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WALLABOUT – The Walt Whitman Initiative [https://www.facebook.com/WaltWhitmanInitiative/] is urging the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] to reconsider its decision not to designate 99 Ryerson Street [https://www.google.com/maps/place/99+Ryerson+St,+Brooklyn,+NY+11205/@40.6957269,
Downtown Brooklyn
BOERUM HILL – Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today that a 45-year-old man has been indicted for murder in connection to the fatal shooting of a Staten Island man in front of a Dunkin’ Donuts on 4th Avenue [/nypd-releases-video-suspect-4th-avenue-killing/] in September. Brooklyn Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street (Photo by
Announcements
BOERUM HILL – DreamStreet Theatre Company [http://www.dreamstreetnyc.org] will present a musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town for their annual winter production scheduled for next week. Set in a small American town, Wilder’s three-act play tells stories of the townspeople’s everyday lives. The DreamStreet Theatre
fort greene
FORT GREENE – Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Monday that a 33-year-old Brooklyn man was sentenced to 90 years to life in prison for fatally shooting three people near the Ingersoll Houses in September 2015, including a 76-year-old innocent bystander. Allen Cooper (Photo via the Office of Acting
Business
FORT GREENE – A year after announcing it will debut the East Coast’s first outpost of Whole Foods Market 365 [https://www.365bywholefoods.com] in Fort Greene, the supermarket chain revealed today [http://media.wholefoodsmarket.com/news/whole-foods-market-365-fort-greene-to-open-january-31] that the official opening date of its value brand store will be
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FORT GREENE – Police are looking for the man who sexually assaulted and robbed a woman in Fort Greene over the weekend. The 22-year old victim was walking along Greene Avenue towards Adelphi Street around 3:00 am on Saturday, November 25 when the suspect approached her and engaged her in
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Police are looking for a man in relation to an incident of forcible touching of a 16-year old on the D train earlier this month. On Monday, November 6, just after 7:00 am, the unidentified man grabbed a 16-year old girl on the buttocks while traveling between 36th Street
Announcements
FORT GREENE – Apple has officially announced [https://www.apple.com/retail/downtownbrooklyn/] that its second Brooklyn outpost will open on Saturday, December 2 at 10am at 300 Ashland [http://www.300ashland.com]. 300 Ashland (Photo: Nathan Haselby)The store’s official address will be 123 Flatbush Avenue. It was announced
Business
FORT GREENE – Last November it was announced [/ibrooklyn-apple-store-coming-to-300-ashland-place/] that Apple was planning to open a second Brooklyn outpost at 300 Ashland Place [http://www.300ashland.com], steps away from BAM, Atlantic Terminal, and the Barclays Center. 300 Ashland (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The tech giant was rumored to have signed
Announcements
NORTH BROOKLYN – Twenty-one schools in North Brooklyn will receive grant money this year to support school-determined initiatives ranging from science and tech to literacy and the arts, courtesy of a development company’s philanthropic offshoot. The $350,000 being awarded among the schools is courtesy of the Neighborhood School Grants
Downtown Brooklyn
Hot on the heels of a mayoral election, we found ourselves thinking of the “the rent is too damn high.” While we here at BKLYNER do our best to find the finest deals in the county of Kings, it seems nothing can shape markets like plain ol’ supply and demand
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Animals
FORT GREENE – Fort Green Park was packed Saturday afternoon with thousands of local dog lovers cheering on the 126 adorable contestants at the 19th annual Great PUPkin Dog Costume Contest [https://www.facebook.com/events/153801595205306/]. Lots of dogs came dressed as their (or their parent’s) favorite television characters,