Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN – Around 6 pm yesterday, hundreds of residents were gathered outside the city hall to oppose President Trump’s recent policy [https://actionnetwork.org/events/families-belong-together-brooklyn-2] separating children from parents who have entered the country without proper papers, pending immigration hearings. > Big crowd our at Brooklyn Borough Hall to
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UPDATE- as of 9:30 am, thanks to the quick intervention by the Public Advocate’s office, water will no longer be shut off at 250 Parkville Avenue today. “This is outrageous. It should not be happening,“ Francisca Montaña from the Public Advocate’s office said upon reading our story.
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Photo: Magiceye/Flickr Creative CommonsTomorrow, Muslims all over the world will celebrate Eid al-Fitr, a holiday that lasts three days after the month-long Ramadan [/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-ramadan-in-brooklyn/]. Tonight, hundreds of people will celebrate on Coney Island Ave at the annual Chand Raat Mela [/chand-raat-mela-on-coney-island-avenue-in-this-thursday/], where there will be henna stalls, shopping opportunities,
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Michael Grimm (Left) and Dan Donovan (Right)BAY RIDGE – Tonight at 7 pm tune in to watch Congressman Dan Donovan and convicted felon Michael Grimm debate at College of Staten Island – broadcast live on NY1. It should be interesting. Congressional primaries are on June 26th. We are just hours from
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BOERUM HILL – “The Brooklyn Book Festival is amazingly unique compared to other book festivals I’ve participated in,” author Gregory Pardlo [http://pardlo.com] remarked Wednesday evening at the annual launch of the Brooklyn Book Festival [http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org]. Addressing a crowd of approximately eighty authors, publicists, and publishers
Central Brooklyn
World Cup Fever is here. Your friends and family are posting selfies of them sporting “their” team and you want to join in and watch but it’s no fun to watch home alone or on your computer – no worries Bklyner has you covered. No matter where you live or
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The forecast is looking beautiful for Father’s Day weekend (need gift ideas [/fathers-day-gift-guide-for-the-brooklyn-dad/]?), so spend some time with dad and head over to some of the fun events lined up including concerts, garden parties, the 44th Annual Seventh Heaven Street Fair, and the 36th annual Mermaid Parade in Coney
Arts & Culture
WILLIAMSBURG – Founded in 2016, the Brooklyn Women’s Film Festival [http://www.brooklynwomensfilmfestival.com/] (BWFF) showcases and celebrates short films made by self-identifying women. Featuring comedies, dramas, documentary and experimental films about women, by women, the female-focused fest offers something for all film fans. A “collaborative community for womxn in
Business
PARK SLOPE – When it opens in 2020, just two years from now, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital’s new, six-story, 400,000 square foot facility will be the largest ambulatory care center in Brooklyn. James W. Perkins, Chair of the Board of Directors of NYP Brooklyn Methodist Hospital signs the last
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Dust off those old photo albums! On Tuesday, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and the Brooklyn Historical Society [http://www.brooklynhistory.org/] (BHS) announced the launch of “A Blast from Brooklyn’s Past,” a photo challenge inviting Brooklynites to submit images that capture the borough’s “evolution in architecture, streetscapes,
Arts & Culture
DUMBO – The annual performance and art series staged under the Manhattan Bridge in DUMBO, Live At The Archway [https://dumbo.is/live-at-the-archway], returns for a fourth season on Thursday, June 14 with a nod to the World Cup. Live at the Archway, September 15, 2017 © Julienne Schaer (Photo courtesy of
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This summer, the New York Blood Center [http://nybloodcenter.org/] is in desperate need of donors, to the tune of 1,500 more per month. The situation is dire enough that the center has declared a “blood emergency” in New York. Residents are urged to make a donation [http://nybloodcenter.