Central Brooklyn
DITMAS PARK – It’s that time of spring again when Shredzilla parks outside the Flatbush Coop (1415 Cortelyou Road, 10am to 4pm) to safely dispose of your sensitive documents ($8 per 13 gallon bag of documents to be shredded, with all funds going to support FDC) [http://www.fdconline.org/
Announcements
KENSINGTON/DITMAS PARK/WINDSOR TERRACE – The P.S. 130 PTA is holding its 8th Annual Spring Auction on Saturday, April 14, from 6:00pm to 9:30pm at Don Patron located at 1217 Church Avenue in Ditmas Park. The school is looking to raise $30,000 and so far the
Central Brooklyn
Erasmus Hall High School is located at 911 Flatbush Ave. (Photo/ Google Maps) FLATBUSH – An Erasmus Hall High School teacher has been arraigned on a 25-count indictment charging him with sexually abusing a 16-year old boy on multiple occasions, District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced yesterday. Mervyn Affoon, 66, a business
Arts & Culture
It’s the weekend again! There are lots of musical performances happening this week including an Eastern European folk concert and a celebration of MCs and poets in Fort Greene, a record release party and a Malian music fest in Williamsburg, and a classical concert fundraiser in Park Slope. Don’
Arts & Culture
FLATBUSH – Growing up as the daughter of immigrants in Flatbush, Ashley August hid her dreams of being a performer from her parents using the duffle bag she carried her high school volleyball uniform in. Ashley August (Photo courtesy of the artist)“My parents are immigrants and there’s only about
Boerum Hill
Summer = Fun One day it will be warm again in Brooklyn and it will feel like summer is on its way. There are so many fun-filled summer camp options. Here are just a few… via Park Slope Armory YMCA Facebook pagePark Slope Armory YMCA [http://www.ymcanyc.org/prospectpark/pages/
Central Brooklyn
Euzebelin Abellard will serve 20 to life for the slaying of Jean Claude Bernagene (Via District Attorney’s Office)Euzebelin Abellard, 35, of Crown Heights, was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison today for the 2015 murder of a man inside an alleged East Flatbush gambling den, District
bath beach
The Brooklyn College campus. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNER)BAY RIDGE – Ross Barkan, a graduate of Stony Brook University who is running for New York State Senate seat representing District 22, has released his education platform, promising to fight for free tuition, “no strings attached”, for New York state residents attending
canarsie
Looking north on Remsen Avenue towards the intersection with Church. Parker was struck by a car on Sunday while crossing Remsen mid-block. (Screenshot via Google Maps)EAST FLATBUSH – After being hospitalized following a hit and run crash on Remsen Avenue on Sunday night, 65-year old Dorothy Parker of Canarsie has
Announcements
Photo via NYC Council Speaker Corey JohnsonPROSPECT HEIGHTS – Voting kicked off this past Saturday and you have all week (until April 15) to vote for the projects you want to see completed as part of the Participatory Budgeting (PB) process. [/heres-everything-on-the-participatory-budget-ballots-next-week/] PB is a democratic process where several council members
Central Brooklyn
Lenox Road in East Flatbush, where last week’s shooting assault took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)EAST FLATBUSH – Police are looking for a suspect who fired a gun at the feet of another man on an East Flatbush street last week. Around 9:45 pm on Thursday, April 5,
Central Brooklyn
The main entrance to Green-Wood Cemetery, 5th Avenue & 25th Street (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and subscribe [/subscribe/