Central Brooklyn
Caroline CohenCENTRAL BROOKLYN – You may not have heard about it, but there’s a judicial election coming up in central Brooklyn this month. Four candidates— Alice Nicholson [https://alice4district6.com/], Caroline Cohen [https://www.cohenforjudge2019.com/], Chinyelu Udoh [https://www.udoh4judge.com/] and Tehilah Berman [https://www.facebook.com/bermanforcivilcourt/
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A Flatbush Tenant Coalition-led rally in Flatbush (Image via Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)FLATBUSH—A crowd of advocates filled the streets of Flatbush Sunday to spread the word about the ongoing rent-law battle, seven days before the laws applying to the city’s rent-regulated apartments expire. As legislators and Gov. Andrew
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Photo Credit: Erica Krodman/Brooklyn BP’s OfficeBOROUGH HALL – On Wednesday afternoon, Borough President Eric Adams recognized four Brooklyn residents – State Trooper Joshua Kaye, Jacob Abraham, Hopeton Kiffin, and Obocho Peters – with awards for exceptional, heroic behavior. The ceremony was held in the marbled Borough Hall rotunda, decked out in
Central Brooklyn
DITMAS PARK/FLATBUSH – Congestion along the 3rd busiest bus route in Brooklyn, B35, that traverses the length of Church Avenue from Kensington to Brownsville transporting over 29,000 passengers daily has gotten so bad that often you’d be better off walking. B35 buses average only 4.25 mph during
Arts & Culture
PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDEN – The PLG Arts Film Festival [https://plgarts.org/events/plg-arts-music-festival/] is just around the corner and here’s the official lineup. The non-profit promotes the arts and local artists from PLG and the surrounding areas. Now in its third year, the festival boasts 12 performances spaces between Parkside
Bed Stuy
East 29th Street and Clarendon Road shooting, a detective investigates, East Flatbush Todd Maisel/BklynerCENTRAL/EASTERN BROOKLYN – Six people were shot, and one died from gunshot wounds since between last night and this morning, according to police. The shootings were centered in three of the four highest crime areas that
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Brooklyn Pediatric Patient Overcomes Obstacles to Raise Critical Funds and Awareness Twelve-year-old Bella Fletcher from Brooklyn is motivating the local community to find cures by participating in the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation’s Take Steps Brooklyn. This year’s event takes place on Sunday, June 2 at 11:00
Central Brooklyn
Church and Flatbush shooting. Todd Maisel/BklynerFLATBUSH & EAST FLATBUSH – Two teenagers were shot Friday afternoon and evening in separate incidents on busy Church Avenue in Flatbush and East Flatbush, police said. Both teens are expected to survive their wounds and no suspects have been arrested as yet. Crime scene
Bed Stuy
Chief of Department Terence A. Monahan made an announcement at One Police Plaza about staffing and increases in manpower at certain precincts in the city for the summer. Todd Maisel/BklynerBeginning on Wednesday, May 22nd, cops normally assigned to desk duty hit the streets of 73rd, 75th, 79th, and 67th
Big Story
PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS — Scoops, an ice cream parlor and vegetarian shop in PLG that opened in 1984, faces eviction in an area undergoing rapid gentrification and neighbors are upset. Scoops and Plates Photo: Kadia Goba/BklynerThe news first broke on a closed Facebook group. Stefan Sirucek posted that the business, located
affordable housing
The construction of 800 Flatbush has officially begun. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)FLATBUSH – The construction of Caton Flats, the long-awaited, 100% affordable housing project on the corner of Caton and Flatbush Avenues has finally begun. Elected officials, stakeholders, and members from various agencies – the New York City Economic Development Corporation
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EAST FLATBUSH/MIDWOOD — The duel between two former staffers vying for the city’s 45th council seat ended (temporarily) Tuesday, with Farah Louis as the victor, in large part because of the votes from the Orthodox Jewish community. Farah Louis (Photo credit: Farah Louis)The top two contenders secured more