News
(Photo via kevis4celeencolby/instagram)Yesterday, City Council voted to limit the number of commuter vans on the road and crack down on illegal, rogue operators. The Commuter Van Safety Act, a package of three bills sponsored by Brooklyn Council Member Jumaane Williams and Queens Council Member Daneek Miller, will cap
Arts & Culture
(Photo by Liena/ BKLYNER)For the first time, the work of a number of Brooklyn artists will be featured in the storefronts of Flatbush businesses. Last week at Pop-Up Preview #1, we were offered a sneak preview of the art installations that will be displayed as part of Intersection @ The
Police & Fire
Video via NYPD. Police are searching for two teenage suspects who were involved in the robbery of a 12-year-old victim’s cellphone. On Wednesday, November 23, 2016, at approximately 4:10pm, the young victim was standing on the southbound platform of the Q train at the 7th Avenue subway station
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Central Brooklyn
(Sample 2-way bike lane image via Transportation Alternatives petition [https://campaigns.transalt.org/petition/two-way-protected-bike-path-flatbush]) [Updates 12/7 & 12/8: We spoke to the petition’s founders and added in their story throughout] Local Council Members take note: A petition for a 2-way protected bike lane on Flatbush Avenue
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Nonsponsored
(Sample 2-way bike lane image via Transportation Alternatives petition [https://campaigns.transalt.org/petition/two-way-protected-bike-path-flatbush]) [Updates 12/7 & 12/8: We spoke to the petition’s founders and added in their story throughout] Local Council Members take note: A petition for a 2-way protected bike lane on Flatbush Avenue
Central Brooklyn
(Photo by Dina Rabiner)When the Kings Theatre [http://www.kingstheatre.com/] was restored and re-opened in 2015, we predicted that it would boost local businesses and restaurants along that strip of Flatbush Avenue. And it’s already happening, with some new additions, too. Earlier this year, we reviewed the
Central Brooklyn
Police are searching for two men suspected of robbing a person at gunpoint on Flatbush Avenue last week. The suspects allegedly followed a 45-year-old man from 815 Flatbush Avenue near Caton Avenue, pulled out a gun and stole the victim’s computer, phone, iPad and jewelry. This robbery occurred on
Business
Photo via Google Maps.The Raymour & Flanigan at 2544 Flatbush Ave is planning a big move to the other side of Avenue V, according to New York YImby. [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/10/raymour-flanigan-planning-new-two-story-55300-square-foot-store-at-2570-flatbush-avenue-mill-basin.html] The furniture store, which is based out of upstate New York, just filed
Business
Photo via Google Maps.The Raymour & Flanigan at 2544 Flatbush Ave is planning a big move to the other side of Avenue V, according to New York YImby. [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/10/raymour-flanigan-planning-new-two-story-55300-square-foot-store-at-2570-flatbush-avenue-mill-basin.html] The furniture store, which is based out of upstate New York, just filed
Arts & Culture
Ramp to the lower level of Nevins Street Station. (Photo by Joseph Brennan)The Nevins Street station is located at the intersection of Nevins, Flatbush Avenue, and Fulton Street and serves the 2 and 4 trains at all times, the 3 train until late night, and the 5 train on
Neighbors
Angel and Samantha Sagardia were victims of a dollar van hit-and-run last week. Photo courtesy of Facebook.Last Thursday, Marine Park residents gathered outside the home of Angel Sagardia to honor him after he and his wife, Samantha, were the victims of a hit-and-run at the hands of a “dollar
Central Brooklyn
Flatbush Avenue at Snyder Avenue, 1932.Just a glimpse of the past can lift us out of our own tiny universes and plunk us right into another century, while never leaving our own street corner. At the end of a busy week, we had a lot of fun sifting through