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Borough Park

Today’s Links: Products of Brooklyn Reveal History, Public Art Planned for Parks & More

The second storm in a week hit Brooklyn last night, leaving some snow (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) * The Business of Brooklyn: 20 Products Born in BK [https://thebridgebk.com/business-brooklyn-amazing-history-20-artifacts/] [The Bridge BK] * Caribbean-American Eatery “Sally Roots” Named Brunch in Bushwick [http://bushwickdaily.com/bushwick/categories/food-and-drink/5260-best-of-bushwick-brunch-winner] [Buchwick Daily] * Animated

Borough Park

Today’s Links: Seals Spotted in New York Waters, Celebrities Spotted in Brooklyn Nabes & More

Balloons for sale in Brooklyn (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) * Remembering the Great Blizzard of 1888 [https://www.brownstoner.com/history/blizzard-1888-new-york-brooklyn-snow-storm-history-environmental-subway/] [Brownstoner] * NYPD Files Show Officers Kept Jobs After Serious Offenses [https://www.buzzfeed.com/kendalltaggart/secret-nypd-files-hundreds-of-officers-committed-serious?s=mobile_app&utm_term=.fwwzdaBnKe#.xlBQM2jYBb] [BuzzFeed News] * Are “Star Maps” Brooklyn’

Central Brooklyn

Joel Anabilah-Azumah on Arming Teachers, Supporting the Muslim Ban, And Not Allowing Transgender People To Serve. He’s Running For Congress.

Photo: Joel Anabilah-AzumaFLATBUSH – Joel Anabilah-Azumah has been living in Brooklyn since he was 9-years-old. Now, he is running for Congress as an Independent against the 12-year incumbent Yvette Clarke, who is also facing a primary challenge from Adem Bunkeddeko, [/adem-running-for-congress/] and Republican Earl Blum. His stances don’t at all

Borough Park

Today’s Links: Manhattan Bridge Is Falling Down, Babies Are Celebrating Birthdays in Bars & More

All smiles on the L train (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) * Baby Birthday Bashes Barging in on Brooklyn Bar Scene [https://nypost.com/2018/02/27/baby-birthday-parties-have-infested-brooklyns-bar-scene/] [NY Post] * Janice McDonnell Paints the Brooklyn Waterfront, Red Hook to Navy Yard [https://www.brownstoner.com/brooklyn-life/brooklyn-artist-janice-mcdonnell-red-hook-gowanus-waterfront-paintings/] [Brownstoner] * Enjoy Coffee and a Bike

Big Story

Dangerous Ocean Parkway Intersection Claims Another Life

Scene of the incident last night, where a right turning box truck with Bread depo logos on the sides killed a pedestrian crossing Ocean Parkway. Photo by Sam Polcer.We are incredibly sad to report that last night another life was claimed at the intersection of Church Avenue and Ocean

Borough Park

Also Worth Noting: A Story of Compassion, A Problematic Murder Case, And Minimalist Maps

Spring is coming. * A beautiful story from Borough Park – Searching for the Woman Who Saved My Immigrant Family from Homelessness [http://narrative.ly/searching-woman-saved-immigrant-family-homelessness/] – thirty years later (by Shaheen Pasha on [http://narrative.ly/author/shaheen-pasha/]Narratively). * Fifteen years ago a college student was found shot five times in Prospect

Central Brooklyn

Ditmas Park Man Convicted Of Fatal 2015 Shooting

DITMAS PARK – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced yesterday that a 36-year-old Ditmas Park resident was convicted of murder for the 2015 shooting death of Raphael Kurton in front of a neighborhood deli. Patrick Zephir via NYPD 70th Precinct’s Twitter [https://twitter.com/NYPD70Pct/status/626118476546088960/photo/1?ref_

Borough Park

Community To Felder: Let’s Talk About Healthcare

BORO PARK/MIDWOOD – On Thursday, 26 community organizations led by New York Senate District 17 for Progress [https://www.facebook.com/nysd17forprogress/] (NYSD 17 for Progress) shared a letter they sent to Senator Felder (see below), who represents District 17, asking him to take a position on an issue that

Ditmas Park

False Notes In The Mayor’s Big Speech

FLATBUSH – Mayor de Blasio delivered his big annual State of the City speech at the Kings Theater on Flatbush Avenue last night. He got down to business around 8:00 pm, saying that “there is a point at which extreme inequality makes a mockery of a democratic society”, and that

Bushwick

Wednesday Crime Blotter: A Flatbush Hit & Run, Dramatic Video of a Shooting and More

Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] EAST FLATBUSH – Yesterday, a driver struck a man in East Flatbush, then sped away from the scene, leaving the victim in critical condition. At 11:00 am on Tuesday, February 13, police

Announcements

De Blasio’s State of the City at Kings Tonight

FLATBUSH – The Mayor will deliver his 5th State of the City at the Kings Theater on Flatbush Avenue tonight at 7:00pm, and the theme is “Making New York America’s Fairest Big City”. The Mayor previewed the event on NY1 last night [http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/

Central Brooklyn

La Puerta Roja Opens On Cortelyou Road

DITMAS PARK – If you are curious about a tale of two restaurants, look no further than YellowBelly [https://www.yellowbellybk.com] whose opening date is anyone’s guess, and La Puerta Roja [https://www.facebook.com/LaPuertaRoja.Restaurant/] whose soft grand opening took place last Thursday evening, a short week