Central Brooklyn
BROOKLYN – They’re back. After a rash of thefts from phone stores in the spring of this year, a new incident earlier this month has led the NYPD to identify a pattern of grand larcenies all across Brooklyn. The duo wanted for questioning in the case hit phone stores from
Announcements
Leslie Griesbach Schultz (Photo courtesy of BRIC)FORT GREENE – As BRIC [https://www.bricartsmedia.org/] ushers in its 40th year next June, the organization will also bid farewell to its leader, Leslie Griesbach Schultz. Schultz announced on Wednesday that she is stepping down as President of BRIC, a position she’
Announcements
Rendering via Castle Rock Equity Group [http://www.castlerockequitygroup.com/portfolio-item/237-duffield-street/] DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – BRIQ, a new 23-story, 105-apartment rental building located at 237 Duffield Street in Downtown Brooklyn, recently launched a lottery for 22 affordable units. Applicants earning 60% of the area median income (AMI) can vie for one
Arts & Culture
(Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Yesterday’s smoldering heat was not enough to stop the oldest and biggest festival in Brooklyn– The Atlantic Antic. At just 12:30pm, Atlantic Avenue was filled with vendors and festival-goers making the most of their Sunday. The Atlantic Antic is a popular street event
Arts & Culture
80 Flatbush mural, work in progress (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)FORT GREENE/DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Back in May, Alloy Development issued a call for submissions [/alloy-development-seeks-mural-artists-80-flatbush/] seeking an artist to create temporary large-scale murals on the exterior of its 80 Flatbush [http://www.80flatbush.com/] project. Earlier this month, the firm
Downtown Brooklyn
BOERUM HILL – The NYPD has released surveillance video of the man they believe stabbed and shot [/man-fatally-stabbed-and-shot-on-corner-of-4th-atlantic/] a Staten Island man to death on the corner of 4th Avenue and Atlantic Avenue Wednesday evening. At approximately 8:20pm on September 20, police found 47-year-old Steven Vargas unconscious in front of
Downtown Brooklyn
FORT GREENE – Forest City has sold its retail portfolio of a dozen properties in New York and New Jersey including Atlantic Terminal Mall and Atlantic Center across from the Barclays Center. Atlantic Terminal (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Madison International Realty agreed to buy out Forest City’s interest in all
Arts & Culture
Hoyt and Livingston Streets (photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The five-story garage that once served as a canvas for artist Stephen Powers [http://firstandfifteenth.net]‘ Love Letter to Brooklyn mural has been demolished—in its place, a giant hole in the ground. The site of the former garage
Downtown Brooklyn
Willoughby & Pearl Streets (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/] and NYC DOT [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] are temporarily closing off two busy streets in Downtown Brooklyn and converting them into public playgrounds for two Wednesdays
Central Brooklyn
FLATBUSH/DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Two teens were assaulted at MTA stations last month in two separate incidents. The first assault happened at approximately 11:30am on Thursday, August 17 at the Church Avenue station in Flatbush. The 15-year-old female victim was waiting for a Q train on the southbound platform when
Arts & Culture
Photoville shipping containers in Brooklyn Bridge Plaza against the Manhattan skyline. September 13, 2017. (Photo Allison Weintraub)DOWNTOWN — Back for its sixth year, Photoville [http://photoville.com/] displays works of photography in a pop-up village of refurbished shipping containers. Brooklyn non-profit United Photo Industries [http://www.unitedphotoindustries.com/] (UPI) builds
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – A man was slashed in the face at approximately 4pm Tuesday afternoon at the Nevins Street MTA station in Downtown Brooklyn. The 27-year-old victim got into a dispute with the suspect on the mezzanine level of the subway station, a police spokesperson said. The suspect reportedly pulled out