Cypress Hills
The corner of Euclid and Ridgewood Avenues, where Luis Cabrera was killed last week crossing the street (Screenshot via Google Maps)CYPRESS HILLS – An arrest has been made after a pedestrian was killed crossing the street in Cypress Hills last Friday, said police. Around 6:40 pm on Friday, January
Coney Island
Aerial photo of the Coney Island Creek via the Coney Island Creek Resiliency Study.GRAVESEND – Beach Haven Apartments [http://beachhavenapts.com/], the 16 apartment building complex in Gravesend, has been fined $400,000 for dumping untreated sewage [http://www.dec.ny.gov/press/112334.html] – as much as 200,000
community
From left – Rina Horne, principal of PS 212; Randi Garay; Mallory Figueroa; Councilman Mark Treyger; Georgette Pezzolanti, Family Leadership Coordinator for Community School District 21; Mary Montemarano, Family Leadership Support Coordinator for Community School District 21. (Megan McGibney/BKLYNER)GRAVESEND – Thursday night at PS 212 on Bay 49th Street sawparents
Bensonhurst
The Capital One Bank on 5th Avenue and 13th Street in Park Slope was robbed yesterday, January 16 (Screenshot via Google Maps)PARK SLOPE – Police are looking for the suspect behind a brazen noontime robbery of a 5th Avenue bank that occurred yesterday in Park Slope. Just before 12:00
Bed Stuy
The Dime Community Bank on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint was robbed yesterday (Screenshot via Google Maps)GREENPOINT – Police are looking for the man who robbed a Dime Bank in North Brooklyn just after midday yesterday. At 1:10 pm on Tuesday, January 9, a man entered the Dime Bank at
Boerum Hill
There’s already been a bank robbery in the New Year, plus we catch up with a slew of holiday crimes as new information is made available for the public. Check out the Crime Blotter round-up: Ponce De Leon Federal Bank, at 169 Smith Street, was robbed on January 1
Borough Park
Boundaries of NY Senate District 17 via Senator Simcha Felder’s home page.By Naomi Rabeeya In the past few weeks I have received a number of communications from my state senator, Simcha Felder. There was the fire safety alert, library forgiveness for unpaid late fees, a card offering health
brighton beach
Holiday gift shopping is in full swing. Here is a list of local businesses that offer one-of-a-kind, authentic gifts with an international flair that can only be found in the eclectic Brighton Beach, culturally diverse Sheepshead Bay and “oh, so nostalgic” Coney Island. From Russian caviar to the Uzbek dance
gravesend
Looking east on 86th Street at West 8th, near where Judith Holmes was struck by a car while crossing the street (Screenshot via Google Maps)GRAVESEND – A pedestrian struck by a vehicle last Friday succumbed to their injuries and died on Tuesday, November 28, the NYPD reports. Judith Holmes, of
bath beach
Council Member Mark Treyger of the 47th District (Photo via Council Member Treyger’s Office)BATH BEACH – Continuing his crusade for pedestrian safety in the wake of the October 31st vehicle-based terror attack in Tribeca, Councilmember Mark Treyger is now calling for additional barricades along the Belt Parkway in Bath
Announcements
via FBBAY RIDGE – As of this morning, journalist Ross Barkan [/journalist-ross-barkan-will-run-marty-golden-bay-ridge-senate-race/] is not the only Democrat challenging State Senator Marty Golden’s (R, District 22) seat in next year’s elections. Attorney Andrew Gounardes [http://www.andrewgounardes.com/], Counsel to Borough President Eric Adams, announced his Senate run in an
bath beach
BAY RIDGE – Ross Barkan, an award-winning journalist who is running to unseat State Senator Marty Golden (R, District 22) feels strongly about the environment. “Climate change and future flooding represent an existential threat to Southern Brooklyn — but Marty Golden has just not taken these issues seriously,” said Barkan. “We must