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Annual Flag Raising Ceremony To Commemorate Pakistan’s Independence Day

Both American and Pakistani flags raised in the air. (Photo: Hassan Iqbal)CONEY ISLAND AVENUE – Two flags were raised up to celebrate Pakistan’s 70th Independence Day yesterday afternoon in front of Sweetness Bakery on Avenue H and Coney Island Ave. The second annual event, which also consisted of a

Central Brooklyn

Heads Up – New Rental Building on Ocean Ave

1326 Ocean Ave (Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)MIDWOOD. A new luxury rental building on Ocean Avenue will start leasing next week — the latest in a wave of development moving south on Ocean Ave from Ditmas Park and Midwood all the way into Sheepshead Bay. Located across from Brooklyn College, 1326 Ocean

Central Brooklyn

Cops Looking For These Yeezy Sneaker Thieves

DITMAS PARK/ FLATBUSH. NYPD have released two surveillance videos of suspects in a string of broad daylight robberies in Ditmas Park and Flatbush going back to late April, at least four of which involved the pricey Adidas Yeezy sneakers [https://solecollector.com/news/yeezy-price-guide/]. In each case, cops allege, an

Central Brooklyn

Burglars In Ditmas Park Need Identification

Cops are looking for help identifying the individuals depicted in the attached surveillance photos in regards to a burglary that occurred in Ditmas Park back on Saturday, June 6, 2017 around 4am in the morning. It was reported to the police that the above individuals entered the lobby of a

Central Brooklyn

Twenty Years After Abner Louima Case

Twenty years ago today, August 9, 1997, police officers at the 70th Precinct in Flatbush sodomized Abner Louima, a Haitian immigrant, in a police brutality case that shocked the city. WNYC published a segment this morning [http://www.wnyc.org/story/twenty-years-later-look-back-nypd-assault-abner-louima-and-what-it-means-today] that looks back at the incident, how the

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Southern Brooklyn Real Estate Roundup: Summer Showers

While this morning began as a wet one, it’s cleared up to become as picturesque as summer can be. That’s a bit like hunting for the right apartment. However, with BKLYNER’s tips, you can cut right to the calm after the storm. (Courtesy Jason Nadeau of District

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DOT’s ‘Priority Bicycle Districts’ Could Bring More Lanes To Ditmas Park & Sheepshead Bay

Prospect Park West protected bike lane. (Photo via Park Slope Stoop)A new report by the Department of Transportation (DOT) revealed that a few “Priority Bicycle Districts” including Ditmas Park and Flatbush could get more bike lanes in an effort to prevent fatalities and injuries. Cycling is more popular than

Ditmas Park

[UPDATE] Help Cops Find Missing Ditmas Park Teenager

Photo: NYPD[Updated: August 4, 2017, 9:45am] Police report that Vivian Wilde has been found and is safe. Cops are searching for a missing 18-year-old girl seen in the above photo. Vivian Wilde was reported missing on Tuesday, August 1. She was last seen at approximately 12:30pm leaving

Central Brooklyn

New School Set To Open In Fall – No Safe Way To Get There

P.S./I.S 338, [/todays-mud-tomorrows-school-councilman-eugene-community-leaders-break-ground-psis-338-ditmas-park/] the brand new school on Coney Island Ave in Kensington is set to open in September, [/the-murder-house-is-demolished-to-make-way-for-new-school-kensington/] but there’s one major problem: there seems to be no plan to get students there safely. [/todays-mud-tomorrows-school-councilman-eugene-community-leaders-break-ground-psis-338-ditmas-park/] Photo: Purcell ArchitectsThe school t

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Suspect In Fatal Parkside Avenue Shooting Charged With Murder

(Photo via BKLYNER reader)A Mill Basin man has been arrested and charged in connection with the shooting on Parkside Avenue Friday morning [/2-men-shot-near-parade-grounds-gunmen-bikes-cops-say/] that left one man dead and another wounded, said cops. Damani Thomas, 29, was arrested and charged with murder, two counts of attempted murder, and two

Arts & Culture

Mr. Robot (Maybe), The Last OG & More Filming This Week In Brooklyn

(Photo by Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)We spotted a ‘Norwich Follies’ sign in Kensington/Ditmas Park — again [/usas-new-psychological-thriller-mr-robot-to-film-by-church-avenue-fg-subway-station-tomorrow-april-15-kensington/] — which very well may be code for Mr. Robot, according to the Twitter-sphere [https://twitter.com/olv/status/859249974873292800]. So if you want to take a peek and see for yourself, head out

Central Brooklyn

2 Men Shot Near Parade Grounds By Gunmen On Bikes, Cops Say [Update]

Crime scene on Friday morning, July 14. (Photo via BKLYNER)Two men were shot — one fatally — while sitting in an SUV parked near the Parade Grounds last night by gunmen on bicycles, cops said. At 12pm on Friday, cops listed the incident as a homicide. The victims were sitting in