Announcements
Aleksejs Saveljevs was sentenced to 10 years in prison today. (Photo via Brooklyn DA’s office)FLATBUSH – The man who stabbed a 57-year-old Black woman in the Church Avenue subway station two years ago was sentenced to ten years in prison. Back on November 9, 2018, at around 7:30
Central Brooklyn
The Democratic Primary election for the Mayor of New York is less than a year away, and it’s starting to get hard to keep track of all the people running or thinking of running. There are talented public servants, like Speaker Corey Johnson, Comptroller Scott Stringer, our Borough President
Central Brooklyn
PARK SLOPE – On Tuesday morning at the corner of 4th Avenue and 9th Street, dozens of families stood outside the Holy Family – St. Thomas Aquinas Church. The families were from the Queen of the Rosary Catholic Academy in Williamsburg [https://queenoftherosarybrooklyn.org/] and were chanting and waving signs. As trucks
brownsville
Signs at the Brownsville Market. Photo courtesy of Seeds in the Middle.On Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville, there are five fast food restaurants in a small stretch. Lifetime neighborhood resident Nora Rodríguez Cortez says that there are far fewer supermarkets, only around three, and that at the bodegas fresh produce
community
Meals ready for distribution. Courtesy of Paul Carney.Andy Wandzilak can’t not feed people. Former co-owner of Two Boots Park Slope with his wife, Piper, as well as a caterer at Kings Theatre, Wandzilak had launched the volunteer-led Hurricane Sandy Relief Kitchen back in 2012 when the storm devastated
Central Brooklyn
Shortly before 2 am this Monday, July 6, morning a deadly fire started inside of 30 Linden Boulevard in Flatbush. It killed two of the residents, and injured two others. Among those killed in the fire was a 12-year-old boy, who died at Health + Hospitals/Kings County, and a 69-year-old
Central Brooklyn
MIDWOOD – Yesterday evening’s multiple car crash has killed neighbor Mariya Ursachenko, 58, a block from her home. Sunday, July 5, about 20 minutes past 7 pm, neighbors called 911 to report a car crash that involved a pedestrian at the corner of Ocean Avenue and Avenue J. > Pedestrian
Central Brooklyn
MTA New York City Transit demonstrates prototypes of permanent protective barriers at the Bus Operator’s position on local and express buses at the Michael J. Quill Depot on Tue., June 30, 2020. Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City TransitBrooklyn 99 [https://www.nbc.com/brooklyn-nine-nine] may be
Animals
Kensington Dog Run. Liena Zagare/Bklyner“Our paw pals throughout New York City will soon be able to frolic in our reopened dog runs, including the newly constructed Kensington dog run. Dog runs along with other amenities like basketball courts, bocce courts, tennis courts and more will reopen as part
Central Brooklyn
Edwin Raymond (middle). (Photo via Raymond’s office, with permission)FLATBUSH – The race to represent Flatbush just got even more crowded. Edwin Raymond, of East Flatbush, formally announced Thursday morning his run for the 40th City Council seat to represent Flatbush, East Flatbush, PLG, and bits of surrounding neighborhoods. Raymond
Central Brooklyn
Success Academy students at the “Slam the Exam” pep rally held at the Barclays Center in 2018 (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)By Alex Zimmerman, originally published on Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/6/16/21293619/sucess-academy-eva-moskowitz-george-floyd-charter-schools-race] Four days after the killing of George Floyd by the Minneapolis
Central Brooklyn
Via PS 235 PTA Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/ps235pta/photos/pcb.1693715120767939/1693712927434825/?type=3&theater] .By Ashleigh Garrison, originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/6/9/21285623/brooklyn-principal-hospitalized-covid-19-coronavirus-months-remote-learning-newyork-schools] During his 22-year tenure at a Brooklyn elementary and middle school, principal Larry