Central Brooklyn
Pedestrians walk the streets of East Flatbush, Brooklyn in October 2018. Photo by Larisa Karr/BklynerDanni Ai dug feverishly with her bare hands through a barrel of medical waste in a restricted part of the hospital. She had just given birth, her daughter was dead and medical personnel had accidentally
Big Story
Makki Masjid. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)MIDWOOD – An ivory colored structure stands sandwiched between two typical brick-colored three-story buildings between Avenue H and Glenwood Road on Coney Island Avenue. Though the stores next to it have closed and new ones have opened, Makki Masjid has stayed in that very spot
Business
FORT GREENE/CLINTON HILL – The Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [http://myrtleavenue.org/benefitkitchen/] has teamed up with the tech company Benefit Kitchen [http://benefitkitchen.com/#about] to create an app that helps low-income Fort Greene and Clinton Hill residents find out if they are eligible for federal benefits as well
Announcements
No Electioneering. Liena Zagare/BklynerThe city announced they’ll provide language interpreters at 86 polling sites throughout Brooklyn, but the translators will be left out in the cold again this year. Voters whose native language is Russian, Haitian Creole, Italian, Arabic, Polish, and Yiddish will have to seek interpreter services
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerMIDWOOD – In a press conference yesterday to condemn the murder of 11 Jewish people in the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday, Oct. 27., Borough President Eric Adams called for off-duty officers to carry firearms when they go to their house of worships to pray.
Cobble Hill
COBBLE HILL – At last Thursday’s Brooklyn Community Board 6 Landmarks & Land Use Committee [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/committees/landmarks-land-use.page] meeting, representatives from Fortis Property Group [https://fortispropertygroup.com/] presented plans to build a nine-foot-tall brick wall on the Amity Street side of the developer’s
Announcements
Broward County Sheriff’s Office.BROOKLYN. The Florida man suspected of sending over a dozen explosive devices to a media outlet (CNN) and Democrats across the country was born in Brooklyn. 56-year-old Cesar Sayoc [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/us/cesar-sayoc-bombing-suspect-arrested.html] was arrested this morning by the
Announcements
In March, we published a story about a young man who was planning on running for office. [/earl-blum-congress-cd9/] The Trump-supporting Republican, who had yet to file for elections, insulted black people, Mexican-Americans, and said Muslims belong in “internment camps.” A few hours after the article surfaced on social media, Earl
Carroll Gardens
COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT DISTRICT – The PS 15 auditorium was packed Thursday evening for the Brooklyn Community Board 6 Landmarks & Land Use Committee [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/committees/landmarks-land-use.page] meeting where a public hearing was held for 41 Summit Street. Rendering of 41 Summit Street via Sheldon
Carroll Gardens
COBBLE HILL – Brooklyn’s Community Board 6 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] welcomed new District Manager Michael Racioppo in May, following a tumultuous year in which his predecessor, who served in the position for 27 years, resigned amid accusations of stalking a former girlfriend [https://www.dnainfo.
Bensonhurst
SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – Two lucky Mega Million winners in Southern Brooklyn will take home $1 million as a second place consolation prize from the record-breaking lottery drawing Tuesday night. The Brooklyn ticket holders purchased their winning stubs in Bensonhurst and Gravesend. A&C Mini Market in Bensonhurst issued one of
community
Flags flew at half-staff on Monday at the 77th precinct in Crown Heights as the department mourned the loss of Retired Police Officer Anthony Hanlon who died of a World Trade Center-related illness. He was 49. The 21-year veteran is the 157th member of the NYPD to die from 9/