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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerFLATBUSH – Elected officials and members of the community gathered at Flatbush’s new Pedestrian Plaza at Hillel Place from Kenilworth Place to Flatbush Avenue for a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Thursday afternoon. The Plaza opened last month [/pedestrian-plaza-coming-soon-to-hillel-place/] and is located across from Brooklyn College’s new Tow Center
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerFLATBUSH – At the lobby of the Brooklyn College Library, lies a new exhibit celebrating Brooklyn’s diversity and immigrant life. The various panels tell the stories of immigrants in their own words. It’s called “We are Brooklyn.” [https://wearebrooklyn.org/] “Here we are in one of
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerFLATBUSH – Members and volunteers at the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) and the NYC Commission on Human Rights (NYCCHR) spread across three subway stations in the borough to hand out fliers encouraging Brooklynites to report any form of discrimination. This Day of Visibility is in
brownsville
In a historic New York primary, five of the six candidates looking to take the seats of former members of the Independent Democratic Conference reigned supreme. State Sen. Jesse Hamilton and Zellnor MyrieThe Brooklyn leg of the anti-IDC cohort, who backed Zellnor Myrie (D-20), helped overtake State Sen. Jesse Hamilton’
Big Story
SUNSET PARK/FLATBUSH – Forty-nine individuals have been arrested and charged with involvement in a prostitution ring, including the alleged mastermind – retired vice Detective Ludwig Paz, 51, of Queens – and seven active duty NYPD officers. The locations span from Sunset Park to Flatbush and Crown Heights, and Queens and Nassau Counties.
Flatbush
FLATBUSH — New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams, a lieutenant governor hopeful, received his first congressional nod Monday inside a Flatbush church he once attended as a child. U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke met Williams on the second leg of his 5-borough bus tour where the two greeted seniors on Monday.
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerFLATBUSH – The Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College (BCBC)/ Brooklyn College Presents was shut down last week and employees were fired without notice, Bklyner has learned. Sources at BCBC tell Bklyner the firings came as a surprise and that Brooklyn College cited budgetary reasons.
Central Brooklyn
On Clarendon Avenue in Flatbush, near where Kareem Summerville was shot and killed last night (Screenshot via Google Maps)FLATBUSH – A man was shot and killed following an argument on a Flatbush street last night, police confirmed. NYPD officers received a call about a man shot outside 2415 Claredon Road
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FLATBUSH – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez will roll out the popular Begin Again program this month, where residents can address outstanding summonses for low-level offenses. For the fourth consecutive year, New York residents get the chance to clear their slates of outstanding summonses received before Aug 31, 2018. On Sept.
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Jumaane Williams and Cynthia Nixon. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)FLATBUSH – Gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon and Council Member Jumaane Williams, candidate for Lieutenant Governor, spoke about their platforms and answered a few questions at Brooklyn College this afternoon. Nixon and Williams announced their endorsement of each other at the end of
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – Heightened political awareness has spawned several activist groups, including some official and not-so-official political organizations, such as the Michelle Obama Political Club. The club gained instant awareness when a flyer supporting State Sen. Jesse Hamilton and authored by the Michelle Obama Political, landed in the email box of
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The NYPD announced yesterday [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/p0830a/nypd-continues-increased-security-measures-focus-public-safety-j-ouvert-celebration#/0] its plans to keep the public safe at this year’s J’Ouvert celebration, including the addition of another security checkpoint to offer attendees 13 entryways into the event. Police checked bags and used hand-held metal