Announcements
Darma Diaz. Photo by Jonathan Ortiz.At the end of January, Rafael Espinal suddenly resigned [/rafael-espinal-resigns-from-city-council/] as Councilmember representing the 37th district, which serves Cypress Hills, Bushwick, Brownsville, Ocean Hill and East New York, before finishing his limited term ending in December of 2021. A special election for Espinal’s
Central Brooklyn
CYPRESS HILLS — Police are looking for four people they suspect of being involved in a string of robberies over the past two weeks in Cypress Hills. Cops compiled surveillance footage from the vicinity of each incident into the video below. https://bklyner.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2020/
Cypress Hills
CYPRESS HILLS — A teenage boy from Cypress Hills went missing this weekend. On Saturday, February 8, Antonio Walker, a 14-year-old boy went missing. It was reported to police that he was last seen in his neighborhood at the intersection of Jamaica Avenue and Miller Avenue around 5 p.m. He
Cypress Hills
CYPRESS HILLS — Police are searching for a missing teen from Cypress Hills. On Thursday, January 30, 13-year-old Victoria Masone, who lives on Glen Street near Autumn Avenue in Cypress Hills, was reported missing. She was last seen at 103 Canal Street in Manhattan on Thursday, January 30, at approximately 8.
Announcements
At the scene of the hit-and-run. Photo courtesy of via Loudlabs.CYPRESS HILLS — A pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run over the weekend. On Saturday, November 30 at around 4:30 a.m., a woman in her 40s was found lying on the roadway at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue
Announcements
Elsa, the woman that was cuffed for selling churros, speaking at the rally. (Photo: Lloyd Mitchell)CYPRESS HILLS – A woman was cuffed for selling churros at the Broadway Junction subway station on Friday. “She shouldn’t have been there,” Mayor Bill de Blasio says. On November 8, a woman, who
Announcements
CYPRESS HILLS – A 50-year-old pedestrian is dead after a driver struck her and left the scene. On October 28 at around 7:33 p.m., Vabita Arjune, a mother of four children, was attempting to cross Liberty Avenue and Crescent Street after running a few errands near her home [https:
brownsville
Deputy Inspector John Buttacavoli, Deputy Inspector John Mastronardi, Sen. Zellnor Myrie, Brownsville community activist Kwesi Johnson, Assemblywoman Latrice Walker, NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan, Assistant Chief Jeffrey Maddrey, Deputy Chief Charles McEvoy. Nigel Roberts/BklynerBROWNSVILLE — Residents in over-policed communities of color have historically been disproportionately jailed for smoking pot.
Bed Stuy
One Brooklyn Health System [http://www.brookdalehospital.org/] is spearheading a new initiative to increase 2020 Census engagement in its catchment area of Central and North Brooklyn, some of the most under-counted neighborhoods in an already severely under-counted city [/fearing-federal-funding-cuts-city-focuses-on-counting-all-brooklynites-in-the-2020-census/] . The newly formed hospital system, consisting of Brookdale University Hospital
brownsville
Hughes Apartments via Google streetview 2018.BROWNSVILLE – Mayor Bill de Blasio’s 2020 executive budget [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/omb/downloads/pdf/sum4-19.pdf] calls for cuts to senior clubs, including the consolidation of what are considered underutilized NYCHA senior clubs, in a move that Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo vowed
Announcements
2481 Pitkin Avenue. (Photo via Google Maps)CYPRESS HILLS – The 34-year-old man that was shot two months ago died from his injuries on Valentine’s day. On December 30 at about 2:23 a.m., police arrived outside 2481 Pitkin Avenue to find Tyrece Martin with a gunshot wound to
Central Brooklyn
Five Brooklyn nonprofits are each receiving a $100,000 windfall this week as they’ve been named the winners of Brooklyn Community Foundation’s annual Spark Prize. Since 2016, the Foundation has convened a committee of civic and philanthropic leaders [https://sparkprize.org/the-committee/] to select the top social justice