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CLINTON HILL – The NYPD are searching for a suspect involved in a car chase in Clinton Hill Saturday afternoon that left a trail of destruction and eight people injured. Intersection of Fulton Street and Clinton Avenue via Google MapsAt approximately 4pm on November 18, police attempted to pull over a
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NORTH BROOKLYN – Twenty-one schools in North Brooklyn will receive grant money this year to support school-determined initiatives ranging from science and tech to literacy and the arts, courtesy of a development company’s philanthropic offshoot. The $350,000 being awarded among the schools is courtesy of the Neighborhood School Grants
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245 Sullivan Place, in Crown Heights, is the worst building in Brooklyn, with almost 500 open, serious HPD violations (Screenshot via Google Maps)Today, Public Advocate Letitia James released the annual list of 100 Worst Landlords in NYC, including the 10 worst buildings in Brooklyn. “No New Yorker should be
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CLINTON HILL – A fire at 519 Myrtle Avenue yesterday led to a dramatic rescue as crews battled the flames to rescue an infant child. Around 3:00 PM on Monday, November 7, the FDNY responded to a call for a fire on the second floor of a three-story apartment building
Business
We feel the chill in the air, holiday music is already playing in the stores and our mailboxes are quickly filling up with holiday catalogs but we know that Brooklyn is the ultimate destination to buy unique, fun, memorable Holiday gifts for everyone on your list. As part of BKLYNER’
Arts & Culture
CLINTON HILL – Last night, the creepy and kooky team behind Halloween 313 [https://www.facebook.com/Halloween313Theatrical/], who have been putting on elaborate, family-friendly stage shows for neighbors every October 31 for the past 20 years, performed its swan song. Rehearsals for Halloween 313’s production of The Curse of
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PS20/BKLYNERCLINTON HILL – Last night saw over 30 parents attend Community Education Council (CEC) 13’s strategic space meeting, held at PS 56 Lewis H. Latimer School on 170 Gates Avenue. The gathering included many parents from PS 20. It was likely they came in response to a DNAinfo article
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CLINTON HILL – Pratt Institute [http://pratt.edu] has chosen Frances Bronet [http://francesbronet.com/] as the Institute’s 12th president. Pratt Institute has been preparing its students for careers in art, design, architecture, information, as well as liberal arts and sciences on its campuses in Clinton Hill and Manhattan since
Central Brooklyn
Jabari Brisport (l), Green Party candidate for New York’s 35 th City Council District, gives his campaign flyer to Alex Asher (r) as Gabriella Agranat-Getz looks on at the Fort Greene Park Greenmarket on Sept. 30, 2017. (Ben Foldy / BKLYNER)On a fall Saturday at the Greenmarket in Fort
Bed Stuy
Cassaberry (left, in black) joins a circle of prayer before releasing balloons in honor of her son, Jamal Singleton.BROOKLYN – Monica Cassaberry has turned the pain of losing her son to gun violence into a cause that helps other grieving families across Brooklyn. Six years ago this September, Cassaberry’s
Central Brooklyn
BROOKLYN – They’re back. After a rash of thefts from phone stores in the spring of this year, a new incident earlier this month has led the NYPD to identify a pattern of grand larcenies all across Brooklyn. The duo wanted for questioning in the case hit phone stores from
Bed Stuy
PROSPECT HEIGHTS — On Wednesday night incumbent Laurie Cumbo (D) debated three opponents looking to take her seat representing Clinton Hill, Crown Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, Fort Greene, and Prospect Heights in the City Council. The debate was an impassioned affair, with Cumbo taking some heat halfway through the evening for her