Boerum Hill
There’s already been a bank robbery in the New Year, plus we catch up with a slew of holiday crimes as new information is made available for the public. Check out the Crime Blotter round-up: Ponce De Leon Federal Bank, at 169 Smith Street, was robbed on January 1
Central Brooklyn
An important reminder for 2018 on a Greenpoint utility box—and it applies to local news, too! (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories and other curiosities all over Brooklyn. First Brooklyn Baby Of 2018 Born in Woodhull Hospital [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/01/01/2018-nyc-first-new-babies/
Announcements
MulchFest 2016 at Fort Greene Park (Photo by Daniel Avila/NYC Parks)Now that the holidays are over, are you wondering what exactly to do with the suddenly out-of-place pine tree in your home? Don’t just throw it out—bring it to a city park this weekend to be
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Snowy Brooklyn Sidewalk (Photo by maribeldelatorre via Instagram) / Snowy Brooklyn Sidewalk (Photo by maribeldelatorre via Instagram)After a couple days of frigid cold, it looks like snow will carry us out of 2017 and into the new year. The New York City Department of Sanitation has issued a “Snow Alert”
Central Brooklyn
An important reminder for 2018 on a Greenpoint mailbox—and it applies to local news, too! (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories and other curiosities all over Brooklyn. First Brooklyn Baby Of 2018 Born in Woodhull Hospital [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/01/01/2018-nyc-first-new-babies/] [CBS
Central Brooklyn
The Peking Express restaurant, which was burglarized on Christmas Eve (Screenshot via Google Maps)GREENPOINT – Police are looking for the man who burglarized the Peking Express restaurant across from McGolrick Park on Christmas Eve. Around 10:15 pm on Sunday, December 24, a man used an unknown object to force
Arts & Culture
Prospect Park Alliance2017 is coming to an end. Temperatures are predicted to be arctic this final weekend of the year, but if you’re up for braving the chill, there are lots of New Year’s Eve celebrations scheduled across the borough—from fireworks to dance parties to yoga. See
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As 2017 winds to a close this weekend, it will go down as the safest year on record, part of a historic decrease in crime across New York City. Today, Acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez released a statement outlining the finer points of 2017’s crime reductions—especially the lowest
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – A five-story, 100-room hotel is coming to 1550 Bedford Avenue between Eastern Parkway and Union Street, a short walk from the Brooklyn Museum and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The Bedford Hotel rendering via ODA Architecture [http://www.oda-architecture.com/interiors/bedford-hotel]Designed by New York-based ODA Architecture, The
brownsville
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)BROWNSVILLE – Police responded to a call early this morning regarding a vehicle collision near the intersection of Rockaway Avenue and Linden Boulevard. Police arrived to the scene shortly after 4am on Wednesday, December 27 where they discovered a 58-year-old driver, Oladele Adaramola, unconscious and unresponsive with trauma
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“Much of the silly violence that I see committed by high school or gang members starts by online taunting,” Brooklyn DA EricGonzalez said. “There’s so much bullying and taunting that happens online that then plays itself out in violence on the street; like fist fights in the schoolyard.” According
Central Brooklyn
Arguably, the very nature of a hospital’s work is “doing good” for their patients, families and community. However, for many at The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) [http://tbh.org], the “doing good” doesn’t stop at the end of the workday. Gary G. Terrinoni, President and Chief Executive Officer