Crown Heights
CROWN HEIGHTS – Hunky Dory will open in the old BKW Winery [https://bkwinery.com/bkw-thank-you] space at 747 Franklin Ave. in December. BKW Winery closed at the end of July after just two short years in the neighborhood. The 24-table eatery will include a 17-seat bar and will serve breakfast,
Bed Stuy
Four homicides in as many days hit Brooklyn this weekend, stretching from Friday until the early hours of this morning. Arrests have been made in some cases, plus a few from previous homicides, while a couple cases remain up in the air. Here’s what we know: EAST FLATBUSH – Just
Bensonhurst
Mr. Pacheco recalls his first days as an immigrant living in Brighton Beach and later in Bensonhurst. Photo by Carmen Molina Tamacas/BklynerBENSONHURST – A couple of weeks ago, Melvin Pacheco, who is from El Salvador and lives in Bensonhurst, took his car for an emergency repair to a shop on
Business
706 Nostrand Ave. The site of the new Nostrand Social coming to Crown Heights CROWN HEIGHTS — Nostrand Social, a new music and supper club is coming to 706 Nostrand Ave at Prospect Place. Work has begun on the old Mazon’s stores, which closed more than a year ago, to
Animals
CROWN HEIGHTS – When Crown Heights resident Robyn Berland took her two small dogs out for a walk one night in late August, she did not expect to return home with only one. Ralphie, 2016 (Photo courtesy of Robyn Berland)At approximately 10:30pm on Wednesday, August 29, Berland took Ralphie,
Arts & Culture
Deborah Kass’ sculpture “YO/OY” and Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine’s “DO NOT DISAPPEAR INTO SILENCE” in front of The Brooklyn Museum as part of the museum’s “Something to Say” art series. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS — The Deborah Kass [https://deborahkass.com/index2.html] installation “OY/YO” just
Arts & Culture
Attika J. Torrence, Joseph C. Grant Jr. and Rob Stapleton address following the Brooklyn debut of The Stuff during The Bedford Stuyvesant Crown Heights Film Festival at the Billie Holiday Theatre.BEDFORD STUYVESANT — It’s film festival season and Brooklyn’s all in. The Bedford Stuyvesant Crown Heights Film Festival
News
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Two men are wanted in connection with an armed robbery that took place in the lobby of Prospect Heights building earlier this month. The incident occurred just before 6:00 am on Saturday, September 15, when two suspects followed two men into the lobby of
Business
CROWN HEIGHTS — Another coffee shop has emerged within the Franklin Avenue and Eastern Parkway corridor— this one promising better service and waffles. Coffee Land replaces Owl & Thistle General Store, at 833 Franklin Ave. between Union St. and Eastern Parkway and opened in late summer. The interior is mostly white,
News
CROWN HEIGHTS – An argument in the Utica Avenue subway station Monday morning spilled onto the street as a man assaulted another with a cane and a knife, police said. The incident occurred around 9:20 am on Monday, September 24, when the suspect struck his 23-year old victim with a
Crown Heights
MARINE PARK – An NYPD officer and his wife were charged Tuesday with 101 counts of fraud totaling more than $300,000, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office. Edward Ian St. Hill, 52, and Maria Ramos, (AKA Sunne St. Hill), 45, were indicted for using the identity of Edward
Animals
When Eric Maus came across an abandoned pit bull Monday in Prospect Park, the 28-year-old didn’t know what to do. The 80-pound, grey and white pitbull lie with her head raised atop scattered leaves. “She was calm, docile, tongue out,” said Maus of Prospect Lefferts Garden. “Just looking at