Central Brooklyn
125 Kingston Avenue. vi Google streetview.CROWN HEIGHTS – Yesterday evening, June 12 at around 7:30 p.m., a 48-year-old man was shot and killed while inside Classic Deli Market at 125 Kingston Avenue. The man was found with multiple gunshot wounds to the neck and torso in the back
Arts & Culture
Soak up those summer nights with a variety of outdoor events happening throughout Brooklyn this weekend! Go back in time with a performance of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in Carroll Park or check out performances throughout Prospect-Lefferts Gardens as part of the PLG Arts Music Festival. Plus, this is
Central Brooklyn
Back in 2014, he endorsed her. Now, Bichotte is returning the favor as de Blasio runs for President. Photo via Rodneyse Bichotte/2014FLATBUSH – Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte, who represents Flatbush, East Flatbush, Midwood and Ditmas Park, in a Daily News [https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-why-im-endorsing-bill-de-blasio-for-president-20190612-oqcfgljxunalnkdds3hokfxwcu-story.html] op-ed on Wednesday
Bushwick
Inside of Zatar, Ellie Plass/BklynerWelcome to the latest installment in openings, coming soon’s and closings across the borough. Check out spots form Sheepshead and Dyker Heights to Fort Greene, Park Slope, Crown Heights and beyond in no particular order. Openings: Zatar [https://zatar.nyc] On the corner of
Central Brooklyn
Caroline CohenCENTRAL BROOKLYN – You may not have heard about it, but there’s a judicial election coming up in central Brooklyn this month. Four candidates— Alice Nicholson [https://alice4district6.com/], Caroline Cohen [https://www.cohenforjudge2019.com/], Chinyelu Udoh [https://www.udoh4judge.com/] and Tehilah Berman [https://www.facebook.com/bermanforcivilcourt/
Announcements
Thomas and Lennie. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)COBBLE HILL – The first thing one notices when approaching Thomas DeVito is a beautiful Jindo-mix puppy named Lennie who, much like her owner, doesn’t like to sit still. DeVito is the Director of Advocacy at Transportation Alternatives, an organization [https://www.transalt.
Central Brooklyn
M.S. 890 on Coney Island Avenue. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Siena Taylor, Student at M.S. 890 The transition between elementary school to middle school is a strange, strange thing. One day, you’re a 5th grader without a care in the world, and the next morning you wake up
Central Brooklyn
Malcolm Jenkins playing football in a middle school gym (Image by Sam Raskin/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS—Students at a middle school in Crown Heights got a treat Monday, when Philadelphia Eagles safety and two-time Super Bowl champion Malcolm Jenkins paid a visit. The Eagles defensive star dispensed life advice as
Business
On a recent Saturday afternoon in mid-May, the corridor in Industry City’s Building 6 connecting 34th and 35th Streets was abuzz with activity. Fueled by a table full of homemade tamales, a group of Sunset Park middle school students were in the midst of their final push to finish
Central Brooklyn
A Flatbush Tenant Coalition-led rally in Flatbush (Image via Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)FLATBUSH—A crowd of advocates filled the streets of Flatbush Sunday to spread the word about the ongoing rent-law battle, seven days before the laws applying to the city’s rent-regulated apartments expire. As legislators and Gov. Andrew
Central Brooklyn
DITMAS PARK- This weekend and into early next, those looking for a parking spot will have a harder time. CHINA will be filming on Argyle between Cortelyou and Beverley and will take up the better part of the block. The signs request you move cars by 7pm on Saturday, June
Central Brooklyn
Middle school students march and chant during walkout (Image via Sam Raskin/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS— Students and teachers walked out of a central Brooklyn middle school school Friday, in a call to action against gun violence. Friday marked the third year that more than 200 middle schoolers at Launch Expeditionary