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Photo by Heather Chin / BKLYNERThe New York City Office of Emergency Management and the National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory [https://inws.ncep.noaa.gov/a/a.php?i=8315736] beginning tonight. The advisory goes into effect at 10pm this evening and lasts until 10am on Friday,
Health
By: Warren Seigel, M.D., NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island Chairman of Pediatrics Warren Seigel, M.D., NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island Chairman of Pediatrics Parents, pay special attention to the winter months. Children are at particular risk for harm when the temperature drops. By planning ahead for winter weather,
Neighbors
From Left: Council Member Mathieu Eugene, Ahmed Khalifa, Khalifa’s dad, community leader Hassan Eltigani, and Assembly Member Dov Hikind. (Photo by BKLYNER)“I don’t like people calling me a hero. I’m just a guy,” said Ahmed Khalifa, the 17-year-old Midwood High School student who helped catch a
Arts & Culture
Winter JazzFest 2016. (Photo by Bart Babinski)Winter JazzFest [http://www.winterjazzfest.com] premiers this week venues across the city, with 150 different performances over six days of improvisational music between Thursday, January 5 – Tuesday, January 10. This year, the jazz series that has become a highlight of the season
Events
Photo via ImprovEverywhere.com [http://improveverywhere.com/]What is it with January and stripping down? The cold weather must bring out the exhibitionist in all of us. Just a few days ago, the Coney Island Polar Bears took the plunge [/2017-not-dry-run-best-photos-coney-islands-polar-bear-plunge/] in their annual ritual. Well, that’s been a
Health
Here’s something that should bring a smile to all of us — a new, state of the art dental facility has come to our community. Photo provided by The Brooklyn Hospital CenterThe Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) [http://www.tbh.org/path-center] has opened a primary and specialty health and dental
camps
Photo Credit: Paul TakeuchiIt’s the first week of January. Do you know where your kids will be going to summer camp? Here’s a list of camps that include weekly, specialty camps and summer long traditional camps. Check back each week as we’ll feature unique camps, discounts, and
Police & Fire
Photo via Prospect Park [https://www.instagram.com/p/BLrPQ4EjIaQ/?taken-by=prospect_park&hl=en]The 19-year-old found dead in Prospect Park Lake [/body-of-teen-found-in-prospect-park-lake-second-instance-in-two-months/] on Monday night was a Brooklyn neighbor. Police identified the deceased teen as Daniel O’Keefe. They have not released his address due to issues
Police & Fire
175 Ocean Parkway fire on January 3. (Photo by neighbor Liam Brown)[Update 1/16 3pm: Neighbors launched a GoFundMe page for the victims of this fire. Donate here [https://www.gofundme.com/fund175/].] A roaring blaze tore through a century-old apartment building on Ocean Parkway in Kensington last night,
News
Photo via bourgeosbee / flickr [hhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/bourgeoisbee/2216794248/in/photolist-4nTDGu-8cytY-4vFMGA-4nPz96-hASpu9-dJEMY1-8ZnE4F-iYMs4e-bG5Tap-8cytX-8cytV-xCkT4-8czjc-dgnFk3-5Ri9Js-9xD5ig-dwndkm-8cytW-6DFnPk-7YmPd-dRe1Bz-qEokob-7qseXx-tZreQ-qGARr7-qGARy1-qGvhpK-9eYe4V-pKU4dk-7wnDZn-qpmnsq-5L1vYA-qGEUGa-pLLku9-9dTd52-qrccJ5-pLLdBS-BWPtQU-5S2sjD-qpxhzZ-91Kt9c-qMnci8-aNYSWr-qMnj28-b739GM-D651HJ-5S2rTa-qv5JQz-5M22gG-5M2E1U] The Down-Low is our round-up of stories as well as other
News
Happy New Year to all of you. We begin with exciting news. As we welcome 2017, we will be starting a new phase of local news by merging in our other news sites into one, large, Brooklyn-wide site — BKLYNER.com [/] — under the stewardship of Donny Levit [donny@bklyner.com] on
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Video via NYPD [Update 12/4 4pm: Police have confirmed that the attempted rape happened in an apartment building on Ditmas Avenue near East 22nd Street.] A man tried to rape a woman in her Ditmas Park apartment building on New Years Day, while she rode the elevator up to