Coney Island
CONEY ISLAND – City Council Speaker Corey Johnson joined Council Members Mark Treyger (District 47) and Chaim Deutsch (District 48) on the Coney Island Boardwalk Thursday afternoon to celebrate the historic walkway’s recent designation as an official NYC landmark. City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and Council Member Mark Treyger dancing
Bed Stuy
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] DOWNTOWN – The NYPD have arrested 22-year-old Isaiah Thompson of Clinton Hill in connection to a rush hour slashing at the Jay Street MetroTech A/C subway station last month. [/weekend-crime-blotter-19/] Via NYPDThe
Coney Island
CONEY ISLAND – Join NYC Council Members Mark Treyger and Chaim Deutsch, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, and Senator Diane Savino Thursday afternoon as they celebrate the official landmarking of the Coney Island Riegelmann Boardwalk. Coney Island Riegelmann Boardwalk (Photo: Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)On May 15
Coney Island
Source: Nodar Kherkheulidze via Wikimedia CommonsCONEY ISLAND – Posing as a paralegal, a Coney Island man defrauded immigrants by taking their money and filing fake asylum applications. Now, he’s facing charges. Vadim Alekseev, 42, of Coney Island, was hit with a 21-count indictment yesterday, facing charges of scheme to defraud,
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerCONEY ISLAND – For the fourth year in a row, Isaiah Whitehead, a former Brooklyn Nets player, hosted a free event in the neighborhood he grew up in to give back to the community. “The overall goal of this event is to promote sportsmanship, humility, and camaraderie amongst
Arts & Culture
CONEY ISLAND – Indie music fans should pack an umbrella and head south tomorrow for the Second Annual Coney Island Music Festival. The Alliance for Coney Island [https://www.facebook.com/coneyislandfun] and Council Member Mark Treyger [https://council.nyc.gov/district-47/] present this free event featuring 12 bands and two
Bed Stuy
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] DOWNTOWN – Police are looking for a suspect that attacked a man on a Downtown bus while shouting a racial remark earlier this week. Just before 10:00 am on Monday, July 30,
bath beach
Coney Island/Bay Ridge – Campaign finance listings are showing clear fundraising leaders among Southern Brooklyn hopefuls looking to fill the vacant seat in the 46th Assembly District. With 55 days left before the hotly contested primary on Sept. 13, the three-way race to fill the seat of former Assemblywoman Pamela
Coney Island
KINGS HIGHWAY – A strong pushback from local business owners and elected officials delayed implementation of a Select Bus Service on B82 Route along Kings Highway to July [/b82-and-why-we-need-fast-and-reliable-bus-service/], and now it looks like more changes may be coming to the plan. MTA & DOT have been meeting with elected officials
Central Brooklyn
Big crowd at MCU Park in Brooklyn on Opening Night for the baseball game between the Staten Island Yankees and Brooklyn Cyclones, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (Gordon Donovan)Irish Night at MCU Park is always one of the most popular games of the season. This year, as part of the
Bay Ridge
The Ocean Queen Rockstar, a 350-passenger ferry and the latest addition to the NYC fleet (Via NYC EDC)The first of the New York Ferry fleet’s new 350-passenger boats has arrived at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, making ready to begin service at the end of July. The $7.5
bath beach
It’s easy to forget, while out enjoying a beautiful sunny day, that prolonged exposure to the sun can be dangerous – not just during the summer but all year long. It can lead to skin cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, more people are diagnosed with skin cancer each