brownsville
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] DOWNTOWN – After receiving a tip from a neighbor, police were able to break up a robbery in progress earlier this week. Anti-crime units watched Gregory Price, 59, pull a mask over his
Bed Stuy
Real estate blog PropertyShark [https://www.propertyshark.com/Real-Estate-Reports/] released its quarterly report of NYC’s 50 priciest neighborhoods yesterday with DUMBO holding firmly to its fifth place ranking. As it did in the last report in December 2017 [/dumbo-boerum-hill-and-red-hook-are-brooklyns-priciest-neighborhoods/], Tribeca came in at the #1 spot with a median
Downtown Brooklyn
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Scaffolding surrounding a building on the corner of Court and Joralemon Streets collapsed on Saturday morning, injuring three people. The corner of Court and Joralemon Streets via Google MapsThe scaffolding erected outside the Starbucks located at 50 Court Street, as well an entrance to the Brooklyn Borough Hall
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN- Earlier this week, development firm Tishman Speyer revealed images and information on 11 Hoyt [http://www.11hoytbrooklyn.com/], the new condo tower currently being built where the five-story garage [/condo-tower-replace-macys-love-letter-brooklyn-garage/] that showcased Stephen Powers [http://firstandfifteenth.net]‘ “Love Letter to Brooklyn” mural [https://www.instagram.com/p/BAcYkyorCtT/
Central Brooklyn
Lenox Road in East Flatbush, where last week’s shooting assault took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)EAST FLATBUSH – Police are looking for a suspect who fired a gun at the feet of another man on an East Flatbush street last week. Around 9:45 pm on Thursday, April 5,
Downtown Brooklyn
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Early Saturday the New York State Senate passed a bill which includes allowing NYC to expedite the design-build phase for much-needed repair work to the BQE. Via NYC DOT’s “BQE Atlantic to Sands Project Update” presentation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/bqe-atlantic-to-sands-nov2016.pdf] Senator
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – A website and new renderings were recently released of The Wheeler [http://thewheelerbk.com/], the creative office complex currently under construction in, around, and above three buildings formerly owned by Macy’s. Rendering via thewheelerbk.com [http://thewheelerbk.com/]The development firm Tishman Speyer announced last April its
Bay Ridge
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)BAY RIDGE – Police are looking for two suspects that broke into Pyramid Jewelry International in Bay Ridge over the weekend, hoping to rob the place. Around 2:30 in the morning on Friday, March 30, a white sedan pulled up to the jewelry store, located at 7112
Boerum Hill
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Community Board 2 [http://www.nyc.gov/html/bkncb2/html/home/home.shtml] held the first ULURP [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/applicants/applicant-portal/step5-ulurp-process.page] (Uniform Land Use Review Procedure) public hearing for Alloy Development’s 80 Flatbush project [/will-mega-project-80-flatbush-cast-shadow-downtown-brooklyn/] Wednesday evening at St. Francis College.
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Brooklyn Point [/brooklyn-point-new-downtown-condo-tower-will-boroughs-tallest-now/], the only tower in the City Point complex featuring apartments for sale as well as the “ highest residential infinity pool in the Western Hemisphere [/brooklyn-point-will-boast-highest-rooftop-pool-city/],” launched sales last week [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/brooklyn-point-first-and-only-for-sale-residence-at-city-point-in-downtown-brooklyn-launches-sales-300618268.html] . Pho
Bay Ridge
BOERUM HILL – Police are looking for the man who viciously punched a small child on the subway over the weekend, NYPD confirmed. Ramon Thomas, 25, is wanted for felony assault after striking a 5-year old victim in the head while riding the southbound G train approaching Bergen Street, said police.
Announcements
BED-STUY/DOWNTOWN/SUNSET PARK – Taxes are due Tuesday, April 17! The non-profit organization, Food Bank For New York City [https://www.foodbanknyc.org/], has opened sites across the five boroughs to provide low-income New Yorkers with free, full-service tax preparation assistance. Food Bank For New York City via Facebook [https: