Central Brooklyn
Practicing for the Brooklyn Folk Festival’s Banjo Toss with a paddle (Photo: Nathan Haselby) * Day After Day, The New Signals Are Failing at Bergen Street [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/15/nyregion/even-newer-subway-signals-cause-headaches-on-f-train.html?smid=tw-nytmetro&smtyp=cur] [NY Times] * Council Aims to Curb Short-Notice Pilot Programs
Announcements
2935 W 5 St Scaffolding collapsed (Photo: Credit NYC 911 News LLC)BROOKLYN – There were four flash flood warnings this morning, and we hope you were not personally affected by the havoc the heavy rains unleashed on the city. Scaffolding collapsed on two parked cars in Brighton Beach (2935 W
East New York
Outside the Fire Lounge hookah bar, where a suspect fired a gun into the air over the weekend (Screenshot via Google Maps)GOWANUS – Police are looking for the hothead who fired shots in the air outside a Gowanus hookah lounge over the weekend. The incident occurred at 2:15 am
Central Brooklyn
Geese flying over Gowanus (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 [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and subscribe [/subscribe/]. If you have news tips, story ideas, or
Central Brooklyn
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Central Brooklyn
Good weather and bad subways could mean more bike ridership in Brooklyn (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) * Sketchy Subways: Man Draws Every New York City Subway Station [https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/drawing-every-new-york-city-subway-station] [Atlas Obscura] * Taco Bell Gets Boozy in Bushwick [https://patch.com/new-york/bushwick/new-bushwick-taco-bell-now-serving-boozy-slushies] [Patch] * Gentrification, Policing, and the
canarsie
CANARSIE – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Wednesday that 29-year-old Jayvon Mulzac has been sentenced to 22 years to life in prison for the murder of his 70-year-old adoptive mother. Jayvon Mulzac (Photo via the office of Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez) Mulzac, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced yesterday
Arts & Culture
It’s the weekend again! There are lots of musical performances happening this week including an Eastern European folk concert and a celebration of MCs and poets in Fort Greene, a record release party and a Malian music fest in Williamsburg, and a classical concert fundraiser in Park Slope. Don’
Boerum Hill
Summer = Fun One day it will be warm again in Brooklyn and it will feel like summer is on its way. There are so many fun-filled summer camp options. Here are just a few… via Park Slope Armory YMCA Facebook pagePark Slope Armory YMCA [http://www.ymcanyc.org/prospectpark/pages/
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The entrance to Canarsie Park at Seaview Ave and East 86th Street. A dismembered body was discovered nearby yesterday evening (Screenshot via Google Maps)UPDATE 4/11/18: Police have identified the body found in the park earlier this week—that of Brandy Odom, a 26-year old woman from Canarsie.
brownsville
WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking for the suspect who crept up and shot a man in the back earlier this week. The sneak attack came in the early hours of Monday, April 9, around 1:45 am. The suspect approached his 18-year old victim in the area near Humboldt Street and
canarsie
Looking north on Remsen Avenue towards the intersection with Church. Parker was struck by a car on Sunday while crossing Remsen mid-block. (Screenshot via Google Maps)EAST FLATBUSH – After being hospitalized following a hit and run crash on Remsen Avenue on Sunday night, 65-year old Dorothy Parker of Canarsie has