Central Brooklyn
The KP Farm Market, where an employee was killed by a makeshift elevator on Monday (Screenshot via Google Maps)EAST FLATBUSH – A worker at a Nostrand Avenue farm market was killed yesterday when a makeshift hoist fell on him, police confirmed. The accident took place at the KP Farm Market,
Announcements
Eric Adams. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNER)DITMAS PARK – Elected officials, organizers, and members of the community stood in solidarity this afternoon against tomorrow’s “Punish a Muslim Day.” A few weeks ago, fliers from an anonymous source were mailed across the United Kingdom headlined “Punish a Muslim Day,” with the
Central Brooklyn
During the first weekend of March, three deaths occurred across Brooklyn [/march-weekend-deaths/]. Now, after a violent holiday weekend, the last weekend of the month is a tragic mirror to the first—three deaths in two days in Brooklyn neighborhoods closed out the month. The Great Indian Curry restaurant on Flatbush
celebrity
PARK SLOPE – Scott Rogowsky, the host of the popular HQ Trivia, has gained quite a bit of fame. This comedian literally shows up on phone screens in the hands of a million (more or less) people almost every day. Before HQ, a live show trivia game where players answer questions
Arts & Culture
GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY – After the closing of Gowanus’ beloved Morbid Anatomy Museum [/where-the-brooklyn-spirits-play-the-morbid-anatomy-museum-celebrates-its-one-year-anniversary-parkslopestoop/] in December 2016 [/morbid-anatomy-museum-in-gowanus-has-closed-rebirth-promised/], fans of its collection of art, artifacts, books, and ephemera about death, religion, medical history, oddities, and the arcane were at a loss. “I think the museum really hit a chord with a lot
Borough Park
Blake MorrisWhile State Sen. Simcha Felder of the 17th senatorial district was delaying budget talks in Albany, Brooklyn resident, Democratic candidate Blake Morris (@BlakeMorris4NYS) [https://twitter.com/BlakeMorris4NYS]was launching his own campaign to unseat the incumbent who governs Borough Park, Midwood, Kensington, Sunset Park and parts of Bensonhurst.The
Central Brooklyn
A rendering of the possible Daniel Libeskind Senior Housing Building (via NYCHA) * Simcha Felder’s Sweetheart Deal on Office Space [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20180328/POLITICS/180329886] [Crain’s New York] * Time Out to Open Massive Food Hall on DUMBO Waterfront [https://ny.eater.com/2018/3/28/17172130/
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Survivors of clergy sex abuse in Brooklyn have until this weekend to report their abuser to the Brooklyn Diocese to be eligible for compensation. Here’s what it means and how survivors can get started. In the fall of 2016, Archdiocese of NY [https://archny.org/] set up a voluntary
Borough Park
Kalman Yeger, at a CB14 meeting in 2015. (Photo via BKLYNER)BORO PARK – Councilman Kalman Yeger, representing District 44, yesterday referred to the Palestinian people as “so-called ‘Palestinians,'” responding to a tweet about Ahmad Tibi wanting to become the prime mister of an Israel-Palestinian state [http://www.newsweek.com/
Central Brooklyn
Source: Joe Gratz / FlickrAfter an investigation into fraudulent charities as part of “Operation Bottomfeeder,” Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has dissolved a Brooklyn telemarketing firm that bilked unsuspecting donors for nearly $190,000 that would allegedly go to assist Vietnam Veterans, the AG’s office announced this week. The Brooklyn-based firm,
Announcements
A look at the new Smart Meters ConEd will be installing across Brooklyn starting in April (Via ConEd)In a few days, ConEdison will start switching out all the electrical meters on Brooklyn buildings, replacing the old meters with new “Smart Meters” [https://www.coned.com/en/our-energy-future/technology-innovation/smart-meters]
Central Brooklyn
Photo Credit: BKLYNERMIDWOOD – The news of a Jewish-themed escape room opening in Midwood has been met with a good bit of snark [https://www.metro.us/things-to-do/new-york/family-friendly-jewish-escape-room-russian-pogrom-one-before-brooklyn] lately on social media. That’s not really surprising – for fairly obvious reasons if you know anything about modern Jewish history.