Announcements
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USMC-09611.jpg]See below for a list of what is closed [https://www1.nyc.gov/]on Monday, January 21, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. If you’d like to honor the memory of Dr. King, check out
Announcements
WILLIAMSBURG – Police need help searching for three men they believe attempted to rob a young man earlier this month. On Friday, January 4 at about 7:30 p.m., the three suspects approached a 17-year-old who was standing in front of 10 Manhattan Avenue. They told him to remove his
Announcements
BED STUY – The NYPD needs help searching for two men involved in a homicide that occurred at Kingsborough Houses last weekend. To recap, on Sunday, January 13 at approximately 1:30 p.m., police discovered a 43-year-old man inside 219 Kingsborough 2nd Walk with two gunshot wounds. [/man-shot-kingsborough-houses/] According to
Central Brooklyn
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USMC-09611.jpg]Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have turned 90 on January 15. Various local organizations will celebrate MLK Day on Monday, January 21 with events including readings, movie screenings, musical performances, volunteering, and more. Commemorate the legacy of
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerMANHATTAN – It was a packed room yesterday on the 16th floor of 250 Broadway when the Committee on Civil and Human Rights unanimously voted for a bill to officially recognize Holocaust Remembrance Day in NYC on January 27 and declare the week after as Holocaust Education Week.
Arts & Culture
History and the Kings Theatre continue to go hand-in-hand. For one night only, on January 31, the beloved Brooklyn venue welcomes the world-class performance artists of the National Ballet Theatre of Odessa to its stage, as part of the Ukraine-based company’s inaugural trip through America. The group will proudly
Arts & Culture
This weekend features street fashion, street art, comedy, and the return of BAMcafé Live. There’s also Scoring the Stacks, Kameelah Janan Rasheed’s art exhibition and artist-led workshop series that takes participants throughout BPL’s Central Library. Check the Bklyner Calendar [/calendar/] for more events happening around town or
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Several hundreds of people gathered on the beautiful Brooklyn Heights Promenade in the freezing cold to rally against the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) plan to turn the historic Promenade into a six-lane highway while repairing the deteriorating Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE). Last September, the DOT
Business
Photo courtesy of OmbligoAcross the landscape of makers at Industry City, most businesses are creating products from scratch. They are fashion [/industry-city-maker-spotlight-malia-mills/] and industrial [/industry-city-maker-spotlight-roll-hill/] designers, instrument fabricators [/industry-city-maker-spotlight-fodera-guitars/], bakers [/industry-city-maker-spotlight-colson-patisserie/], and much more. Ombligo [https://ombligo.com/], however, does things differently – it is a REmaker. CEO and
Bed Stuy
MARINE PARK – A firefighter was arrested for drunk driving and hitting a pedestrian after going home from a slain firefighter’s funeral [/firefighter-steven-h-pollard-dies-trying-to-save-crash-victims/] on Friday. According to the NYPD, 36-year-old Matthew Wilson was driving home while intoxicated, when his car struck a 31-year-old on Marine Parkway and Quentin Road. The
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerFLATBUSH – Police are searching for a man involved in a robbery on a 2 Train yesterday. On Thursday, January 10 at around 2 p.m., the suspect stabbed a sleeping man in the head and arm with a screwdriver onboard the northbound 2 subway at the Beverly
Central Brooklyn
Five Brooklyn nonprofits are each receiving a $100,000 windfall this week as they’ve been named the winners of Brooklyn Community Foundation’s annual Spark Prize. Since 2016, the Foundation has convened a committee of civic and philanthropic leaders [https://sparkprize.org/the-committee/] to select the top social justice