Announcements
Tuesday rally. Ben Brachfeld/Bklyner.DITMAS PARK — Tenants and housing advocates protested outside Brooklyn Housing Court on Tuesday, on the one-year anniversary of a Ditmas Park fire at 180 E 18 St that left 18 families homeless [/two-fires-within-hours-at-ditmas-park-building/]. The tenants remain displaced despite a January 31 court-mandated deadline for repairs
Central Brooklyn
CYPRESS HILLS — Police are looking for four people they suspect of being involved in a string of robberies over the past two weeks in Cypress Hills. Cops compiled surveillance footage from the vicinity of each incident into the video below. https://bklyner.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2020/
Arts & Culture
The cover of “SalviYorkers” displays a photo of Geronima Campos, a Salvadoran woman who lived in New York. Courtesy of Carmen Molina-Tamacas.They’ve filled jobs in media [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7L0LhEd0GI] and construction [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/13/business/economy/salvadoran-immigrant-workers.html] , here in
Central Brooklyn
Barbershop on Church Avenue. Liena Zagare/BklynerUPDATE – 2/20/2020 – This stabbing has been reclassified as murder, NYPD informs. FLATBUSH — Someone stabbed 19-year-old Mamadou Bah of Beverly Road in Flatbush last night. On Tuesday, February 18 at 8:00 p.m. police received a 911 call from an employee of
brownsville
BROWNSVILLE – On Wednesday, February 12, 2020, just before 8 pm, a man entered a Metro PCS at 716 Rockaway Avenue, asked to use the phone, pulled out a gun and demanded property, the police inform us. https://bklyner.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/674-20-73PCT-ROBBERY-video-.mp4 The
brownsville
Three people went missing in Brooklyn over the holiday weekend. Cops are asking anyone who has seen these people to come forward with any information that may help bring them home. BROWNSVILLE — A 13-year-old girl went missing on Valentine’s Day last week. Unique Beyah of Amboy Street in Brownsville
Arts & Culture
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. It’s a complicated day in terms of public opinion— a celebration of love versus a Hallmark holiday, the worst restaurant night of the year versus a chance for a romantic night out. No matter what it is you’re feeling, this
Central Brooklyn
A recent video circulating on twitter shows an NYPD officer shoving a high school student on her way home from the Avenue M station on the Q line. The incident took place last Tuesday, February 4, between 3:30 pm and 4:00 pm, says Anthony Beckford of Black Lives
Bay Ridge
Welcome back to this week’s openings and closings. This week we have lots of hellos and only a few goodbyes— one sponsored by thousands in back taxes. Welcome new empanadas, several new coffee spots, and new cocktail bars. Openings Bay Ridge Aleli Cocina Mexicana [https://www.instagram.com/aleli_
Announcements
Blake Morris.Yesterday morning Blake Morris announced in a newsletter to his followers from his run for state senate [/blake-morris-hopes-to-unseat-state-senator-simcha-felder/] that he was running to represent the 40th Council District in the City Council. District 40 includes Ditmas Park, Flatbush and East Flatbush, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, and bits of Kensington.
Bay Ridge
This Sunday, February 2, for the 54th Super Bowl, the San Francisco 49ers will play against the Kansas City Chiefs. The time has come again to furiously root on your team, or to furiously wait for the commercials and the halftime show. Whatever your preference, one of these spots is
Central Brooklyn
George’s Diner on Coney Island Avenue with shattered storefront. Liena Zagare/Bklyner.FLATBUSH — Yesterday, around 10.30 a.m., at 753 Coney Island Avenue right at Cortelyou Road, a police car swerved into George’s Diner, a local neighborhood staple, shattering the business’ front window. “We’re eating over