Announcements
Awaiting the F Train. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNER)TGIF and you know what that means? Subway changes! Here’s what’s happening this weekend, so plan your commute! Due to construction, M train shuttle buses will now be running from Willoughby Ave (Eastbound) and Hart St. (Eastbound) from 6 AM
Central Brooklyn
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Central Brooklyn
Simcha Eichenstein Declares Candidacy for Brooklyn Assembly Seat [http://hamodia.com/2018/04/26/simcha-eichenstein-declares-candidacy-brooklyn-assembly-seat/] vacated by Dov Hikind. (Hamodia) From bootlegger to the mayor [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/nyregion/tracking-graft-from-the-bootlegger-to-the-mayor.html] – neighbors in news again – Mr. Reichberg, Mr. Rechnitz, cops … (NYT) A new bus line to
Bay Ridge
CANARSIE – A teacher at a Canarsie School was arrested and charged with sexually abusing a 15-year old student over the course of a month. On Wednesday, April 45, Andre Braddy was arrested and charged with multiple counts of criminal sexual acts and actions injurious to a minor, police said. Braddy,
Arts & Culture
The weather is finally starting to feel spring-like. Get out and enjoy it with some of the events lined up for this weekend including the Brooklyn Bookstore Crawl [/brooklyn-bookstore-crawl-returns-for-third-year-on-indie-bookstore-day/] , a LEGO Architecture build event [/lego-lovers-can-help-build-a-replica-of-shanghai-this-saturday-in-park-slope/] , and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Sakura Matsuri 2018 [/brooklyn-botanic-garden-hosts-annual-cherry-blossom-festival-april-28-29/]. Don’t forget
Bed Stuy
NYS Supreme Court (Photo by Liena Zagare/Bklyner)FORT GREENE – Last April, David Keegan Riotto Haigh drove from his sister’s house outside Reading, Pennsylvania, to visit a friend in New York City. There he would connect with James Koron Johnson, who went by his middle name, on a gay
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERBROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Brooklyn Borough Hall was filled with chatter, Arab music, Arab food, artwork from Arab painters, and lots of excited children yesterday, Tues. April, 5, celebrating Arab-American heritage. This event was a part of Borough President Eric Adams’ “Embrace Your Hyphen” series, through which he encourages
Bed Stuy
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)KENSINGTON – Police are looking for three men responsible for a pre-dawn break-in at a Kensington building last weekend along Foster Avenue. The incident took place around 4:40 am, when the three suspects forced open the door to 620 Foster Avenue, said police. Inside, the men stole
Central Brooklyn
The Pulaski Bridge going up in the late Brooklyn evening (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) * East Flatbush Residents Push Back Against “Overdevelopment” [https://citylimits.org/2018/04/23/jumaane-williams-east-flatbush-residents-call-for-contextual-rezoning/?platform=hootsuite] [City Limits] * A Toll Booth In Prospect Park Is A Relic Of Past Transit [https://www.brownstoner.com/architecture/prospect-park-flatbush-avenue-tollbooth-brooklyn-history/] [Brownstoner]
Business
Malia Mills Photo Credit: Avi GlicksteinFour years ago, fashion designer Malia Mills moved her studio from the garment center in Manhattan to Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. She’d been in Manhattan since beginning the business in her apartment in 1993 in between nights waitressing at the Odeon. The
Arts & Culture
2,500 people via McWatters [https://medium.com/@mmcwatters/the-population-of-a-q-e7418c737fad] * Harbor Seal Spotted Sunbathing In Gowanus This Past Week-End [https://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/2018/04/harbor-seal-spotted-sunbathing-in.html] (PMFA) * Population of the Q Train [https://medium.com/@mmcwatters/the-population-of-a-q-e7418c737fad] (McWatters) * Oceanside Grill at the renovated Aquarium [http://beta.nydailynews.com/new-york/
Arts & Culture
Courtesy of the Mayor’s Office of Media & EntertainmentNew Yorkers are notoriously hard to pin down — in every sense. We’re always moving. We’re always busy. Plus, our tastes vary widely and are not always obvious. That elderly woman on the train putting away her knitting and pulling