Central Brooklyn
Police blocked off the intersection of Nostrand Avenue and Prospect Place after a shooting early Monday morning (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)CROWN HEIGHTS – A streetcorner shooting early Monday morning has police searching for a suspect. Around 7:30 am on Monday, September 3, an unidentified man fired several shots at a
Police & Fire
Video via NYPD While shoppers examined paint chips and googled the inventor of the Phillips-head screwdriver [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_F._Phillips], four suspects made out with a construction bonanza of high-tech demolition hammers at the Home Depot [http://www.homedepot.com/l/Brooklyn-NY/NY/Brooklyn/11232/1225]
Bensonhurst
Photo of two of the three suspects courtesy of the NYPD.Cops are searching for three who robbed a man at knifepoint on Bay 46th Street — just a block from Calvert Vaux Park and Home Depot — in broad daylight. The 37-year-old victim was standing in front of 210 Bay 46th
Business
Mid-April is usually when the last frost date passes for our area, and it’s finally a good time to plant. Here are our favorite spots to purchase seeds and plants in Brooklyn. Most larger garden centers will deliver your plants as well — just ask. Please add your favorites in
home depot
Kids can build a jet in honor of Veterans Day. (Photo via Home Depot)Looking for something to do with the whole family this week? There are a lot of great kid-friendly events coming up in Brooklyn, and we’ve selected some of our favorites. See the full details below!
build a firetruck
Photo via Home Depot [http://workshops.homedepot.com/workshops/workshop/1302/build-a-fire-truck] Looking for something to do with the whole family this week? There are a lot of great kid-friendly events coming up in Brooklyn, and we’ve selected some of our favorites. See the full details below! For more
crime rates
Source: Bruce Z.After Superstorm Sandy swept through Southern Brooklyn late last October, burglaries rose 366.7 percent [/despite-initial-reports-looting-stats-skyrocketed-in-communities-hit-by-sandy/] , a statistical reality attributed to looting. While there is no denying that looting shot up after Sandy, the general chaos of the time also led to false arrests which may have
Calvert Vaux Park
(from NYC Department of City Planning)The construction of new parkland in conjunction with private development is often promoted by the current generation of government and business leaders as an attractive alternative to traditional park construction. In cash-strapped times these, so-called financially self-sustaining, projects are perceived by many as an
e 19th st
When my owner first got me from Home Depot [http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/HomePageView?storeId=10051&catalogId=10053&langId=-1] , she came to me with talk about redemption. She was singing my favorite song, the classic Reggae song by Bob Marley, — with a few