Announcements
BOERUM HILL – In an effort to prevent opioid overdoses in the city, Mayor de Blasio announced on Thursday a one-year pilot program that will provide safe, supervised injection facilities for New Yorkers suffering from drug addiction. 80 4th Avenue (between Bergen Street & St. Marks Place), site of a proposed
Announcements
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – It’s time to get in shape for the summer! For the next three Saturdays, the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/events/downtown-bklyn-gets-physical] is hosting free outdoor yoga and dance classes at City Point [https://citypointbrooklyn.com/]. City Point, Downtown BrooklynStarting tomorrow through May 19, the three
Central Brooklyn
Lorna Vassell rallies in front of the site where NYPD gunned down her son, Saheed Vassell. (Photo: Kadia Goba/BKLYNER)CROWN HEIGHTS – Nearly one month after police shot dead Saheed Vassell, dozens took to the streets of Crown Heights yesterday to demand transparency over a police shooting that left a
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Business
[UPDATED: Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 4:40pm] Back to the Land’s owner, David Basham, told BKLYNER Thursday afternoon that the store’s final day will be Sunday, April 29. The store’s lease did not expire, as previously reported. Basham explains that business has decreased significantly, making it
Announcements
RED HOOK – Council Member Carlos Menchaca [https://council.nyc.gov/district-38/] (District 38) sent out an announcement Tuesday afternoon encouraging the community to attend a meeting with NYC Department of Parks and Recreation [https://www.nycgovparks.org/about/whats-happening/red-hook-park-remediation] (NYC Parks) and the Environmental Protection Agency [https://www.epa.
Eastern Brooklyn
via Crunch FlatbushRegular readers of this site have no doubt heard of Crunch Flatbush [https://www.crunch.com/locations/flatbush]. Over the last year, you: * Learned about one of their inspiring members [/meet-deidre-ferrell-crunch-flatbush-member-extraordinaire/] * Got some advice for navigating the onset of cold weather [/fall-back-love-fitness-fall-crunch-flatbush/] and The [/taking-step-holidaysand-anotherand-another/] Holidays [/resolved-theres-no-year-like-year-get-moving/]
Animals
The Mayor visited Bushwick and looked on as workers packed rat burrows with dry ice (Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)Yesterday, Mayor De Blasio announced a new campaign of aggressive rat extermination strategies at the 10 NYCHA developments with the worst infestations in New York. In Brooklyn, that means the
Education
Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Citing concerns about the carcinogenic effects of processed meats like baloney, city lawmakers want to ban the lunchmeats from New York school lunches. Resolution 238 [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3458218&GUID=E2D39627-1649-42BB-AF90-A7E364FE5329&Options=ID|Text|&Search=238] would
Events
Thank you to our reader Lori Goldkind for suggesting this interview. Know a neighbor you’d like to see recognized in Bklyner? Let us know! We’d love to tell their story too. Cathy McDonnell LaCognata, president and sole owner of Training for Warriors BrooklynMARINE PARK – A good fitness coach
Central Brooklyn
Every morning in the Intensive Care Unit at The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) [https://www.tbh.org/], James Gasperino, MD, Chair of Medicine, Associate Chief Medical Officer and Vice President for Critical Care, convenes Morning Report. Here, the hospital’s most experienced intensive care physicians gather with every staff member
Central Brooklyn
Photo credit: Crunch FlatbushWe recently got to know Deidre, one of Crunch Flatbush’s most committed members [/meet-deidre-ferrell-crunch-flatbush-member-extraordinaire/] who’s been able to attain her fitness goals by attending (in truth, being a fixture at) classes. That’s what works for her. But what works for one person might not
Education
CITY HALL – On Tuesday two of Council Member Justin Brannan’s (Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bath Beach, Bensonhurst) bills asking that school children be educated about dangers of opioids were heard in a joint hearing held by the Committees on General Welfare and Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction. Currently, New