Carroll Gardens
COBBLE HILL – The Brooklyn Community Board 6 Permits & Licenses Committee moved to recommend a positive outcome for two business seeking a liquor license at their Monday meeting. While the committee only had five members in attendance, and therefore were unable to meet quorum, decisions were in favor and unanimous
Arts & Culture
Bklyner/Olivia OldhamBUSHWICK – In 1872, the factory at 81 Beaver Street housed William Ulmer Brewery, a lager brewery founded by German immigrants. In the century since Prohibition began in 1920, the building sat empty. And now, in 2019, it has reopened for the “The Chimney x Ulmer Arts” group exhibition.
Announcements
Kayla Santosuosso via Jordan Rathkopf/Rathkopf Photography.BAY RIDGE – Kayla Santosuosso does not eat pizza with a fork. Want a slice to eat while walking? Go to Elegante. Want to sit and eat some pizza? Find a table at Lombardo’s. Who was once a little girl sitting in her
Big Story
Monique Chandler-Waterman (left) and Farah Louis. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner) By Zainab Iqbal and Sam Raskin MIDWOOD/EAST FLATBUSH – City Council candidate Monique Chandler-Waterman accused Council Member Farah Louis of orchestrating an unspecified “deal” involving Trump supporters and “greedy landlords and developers” to get votes from right-leaning voters in the
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94th Precinct/Courtesy of Google MapsWILLIAMSBURG – A 27-year-old man, Jonathan Ramos, was shot early Saturday morning outside Williamsburg’s Cooper Houses in the 94th Precinct. At 2:37 AM, 911 was called to report the shooting. Ramos was alive upon police arrival but died shortly after he was transported to
Cobble Hill
Bklyner/Olivia OldhamBOERUM HILL – The New York Times has launched a new project, “The truth is local”, to showcase their local reporting in New York City. In each of the five boroughs, a storefront art installation sheds light on stories done in the area. In Brooklyn, the Times has taken
Central Brooklyn
Inspector Francis Giordano responds to a man criticizing how the NYPD handled the situation (Photo by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS—The lawyer and allies of a teenager who was wrongfully arrested last week stormed out of the 71st Precinct June Community Council meeting Thursday, while a representative of the
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Jabaran Akram. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)MIDWOOD – Jabaran Akram, 22, was born in Brooklyn, the third of eight children of Pakistani immigrants who settled in Brighton Beach. These days Akram is the community liaison for Councilmember Chaim Deutsch as well as an auxiliary officer for the NYPD. Since he started
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Beharry Roti, Liena Zagare/BkynerDITMAS PARK – A new restaurant will be opening in Ditmas Park, though we don’t know yet when. The owner of the place is Alan Harding, a chef who the NY Times profiled [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/dining/brooklyn-restaurant-pioneer-alan-harding-reshapes-his-career.html] in 2014 and
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A young photographer in Tamazulapam taking a class. (Photo via Direct Impact Coalition)SUNSET PARK – Eight teenagers will get the opportunity to learn the ropes of photography this summer for free. Direct Impact Coalition [https://www.directimpactcoalition.org/] is an “independent non-profit offer[ing] sustained, direct support to migrant-origin communities
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UPDATE: On Wednesday, June 19, 55-year-old Alan Tatten was arrested and charged with Aggravated Harassment 2nd Hate Crime and Criminal Mischief 4th Hate Crime. SHEEPSHEAD BAY – The NYPD need help to search for a man they believe is responsible for writing Islamophobic sentiments at a bus shelter and the entrance
Arts & Culture
PARK SLOPE – Musician Harris Eisenstadt is asking neighbors for help in locating three unique drums he lost after a gig on Sunday. After a performance at 440 Gallery [https://440gallery.com/new-events/2019/6/16/me-myself-and-eye] (440 6th Avenue) on June 16, Eisenstadt said he accidentally left the trio of