Central Brooklyn
Photo: Flickr Creative Commons/ Jimmy JoeTemperatures hit the single digits [https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/usa/brooklyn/historic] over the weekend causing pipes to burst and homes to flood across Brooklyn. Residents in 12 homes in Gerritsen Beach woke up on Sunday morning to find their homes flooded, the result
Central Brooklyn
Zoe enjoying the snow in Park Slope (Courtesy of Stephanie Marden)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and sign up for our daily
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERThousands of public housing residents are estimated to be without heat and hot water this cold and chilly Friday morning. Provided by NYCHA.Mayor Bill de Blasio urged residents to call 311 at a press conference on Thursday. “Anyone who does not have hot water or heat
Central Brooklyn
B68 bus stop on Coney Island Ave and Ave J. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNER) FLATBUSH – It’s the day after the “Bomb Cyclone.” The snow has stopped falling and the roads have been cleared. Those who decided to stay in the warmth of their homes yesterday instead of shoveling out
Announcements
At 4:23pm, the NYC Department of Education announced that New York City schools will be open on Friday, January 5. > ⚠️ New York City district schools will be OPEN tomorrow, Friday, January 5, 2018. All field trips requiring yellow school buses will be cancelled. All other programs and activities
Business
via Home Evolutions Corp.When I was maybe ten or eleven, space got a little tight in our house and my parents decided to renovate the garage to be, in part, a room for me. It was super exciting since I got to make what wound up being some distinctly
Bay Ridge
Brighton 6th Street, near where the mugging took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)BRIGHTON BEACH – Three men are wanted in connection with a violent mugging of a man that took place in Brighton Beach in December. At 9:40 pm, the suspects approached their 48-year old victim outside 3028 Brighton
Announcements
The National Weather Service and NYC Office of Emergency Management have issued a winter storm warning in effect from Thursday (January 4) at 1am through Friday (January 5) at 1am. Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNERA Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant snow, sleet, or ice accumulations that may
Boerum Hill
There’s already been a bank robbery in the New Year, plus we catch up with a slew of holiday crimes as new information is made available for the public. Check out the Crime Blotter round-up: Ponce De Leon Federal Bank, at 169 Smith Street, was robbed on January 1
Central Brooklyn
An important reminder for 2018 on a Greenpoint utility box—and it applies to local news, too! (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories and other curiosities all over Brooklyn. First Brooklyn Baby Of 2018 Born in Woodhull Hospital [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/01/01/2018-nyc-first-new-babies/
Animals
CANARSIE – “Our dog is missing, we need Brooklyn’s help!” Meredith, a Manhattan resident, tells BKLYNER. Meredith and her fiancé went to visit family out of state for the holidays and entrusted their one-year-old Shih Tzu/Maltese mix, Lily, in the care of her usual dog-walker. The walker was familiar
Announcements
MulchFest 2016 at Fort Greene Park (Photo by Daniel Avila/NYC Parks)Now that the holidays are over, are you wondering what exactly to do with the suddenly out-of-place pine tree in your home? Don’t just throw it out—bring it to a city park this weekend to be