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Crown Heights

Jul
24
‘Nothing Has Changed Since the Previous Election’: Bklyner Speaks With Clarke Challenger Adem Bunkeddeko

‘Nothing Has Changed Since the Previous Election’: Bklyner Speaks With Clarke Challenger Adem Bunkeddeko

Adem Bunkeddeko. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNER)CROWN HEIGHTS — Rep. Yvette Clarke will next year again have to fight for her
5 min read
Jul
24
Fred Baptiste Elected Chair of Tumultuous Community Board 9

Fred Baptiste Elected Chair of Tumultuous Community Board 9

Fred Baptiste, Community Board 9’s new chair, speaks before the votes were cast (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)CROWN
2 min read
Jul
23
City Housing Official Defends Heavily Scrutinized Third Party Transfer Program to Skeptical Council Members

City Housing Official Defends Heavily Scrutinized Third Party Transfer Program to Skeptical Council Members

Council Member Robert Cornegy addresses the media ahead of Monday’s Third Party Transfer hearing (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)
4 min read
Jul
22
BP Adams, Cumbo Endorse Call For Manufacturing Protections

BP Adams, Cumbo Endorse Call For Manufacturing Protections

Eric Adams. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Council Member Laurie Cumbo gave their
2 min read
Jul
17
‘Can we speed that up?’: De Blasio, DOT Explain Slow Expansion of Citi Bike in Outer Boroughs

‘Can we speed that up?’: De Blasio, DOT Explain Slow Expansion of Citi Bike in Outer Boroughs

Mayor Bill de Blasio and DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg testing out dockless bikes in the Rockaways last week (Via Mayor’
2 min read
Jul
16
More Citi Bikes Coming to More Brooklyn Neighborhoods by 2023

More Citi Bikes Coming to More Brooklyn Neighborhoods by 2023

Citi Bike. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN—Citi Bike will within the next four years be expanded in a number
2 min read
Jul
15
Affordable Housing Lottery Opens For 93 Units at Bedford Arms

Affordable Housing Lottery Opens For 93 Units at Bedford Arms

Rending of Bedford Arms (Image via Housing Partnership Development Corporation) CROWN HEIGHTS— New Yorkers looking for new below-market-rate apartments now
2 min read
Jul
12
Local Pols Push To Honor Medgar Evers At Central BK Subway Stations

Local Pols Push To Honor Medgar Evers At Central BK Subway Stations

State Sen. Zellnor Myrie and Assemblywoman Diana Richardson embrace during Myrie’s inauguration at SUNY Downstate in East Flatbush (Photo:
2 min read
Jul
11
Suspect Arrested in Crown Heights Shooting

Suspect Arrested in Crown Heights Shooting

Site of the crash hours after it occurred (Picture by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS— Police said Thursday they have
1 min read
Jul
11
Day Care Center Replaces Closed Crown Heights Coworking Space

Day Care Center Replaces Closed Crown Heights Coworking Space

The building where the day care center will soon open (Image via Google Maps) CROWN HEIGHTS — The site of a
1 min read