Central Brooklyn
A drummer at last year’s J’Ouvert Celebration (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)There’s a lot going on in Brooklyn every day, so we’re debuting a new feature: Lunchtime Links! We’ll give you a quick overview of what’s going on in Brooklyn, from our own reporting and
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – Two men shot at each other and missed—but struck a bystander instead. Now, police are trying to track them down. The shooting took place in Crown Heights, near the intersection of Nostrand Avenue and St. John’s Place, around 10:45 pm on Tuesday, August 28, police
Central Brooklyn
Artist Uta Brauser’s @fishwithbraids van parked on 9th Street, Park Slope (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)A team from NYU Tandon in Brooklyn broke down spending on political ads [https://thebridgebk.com/how-nyu-team-illuminates-facebook-political-ad-spending/] —and found the current president was one of the biggest buyers on Facebook. When you gotta go,
Bed Stuy
The Governor’s announcement is part of the billion dollar “Vital Brooklyn” program (Mike Groll/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo)This week, Governor Cuomo announced funding to create 1,000 affordable homes for seniors on unused NYCHA land in Central Brooklyn. The $15 million commitment is part of the
Arts & Culture
It’s Labor Day weekend, so it’ll be pretty quiet around town the next few days, unless of course you are anywhere near Eastern Parkway where there will be revelry and excitement all around during the annual J’Ouvert and West Indian Day celebrations. If you haven’t checked
brownsville
BROWNSVILLE – After a man died in the hospital following an assault in Brownsville, police are asking for the public’s help in identifying those responsible. On Tuesday, August 21, police responded to a call of a man assaulted outside of the Mucho Loco Deli Grocery at 441 Sutter Avenue, at
Central Brooklyn
EAST NEW YORK – A teenager was accosted by two men in an East New York L train station over the weekend and police have now released video of the robbers. The incident took place on Saturday, August 25, around 2:45 pm at the Livonia Avenue station. As the 18-year
Central Brooklyn
A weekend ferry ride from Brooklyn into the city (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)It looks like the Pacific Park/Atlantic Yards project is going to take a little longer to complete than planned—like 10 years! [https://thebridgebk.com/developer-admits-pacific-park-project-will-take-until-2035/] When the 11 towers are finished in 2035, it will have
Animals
Wildlife biologists from the U.S Department of Agriculture [http://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/wildlifedamage/programs/nrmp/ct_rabies_vaccine_info] (USDA) and Cornell University will be dropping oral vaccines down into parts of Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island from a low-flying helicopter this week to help prevent
brownsville
CROWN HEIGHTS – After a fight at the Farmer’s Market in Crown Heights last week, police are on the lookout for two men who assaulted an employee. The incident occurred on Friday, August 24, around 11:00 pm, police said, at the corner of Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue. Two
Central Brooklyn
A T.E.A.L. ribbon [/turn-brooklyn-t-e-a-l-ovarian-cancer/] tied onto a tree on 5th Avenue helps raise awareness for ovarian cancer (Photo: Nathan Haselby)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], Instagram
Announcements
Zephyr Teachout, Cynthia Nixon, Kelly Baden, Julia Salazar & Jasi Robinson (from left to right). (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)GOWANUS – Four women, all running as progressive candidates for elected office in New York met at a panel in Small City, a co-working space in Gowanus, to discuss reproductive health, education,