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Crown Heights

Oct
26
Editorial: Anti-gentrification activists should stop trying to silence a local blogger. Enough is enough.

Editorial: Anti-gentrification activists should stop trying to silence a local blogger. Enough is enough.

PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS — The heated gentrification fights of this neighborhood have begun to turn inward, and much of the drama
5 min read
Oct
26

Friday Crime Blotter: Two Arrests In Suspicious Summer Death, A Hammer to the Head in Greenwood Heights & More

(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)EAST FLATBUSH – A “suspicious death” from the summer has been confirmed as murder [/suspicious-east-flatbush/] and police have
3 min read
Oct
25
Toast of Brooklyn 11th Annual Wine & Food Festival

Toast of Brooklyn 11th Annual Wine & Food Festival

SPONSORED: Join us on November 10th at the 11th Annual Toast Of Brooklyn Wine & Food Festival [http://www.thetoastofbrooklyn.
1 min read
Oct
25
Horrific Car Crash Sends Father and Son Flying

Horrific Car Crash Sends Father and Son Flying

CROWN HEIGHTS —  A car crash sent two neighbors to the hospital Thursday morning in Crown Heights, police said. A 47-year-old
1 min read
Oct
23
NYPD Officer Dies Of 9/11-Related Illness

NYPD Officer Dies Of 9/11-Related Illness

Flags flew at half-staff on Monday at the 77th precinct in Crown Heights as the department mourned the loss of
1 min read
Oct
22
Brooklyn Dancer Named MacArthur Genius – Meet Okwui Okpokwasili

Brooklyn Dancer Named MacArthur Genius – Meet Okwui Okpokwasili

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT – MacArthur recipient Okwui Okpokwasili took ballet classes as a child but her performance style is rooted in her Nigerian
3 min read
Oct
18
East Flatbush Mural Paints Portrait of Community

East Flatbush Mural Paints Portrait of Community

EAST FLATBUSH — Ariel Rouco and Augusto Turallas first met at a bar. Turallas painted a canvas of a pint of
3 min read
Oct
18
As Temperature Drops, Heat Complaints Already Rising

As Temperature Drops, Heat Complaints Already Rising

Fall weather and turning leaves also means heating season for Brooklyn residents (Donny Levit / BKLYNER)It’s officially cold in
2 min read
Oct
17
‘It Wasn’t a Hate Crime!’ says man who helped with the takedown

‘It Wasn’t a Hate Crime!’ says man who helped with the takedown

Meyer Junik, Mendy Junik and Errol Webley all helped to apprehend a stick-wielding Shervy Taylor on Monday. Photo Kadia Goba/
2 min read
Oct
12
Landmarks Preservation Committee Rejects St. Gregory’s Development Proposal

Landmarks Preservation Committee Rejects St. Gregory’s Development Proposal

Renditions of 991 St. Johns Pl. Plans provided by PKSB ArchitectsCROWN HEIGHTS — The New York City Landmarks Preservation Committee sent
2 min read