bushwick

Dec
14
Armed Robber Attacks Bushwick Teen, Gets Disarmed

Armed Robber Attacks Bushwick Teen, Gets Disarmed

The 200-block of Starr Street, near where the attack took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)BUSHWICK – Police have released video
1 min read
Dec
13

Crime Blotter: Supreme Store Slashing, Sunset Park Carjacking And More

EAST NEW YORK – Yesterday evening, an 80-year old man was shot and killed in the bodega he owned on Stanley
3 min read
Dec
12
Criminal Justice Reform, Transportation Plans and More: An Interview With Councilmember Antonio Reynoso

Criminal Justice Reform, Transportation Plans and More: An Interview With Councilmember Antonio Reynoso

Upstairs in City Councilmember Antonio Reynoso’s Union Avenue office, staffers sat with constituents, conversing in Spanish, helping them with
4 min read
Dec
08
Morning Crime Blotter: Bird Thieves, Would-Be Purse-Snatchers and More

Morning Crime Blotter: Bird Thieves, Would-Be Purse-Snatchers and More

WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking the man who stole a Blue Quaker bird from the Petland store at 92 Graham Avenue
2 min read
Dec
06
City Reaches Settlement in Broadway Triangle Discrimination Suit

City Reaches Settlement in Broadway Triangle Discrimination Suit

A rendering of proposed development in the Broadway Triangle (Image via Dept of City Planning)WILLIAMSBURG – A court settlement in
2 min read
Dec
01
Bill Passed To Protect Tenants From Landlord Harassment

Bill Passed To Protect Tenants From Landlord Harassment

BROOKLYN – The New York City Council passed a bill on Thursday that will protect tenants from harassment from “unscrupulous” landlords
2 min read
Nov
30
Brooklyn’s Very Special Recordings Brings Back The Mixtape

Brooklyn’s Very Special Recordings Brings Back The Mixtape

Ezra Gale has spent the past several years auditioning to replace James Brown as the hardest working man in show
5 min read
Nov
27
Arrest Made in Broadway Murder in Bushwick

Arrest Made in Broadway Murder in Bushwick

The check cashing spot on Broadway where Shaheem Bernard was killed last Friday (Screenshot via Google Maps)BUSHWICK – A Williamsburg
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Nov
23
Happy Thanksgiving From BKLYNER

Happy Thanksgiving From BKLYNER

Photo via dave.pontious [https://www.instagram.com/p/-ctbnLE03N/?tagged=charliebrownthanksgiving]At BKLYNER, our readers mean the world to
1 min read
Nov
16
North Brooklyn Schools Awarded $25,000 Grants for Individually Determined Programs

North Brooklyn Schools Awarded $25,000 Grants for Individually Determined Programs

NORTH BROOKLYN – Twenty-one schools in North Brooklyn will receive grant money this year to support school-determined initiatives ranging from science
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