Business
Holidays are for giving and receiving – from interesting accents for the home, gadgets for the person who has everything to the gift of crossing items of your to-do list. This week we highlight shops and services across Brooklyn that say happy holidays to the special people in your life! Umbrella,
brownsville
The NYPD is asking for help with two different missing persons cases in Brooklyn reported this week. East Flatbush Jada Alexander, 14, missing in East Flatbush since Thursday, November 2 (Photo via DCPI)Jada Alexander, 14, has been missing since Thursday, November 2. She was last seen around 11:00
Announcements
Photo: Liena Zagare/BKLYNERHere are the winning candidates of the 2017 General Election [http://www.nyccfb.info/nyc-votes/vgwelcome/general-election-2017/?officetype=6&languageType=English&electionCycle=2017] . Mayor [http://www.nyccfb.info/nyc-votes/vgwelcome/general-election-2017/meet-the-candidates/Mayor?officetype=1&languageType=English&electionCycle=2017] : Bill de Blasio (D,
Business
We feel the chill in the air, holiday music is already playing in the stores and our mailboxes are quickly filling up with holiday catalogs but we know that Brooklyn is the ultimate destination to buy unique, fun, memorable Holiday gifts for everyone on your list. As part of BKLYNER’
Central Brooklyn
Brooklynites cheer on runners near Mile 13 of the NYC Marathon in Greenpoint (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. A Voter’s Guide to Tomorrow’s Election [http://www.wnyc.org/story/
Announcements
SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – There will be Russian-speaking translators at 15 polling sites and Haitian-Creole-speaking translators at 5 polling sites in Southern Brooklyn tomorrow. Championed by Council Member Mark Treyger, the interpreters are provided through a $350,000 interpreter pilot program, funded by the City in time for this year’s general
Announcements
Photo credit: Theresa Thompson / FlickrTuesday, November 7 is election day for New York City—polls will be open from 6 am to 9 pm across the borough. To find out where to vote, check Board of Elections Poll Site Locator [https://nyc.pollsitelocator.com/search] or call 1-866-VOTE-NYC. Here are
Bed Stuy
SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Police are searching for the man seen in the photo below in connection to a burglary that occurred in the early morning on Halloween. At approximately 3:40am on Tuesday, October 31, police say the suspect forced his way into a residential building in the vicinity of East
brownsville
The NYPD is asking for help with four missing persons cases in Brooklyn. Flatbush Ditmas Park Briana Carter, 14, has been missing since Thursday, October 26. She was last seen around 7:00 pm leaving her home on the 2000-block of Bedford Avenue, between Clarendon and Avenue D. Carter is
East New York
Outside 245 Wortman ave, near Van Siclen, where a 16-year old was shot and killed over the weekend (Screenshot via Google Maps)UPDATE 11/22: Police have released further video surveillance related to the murder of Clayton Hemingway, in which the suspects can be seen firing their guns before fleeing.
Central Brooklyn
Verandah Place, Cobble Hill (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)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 newsletter [/]. And if
Announcements
Yesterday’s news about DNAinfo shocked us at the BKLYNER newsroom on Coney Island Avenue. The disappearance of DNA Info leaves a lot of great reporters out of work, and many communities with much less coverage. Over years of bootstrapping local news coverage in Brooklyn, I’ve become convinced that