Announcements
Polling booths at Agudath Senior Center. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal)In a nutshell – Voter turnout was abysmal, polling stations were poorly sited, and the results favored incumbents. According to NYC Board of Elections [https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/enrollment/county/county_apr17.pdf], as of April 2017, there were exactly
Central Brooklyn
Hankering for a cool new spot to eat in Prospect Heights or Prospect Lefferts Gardens? Here’s a few relatively new restaurants—around long enough to both iron out opening issues and for the “if you’re not first you’re last” foodies to have come and gone—that are
Business
Do you recognize the guy in the photo? NYPD is looking for him in connection with a non-fatal shooting two weeks ago in Crown Heights [https://ny.eater.com/2017/8/30/16225372/brooklyn-wing-house-shooting]. Details are as follows: Two employees of Brooklyn Wing House (1218 Union Street), as well as
Central Brooklyn
EAST FLATBUSH – The NYPD is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing 71-year-old East Flatbush resident. Via NYPDLena Alleyne was last seen leaving her Dorset Street home near Ditmas Avenue at approximately 2:15pm on Monday, September 11, according to police. She is described as a 71-year-old black
Central Brooklyn
Bicyclists in Prospect ParkPROSPECT PARK – Yesterday, Prospect Park opened its streets back up to cars after a summer ban on motor vehicles [/cars-banned-prospect-park-2-month-summer-trial-officials-say/] that lasted two months. The ban, which started July 17, closed a window in which cars were allowed to use the East Drive on weekdays between 7:
Bed Stuy
Photo by: BASIS Independent SchoolLauded for its array of well-rounded course options like Mandarin, arts, and engineering, BASIS Independent Brooklyn has captured the attention of families across New York City. BASIS Curriculum students are engaged and outperforming schools across the world, prepared with the content knowledge, critical thinking, and creative
Announcements
There will be a neighborhood-led clean-up in “Little Pakistan” (Coney Island and Foster Avenues) this Sunday, September 17, from 5 to 8pm. It is organized by the Pakistani American Youth Organization [https://www.facebook.com/payousaa/] (PAYO) in partnership with the Department of Sanitation in an effort to keep the
Central Brooklyn
East 48th Street, near where the assault took place (Screenshot via Google Maps) EAST FLATBUSH – Police are looking for a man who assaulted another man with a baseball bat last Friday. On September 8, around 6:00 pm, two men were involved in a dispute outside 762 East 48th Street,
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – Last Friday, September 8, NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver and City Council Member Laurie Cumbo hosted a groundbreaking ceremony at Stroud Playground, kicking off the $5 million transformation the park will undergo as a part of the Community Parks Initiative. Stroud Playground Groundbreaking (Photo by: Daniel Avila,
Announcements
Sharifa Hodges, founder of Seneca Village Montessori (by Megan McGibney/BKLYNER) “I’m so excited!” Sharifa Hodges exclaims as she gives a tour of the site of her upcoming pre school, Seneca Village Montessori [http://www.senecavillagemontessori.com/about-us.html] in Crown Heights. “There will be three classrooms,” Hodges says
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – Two people were injured during a fire that broke out early Tuesday morning in a high-rise apartment building in Crown Heights. 11 McKeever Place via Google MapsThe FDNY responded to a call at 11 McKeever Place, located at the corner of Montgomery Street and Zenita Thompson Place, at
Central Brooklyn
Leaders of the march led chants of “Whose city? Our city!” and “Brooklyn’s not for sale!” (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)About 200 community organizers and protesters marched through rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhoods this Saturday in a rally opposing gentrification, racism and police violence organized by the Brooklyn Anti-Gentrification Network (BAN)