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Feb
09
Brian Cunningham Drops Out of District 40 Council Race

Brian Cunningham Drops Out of District 40 Council Race

Brian Cunningham (Image: Campaign)He played the long game last time. This time, Brian Cunningham is first to drop out
2 min read
Feb
08
OPINION: P.S. 90’s Future Belongs To The People Of District 40

OPINION: P.S. 90’s Future Belongs To The People Of District 40

PS 90 in 2007. By Nicholas Strini/PropertySharkThe 2020 murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd thrust the Movement For
3 min read
Jan
29

Beloved 1960s Children’s Television Host And Flatbush Native Sonny Fox, Dead at 95

Photo via Sonny FoxSonny Fox, the television host of the beloved 1960s New York-based Sunday children’s program, Wonderama, has
4 min read
Jan
21
Meet Rita Joseph: On Education, Housing, Cops and Running to Represent Flatbush In City Council

Meet Rita Joseph: On Education, Housing, Cops and Running to Represent Flatbush In City Council

Rita Joseph at Georges Diner, March 2020. Liena Zagare/BklynerRita Joseph is a local teacher running to represent her neighborhood
12 min read
Jan
21
Community Group Looks to Halt Demolition of Flatbush Bank Building

Community Group Looks to Halt Demolition of Flatbush Bank Building

The Flatbush Savings Bank Building in November 2020. (Image: Liena Zagare/Bklyner)An activist group is asking the city to
5 min read
Jan
20
Openings and Closings: Branzino, Birria, and Burgers

Openings and Closings: Branzino, Birria, and Burgers

Saigon Spice’s new location on Church Avenue. Photo from @saigon_spice on Instagram.We say goodbye to a few
3 min read
Jan
15
Council Member Mathieu Eugene Fined $10,717 for 2017 Campaign Violations

Council Member Mathieu Eugene Fined $10,717 for 2017 Campaign Violations

Council Member Mathieu Eugene. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)The New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) voted on Friday to
4 min read
Jan
15
Home Invasion In Flatbush

Home Invasion In Flatbush

The NYPD is looking for three individuals who last Friday, January 8, invaded and robbed an apartment at 145 East
1 min read
Jan
13
Affordable Housing Lotteries Open Now

Affordable Housing Lotteries Open Now

Here are the current applications open for the affordable housing lottery in Brooklyn. While most are not much less expensive
4 min read
Jan
07
Affordable Housing To Be Built At The Site of Former 19-Century School Building

Affordable Housing To Be Built At The Site of Former 19-Century School Building

Flatbush District #1 School Building in 1931. (Photo: Brooklyn Public Library) The city is looking to develop the former site
3 min read