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Verandah Place, Cobble Hill (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], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and sign up for our daily newsletter [/]. And if
Announcements
Yesterday’s news about DNAinfo shocked us at the BKLYNER newsroom on Coney Island Avenue. The disappearance of DNA Info leaves a lot of great reporters out of work, and many communities with much less coverage. Over years of bootstrapping local news coverage in Brooklyn, I’ve become convinced that
Central Brooklyn
A reveler in the festive, family Halloween Parade through Park Slope (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. Rezoning in Brooklyn Could Benefit Jared Kushner [http://www.wnyc.org/story/brooklyn-rezoning-could-benefit-kushner/] [WNYC] Bed-Stuy
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FLATBUSH – A three-alarm fire broke out at 60 Clarkson Avenue (between Flatbush & Bedford Avenues) shortly after 4pm Thursday afternoon. Residents say they believe it was due to faulty electrical wiring in a recently remodeled apartment. Fire at 60 Clarkson Avenue, Flatbush (Photo: Justin Hicks/BKLYNER)“It’s kind of
Announcements
Photo: Liena Zagare/BKLYNERBROOKLYN – Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend, at 2am on Sunday, November 5, so before you go to bed on Saturday night, remember to set your clocks back one hour [https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/usa/new-york] if they aren’t automatically set to change on
Announcements
BROOKLYN – We at BKLYNER are sincerely saddened to learn of the loss of two great competitors and sources of local news—DNA Info and Gothamist. Joe Ricketts, Chief Executive Officer of the two sites, posted a statement [https://assets.dnainfo.com/message.html] earlier today reading: “Today, I’ve made
Business
The holiday season is upon us and BKLYNER is here to help you shop locally and support Brooklyn businesses. Every week we will publish holiday gift guides focused on a type of gift and by location. Happy gifting! Via Norman & Jules Facebook pageNorman & Jules [https://normanandjules.com/] Park
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Abdullah Kwaja, president of the Turkestanian Association speaks at the press conference (Comice Johnson/BKLYNER)Yesterday afternoon Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President, met with prominent Uzbek-Americans of NYC to address yesterday’s attack in Lower Manhattan. The attack, which left eight people dead, was allegedly carried out by Sayfullo Saipov,
Arts & Culture
Halloween has come and gone and it’s gotten considerably colder out. The flurry of events from last week leading up to October 31 has tapered down, but there are still lots of cool things to see and do this weekend. Find out what’s going on down below. Also,
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – A water main break near the intersection of Pacific Street and Albany Avenue caused major damage Thursday morning, shooting water and debris into the air, flooding streets and homes, and damaging nearby cars. Intersection of Pacific Street and Albany Avenue, Crown Heights via Google Maps The pipe burst
Big Story
FLATBUSH – A surprise endorsement of Brian Cunningham [https://www.cunninghamforcouncil.com/] by the Working Families Party [http://workingfamilies.org/] has shaken up the 40th district council race in central Brooklyn. After representing parts of Crown Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Kensington, and Flatbush since 2007, Dr. Mathieu Eugene [http://www.mathieueugene.
Central Brooklyn
EAST FLATBUSH – The NYPD is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the men seen in the video below in connection to a robbery that occurred last week. At approximately 10:40am on Sunday, October 22, police say the two suspects approached a 44-year-old man on Rogers Avenue between Lenox