Central Brooklyn
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerFLATBUSH – On Christmas Eve in 2006, when Jaleesa Rudder was just 14-years-old, she went to the emergency room for a cold. She ended up diagnosed with lupus. Lupus is a [https://www.lupus.org/resources/what-is-lupus] “chronic autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body
Central Brooklyn
Council Member Mathieu Eugene addresses crowd alongside Department of Transportation officials ahead of Tuesday’s meeting on the Church Avenue redesign (Image by Sam Raskin/Bklyner)PROSPECT PARK SOUTH — The city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) is moving ahead with its plan to speed up B35 along Church Avenue by
Animals
PROSPECT PARK – Approximately 20,000 dogs live in the Kensington, Ditmas Park, Flatbush, Midwood, and Windsor Terrace neighborhoods, the Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/news-events/news/paw-some-kensington-dog-run-groundbreaking/?utm_source=PPA+Press+List&utm_campaign=cc021d06cd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_07_29_04_07&utm_medium=email&utm_
affordable housing
Adem Bunkeddeko. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNER)CROWN HEIGHTS — Rep. Yvette Clarke will next year again have to fight for her seat. Adem Bunkeddeko [/adem-running-for-congress/] announced over the weekend that he would challenge Clarke for the second cycle in a row. The New York Times on Saturday broke the news [https:
Business
New York City makes up the largest market of co-working spaces in the US with Manhattan alone boasting 245 coworking spaces [https://commercialobserver.com/2018/02/manhattan-is-tops-for-coworking-space-la-ranks-second-report/] ! And increasingly more startups and small nonprofits have started to see the larger benefits in this model. One Brooklyn based co-working space that
Announcements
Beharry Roti, Liena Zagare/BkynerDITMAS PARK – A new restaurant will be opening in Ditmas Park, though we don’t know yet when. The owner of the place is Alan Harding, a chef who the NY Times profiled [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/dining/brooklyn-restaurant-pioneer-alan-harding-reshapes-his-career.html] in 2014 and
Central Brooklyn
Tehilah Berman at a coffee shop in Kensington (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)The Civil Court Judge races are less than a week away, and Bklyner now has the last in a series of four interviews with candidates running in the 6th Municipal District [https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Municipal-Court-Districts/
camps
Last minute change of plans? Need summer coverage for your K-8 children? Looking for a camp where your kids can be outside, have fun, and play soccer, while also being affordable? Welcome to BrooklynAYSO Community Soccer Camp [http://www.brooklynayso.org]. Courtesy of Brooklyn AYSOBrooklynAYSO (www.brooklynayso.org [http://www.
Central Brooklyn
Back in 2014, he endorsed her. Now, Bichotte is returning the favor as de Blasio runs for President. Photo via Rodneyse Bichotte/2014FLATBUSH – Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte, who represents Flatbush, East Flatbush, Midwood and Ditmas Park, in a Daily News [https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-why-im-endorsing-bill-de-blasio-for-president-20190612-oqcfgljxunalnkdds3hokfxwcu-story.html] op-ed on Wednesday
Bushwick
Inside of Zatar, Ellie Plass/BklynerWelcome to the latest installment in openings, coming soon’s and closings across the borough. Check out spots form Sheepshead and Dyker Heights to Fort Greene, Park Slope, Crown Heights and beyond in no particular order. Openings: Zatar [https://zatar.nyc] On the corner of
Central Brooklyn
Caroline CohenCENTRAL BROOKLYN – You may not have heard about it, but there’s a judicial election coming up in central Brooklyn this month. Four candidates— Alice Nicholson [https://alice4district6.com/], Caroline Cohen [https://www.cohenforjudge2019.com/], Chinyelu Udoh [https://www.udoh4judge.com/] and Tehilah Berman [https://www.facebook.com/bermanforcivilcourt/
Central Brooklyn
M.S. 890 on Coney Island Avenue. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Siena Taylor, Student at M.S. 890 The transition between elementary school to middle school is a strange, strange thing. One day, you’re a 5th grader without a care in the world, and the next morning you wake up