Bed Stuy
With colder weather coming in and a 25% capacity indoor dining set to start on September 30th, the streets of Bushwick are lined with restaurants anxious about their survival and confused over implementing the ever-changing restrictions on their operations. We checked in with two pizza places in Bushwick – Tony’s
Arts & Culture
Courtesy of House of Yes.House of Yes has been a part of Brooklyn’s nightlife for over ten years. The spot, known for its vibrant queer-friendly dance parties and shows, occupies a large building in Bushwick just off of the Jefferson Street L Train. Since the pandemic hit, dance
Arts & Culture
The mural by Jason Naylor was unveiled Sunday with a simultaneous block cleanup. Photo by Cai Pigliucci/BklynerAbout 100 Bushwick locals came out Sunday for a block party and mural unveiling aimed at fostering support for the community, by the community. The mural, on the corner of St. Nicholas Avenue
Bushwick
The Bagel Store on 5th Avenue. Ellie Plass, Bklyner.This week’s openings and closings bring you, miraculously, far more openings than it does closings. In a true testament to the resilience of our neighborhoods, restaurants and bars continue to pop up in almost every neighborhood. Go out and enjoy
Bushwick
By Jens Jebsen/BklynerBy the time the Black Lives Matter protestors set out for Maria Hernandez Park in Bushwick on July 26, the temperature outside was in the upper nineties. Police tactics at the almost unanimously peaceful demonstrations in lower Manhattan the night before had escalated to kettling and violent
Bushwick
Bushwick resident and former restaurant Kendra Avila’s unemployment benefits are calculated without her tips, making her even more reliant on the $600 weekly check. | Jose Martinez/THE CITYBy Cara Eisenpress and Greg David, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/7/8/21318152/new-york-city-jobless-600-pandemic-unemployment-assistance] in THE CITY Despite being
Bushwick
We, like you, are still trying to figure out how to navigate this new reality we’ve found ourselves in. There are a lot of uncertainties, but one thing we know for certain is that we love our local restaurants and we want to support them in any and all
brownsville
EAST FLATBUSH/BROWNSVILLE — Seventy-year-old Queens resident Evelyn Lynch’s death was ruled a homicide yesterday. Lynch died on November 10 of last year after being attacked on the job at Brookdale Hospital six years ago. On February 7, 2014, 4:25 p.m., police responded to a 911 call of
brownsville
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerThe New York State presidential primary election is scheduled for April 28. That would be less than a week before the projected peak of the Coronavirus crisis [/brooklyn-coronavirus-briefing-march-17-social-distancing-on-st-patricks-day/] in New York, according to predictions by Governor Andrew Cuomo earlier this week. Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland and Ohio
Arts & Culture
Businesses across the city are closing their doors as coronavirus spreads, with all non-essential businesses expected to shut down. But bookstores are essential to many of us, and two Latina-owned bookstores in Brooklyn are finding ways to connect with their customers through bike deliveries and their online sales. Cafe con
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerThe city is just about shutting down, people are staying at home, and last week was quiet. However, two murders did take place – one on Friday and one on Saturday. None have taken place since in Brooklyn. PARK SLOPE – On Friday, March 13 at around 4:55
Bushwick
On New Year’s Eve, Tuesday, December 31, 2019, NYPD responded to a 911 call shortly before 7 pm that a man was being assaulted inside Yasser Deli (427 Central Avenue) in Bushwick. They found Aamar Alaahri, 47, with multiple stab wounds about the body. Alaahri was taken to Brookdale