Central Brooklyn
(Photo via NYC Council/twitter [https://twitter.com/MMViverito])Today, New York City Council Speaker gave her final, rousing State of the City address at the historic Kings Theater in Flatbush. Beginning with the council’s record, Viverito applauded programs and legislation that strengthened NYC’s criminal justice system [http:
Central Brooklyn
A deteriorating house at 7 Irvington Place, in the Fisk Terrace-Midwood Park Historic District, was denied a major revamp this week, reports YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2017/02/landmarks-not-satisfied-with-proposed-renovation-of-eyesore-house-at-7-irvington-place-flatbush.html] . The Landmark Preservation Commission deemed the proposal too drastic, saying it would destroy the house’s historical context. The
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Photo: Raymond Campaign The 40th District has three candidates running against the incumbent Mathieu Eugene: Pia Raymond, Jennifer Berkley [/meet-your-candidate-jennifer-berkley-for-flatbushs-district-40/] and Brian Cunningham [/meet-candidate-brian-cunningham-flatbushs-district-40/]. These candidates are vying to represent Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Prospect Park, and Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Read our discussion with Pia Raymond below.
Police & Fire
Caton Avenue and East 18th, where Nelson was shot in 2015. (Screenshot via Google Maps)A Pennsylvania man arrested in a January drug bust has been charged with a Flatbush murder from 2015. Manuel Waisome, 24, has been charged with fatally shooting 27-year-old Darnell Nelson in the chest on East
Feature
Rendering for a nine-story condo building at 88-92 Linden Boulevard near Bedford Avenue. (Image via via ROART)It’s impossible not to be aware of development happening across Brooklyn — the vanished buildings, boarded-up construction sites, truck traffic and sleek towers that seem to come out of nowhere. We decided to
Police & Fire
Cops found body parts inside Moses’ apartment at 185 Erasmus Street. (Screenshot via Google Maps)This week, a sex offender has been charged with murdering his alleged girlfriend and stashing her body parts inside his freezer in Flatbush. On Tuesday, January 17 cops found a woman’s torso and leg
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Police & Fire
380 East 18th Street, Jan. 25 (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)[Update 1/26 9:30am: Osama Osman, 42, has been arrested and charged with murder, assault, criminal possession of a weapon.] This morning, cops found a man beaten to death inside his Ditmas Park apartment. The victim’s cousin,
Police & Fire
(Photo via NYPD)(Photo via NYPD)The Police just released information about a crime that took place in front of the Marine Recruiting Center [http://www.marines.com/home] at 1427 Flatbush Avenue by Farragut Road in Ditmas Park/Flatbush back in October. It was reported that about 9:30
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News
(Photo by Martin Friedman)A 23-year-old Brooklyn man was arrested on Monday after crashing a stolen car into a Prospect-Lefferts Gardens brownstone and trying to dash away from the scene. Police pulled over Anthony Hurry for a minor traffic infraction on Flatbush Avenue near Parkside Avenue around 10am, said cops.
Arts & Culture
(Photo by Joshua Eichenbaum / Katra Film Series/facebook)Tomorrow may be your last chance to grab tickets for the Katra Film Series [http://katrafilmseries.com/] Grand Finale, an acclaimed international short film festival featuring some gorgeous films shot in Ditmas Park, Park Slope, Sheepshead Bay, and Greenpoint. The Katra Film
Police & Fire
Ambulances and cops on Caton Avenue the morning after Jan. 19 (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)A 40-year-old woman was struck and killed by a tractor trailer last night at a dangerous Flatbush intersection. The driver later claimed to have not noticed, and drove away with her body lying on
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Police & Fire
1402 Nostrand Avenue between Rogers Avenue & Linden Boulevard. (Screenshot via Google Maps)Police are searching for two men who tried to rob a Flatbush barber shop at gunpoint on Friday, according to police reports. Two men stormed Nostrand Legend’s, a barbershop at 1402 Nostrand Avenue near Linden Boulevard