Announcements
FLATBUSH – Evander Holyfield’s Real Deal [http://therealdealboxing.com/site/] promotion company will stage the first of a series of boxing matches at the Kings Theatre [http://www.kingstheatre.com/] on Saturday, March 10. According to Real Deal COO Eric Bentley, the partnership with the venue will bring at least
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Joel Anabilah-AzumaFLATBUSH – Joel Anabilah-Azumah has been living in Brooklyn since he was 9-years-old. Now, he is running for Congress as an Independent against the 12-year incumbent Yvette Clarke, who is also facing a primary challenge from Adem Bunkeddeko, [/adem-running-for-congress/] and Republican Earl Blum. His stances don’t at all
Central Brooklyn
Photo via Harvey K / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/theharv58/6805188814/in/photolist-bnmnxC-7KqGp4-dhysjP-9XGVEn-9rQvTt-ecVqDK-ab77GB-9bfUCg-5HdCGb-4KPf6B-8392Ri-6cBDwA-9rJYYc-a8BgD9-51638U-b3kp8-5fqYA6-ab9XEj-CWBFEx-4tm4p-64tP7S-dK8RG-d3cwQU-ao23y9-ftTWf-9WAzC2-ab9XBJ-do4uFD-mLPih-4sYLvC-pUNQcw-2jzEnw-7z82jY-9EVarh-3ASWC-iJXA2n-do4C9h-8ojEVe-vbSNk-4zLBCi-8ByMpE-67qp7o-9qGYL-6nJf2B-52bAev-aa31z-6WSuSR-5ATaLP-dCP2Nk-7QwtgF] CROWN HEIGHTS – Police are looking for a burglar that broke into
Borough Park
All smiles on the L train (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) * Baby Birthday Bashes Barging in on Brooklyn Bar Scene [https://nypost.com/2018/02/27/baby-birthday-parties-have-infested-brooklyns-bar-scene/] [NY Post] * Janice McDonnell Paints the Brooklyn Waterfront, Red Hook to Navy Yard [https://www.brownstoner.com/brooklyn-life/brooklyn-artist-janice-mcdonnell-red-hook-gowanus-waterfront-paintings/] [Brownstoner] * Enjoy Coffee and a Bike
Central Brooklyn
Cmdr. Eric Doyle, Flight Leader for the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, presents Yeoman 1st Class (AW/SW) Shellyann Atwater, from Brooklyn, N.Y., with their crest during a Blue Angels cresting ceremony at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California (Via Navy Outreach)FLATBUSH – Growing up
Arts & Culture
March is here! Art in DUMBO’s First Thursday Gallery Walk is happening this week as well as Brooklyn Museum’s Target First Saturday. The students at Brooklyn Tech are putting on a production of Fiddler on the Roof , while PS 139 will be transformed into a carnival on Saturday.
Big Story
Scene of the incident last night, where a right turning box truck with Bread depo logos on the sides killed a pedestrian crossing Ocean Parkway. Photo by Sam Polcer.We are incredibly sad to report that last night another life was claimed at the intersection of Church Avenue and Ocean
Bushwick
EAST WILLIAMSBURG – The man wanted in connection with a pair of ineffectual bank robberies was arrested yesterday, police reported. Christopher Kelly, 41, of East Williamsburg, was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted robbery, said police. Kelly was a suspect in the attempted robberies of a Chase Bank on
Borough Park
Spring is coming. * A beautiful story from Borough Park – Searching for the Woman Who Saved My Immigrant Family from Homelessness [http://narrative.ly/searching-woman-saved-immigrant-family-homelessness/] – thirty years later (by Shaheen Pasha on [http://narrative.ly/author/shaheen-pasha/]Narratively). * Fifteen years ago a college student was found shot five times in Prospect
Central Brooklyn
P.S.6 in Flatbush was sent into lockdown this afternoon after a man was shot around the corner near Church and Flatbush (Screenshot via Google Maps)FLATBUSH – A man was shot today in the vicinity of Flatbush and Church Avenues, causing streets to be closed and and putting schools
Central Brooklyn
The homeless shelter at Atlantic and Bedford Avenues in Crown Heights (Screenshot via Google Maps)CROWN HEIGHTS – A man was stabbed to death outside the Atlantic Armory homeless shelter yesterday, police confirmed. Miguel Acosta, 21, was outside the shelter, on Bedford and Atlantic Avenues, around 1:00 pm on Sunday,
Central Brooklyn
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