Downtown Brooklyn
VINEGAR HILL – The NYPD is investigating the shooting death of a 27-year-old man in front of the Farragut Houses Wednesday night. Bus stop at Gold & York Streets via Google MapsAt approximately 8:45pm on Wednesday, October 25, police say they responded to a 911 call of a person shot
community
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Hundreds of Brooklyn residents turned out for a town hall meeting with Mayor Bill De Blasio Wednesday evening moderated by Council Member Stephen Levin [https://council.nyc.gov/district-33/] at St. Francis College. District 33 Council Member Stephen Levin and Mayor Bill de Blasio at a Town Hall
Business
In a busy street like Fulton, there’s not a public bathroom for people who don’t have a place to live. (Esther Shittu/BKLYNER)FORT GREENE – Walking down Fulton Street between Washington Avenue and Grand Avenue, Yvonne Smith can find a bar, a deli, a supermarket, a laundromat, a
Arts & Culture
Meet Me Downtown is part of Culture Forward, and is on view this week at 80 Hanson Place (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)DOWNTOWN – The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership’s Culture Forward [http://www.downtownbrooklyn.com/cultureforward] festival launched last night with an exhibition of street photographs that documented the rapidly changing face
Downtown Brooklyn
Salvatore “Sallie” DeMeo after his 2016 arrest (Photo via NYPD)Old dogs aren’t ones to learn new tricks, and it looks like old mobsters are much the same—a “life of crime” apparently extends well into retirement age. Alleged Geneovese enforcer Salvatore “Sallie” DeMeo, 77, was charged with tax
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Two new public schools are coming to downtown Brooklyn at no cost to the city. The schools come as part of Alloy Development’s 80 Flatbush [http://www.80flatbush.com] project which will include affordable and market-rate residential units, office and commercial space, and a cultural facility in
Business
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Head to City Point Tuesday evening and cheer on five female entrepreneurs as they compete in pitching their new businesses for a chance to win $5,000. A part of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/]‘s Make It In Brooklyn [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/big-ideas/make-it-in-brooklyn] series,
Business
Jalapa Jar, 384 Schermerhorn Street (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Taco and salsa purveyors, Jalapa Jar [https://www.facebook.com/jalapajar/], quietly opened their new pop-up shop [/jalapa-jar-open-temporary-shop-alloys-80-flatbush-site/] at 384 Schermerhorn Street on the corner of Flatbush Avenue Tuesday morning. The 600-square-foot storefront takes over a former check-cashing spot
Announcements
Via downtownbrooklyn.com [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/events/encore-salsa-for-a-good-cause]DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://downtownbrooklyn.com] will host a free outdoor Salsa party to support relief efforts in Puerto Rico tomorrow, October 4, from 5pm to 7pm at Willoughby Plaza. The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership requests that attendees bring supplies
Central Brooklyn
It’s October, and while Brooklyn may be thousands of miles away from Germany, we can still make like they do in Munich and celebrate Oktoberfest by enjoying some of the borough’s finest, locally crafted beers. The DUMBO bid is hosting an Oktoberfest celebration from Friday, October 6 to
brighton beach
MILL BASIN – The NYPD is searching for a pair of pyromaniacs who set four fires in a Mill Basin parking lot over the summer. At approximately 3am on Thursday, July 13 at 6065 Strickland Avenue, 4 fires were intentionally set by two suspects, police say. The fires were sparked in
Downtown Brooklyn
BOERUM HILL – The NYPD has released a second surveillance video of the man they are searching for in connection to the stabbing and shooting death [/nypd-releases-video-suspect-4th-avenue-killing/] of a Staten Island resident on the corner of 4th and Atlantic Avenues last month. Police released the latest surveillance video footage (above) last