Downtown Brooklyn Downtown Brooklyn’s New “Shared Streets” Popular With Locals Pearl Street looking toward Willoughby Street. Ben Brachfeld/BklynerThe newly unveiled redesign of Downtown Brooklyn’s “shared street” is seen as a positive development by those who work in the area, even if the long-awaited change to part of Pearl and Willoughby Streets is somewhat underwhelming. “It’s wonderful,” said
Central Brooklyn Weekend Crime Blotter: Slashings, Purse-Snatchings, A Livery Cab Driver Robbed & More PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS – A livery cab driver was robbed Friday night in PLG, but the suspects didn’t realize he had a camera running in the car—now, police are trying to track them down. Around 11:20 pm on Friday, July 27, the 36-year old male driver had just
Boerum Hill Weekend Crime Blotter: Dramatic Open-Water Rescue, A Big Bank-Robbery Score & More (Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)BOERUM HILL – Can I speak to your manager? That’s what a bank robber asked a Chase Bank teller before robbing the place on Friday. The bank robbery took place around 5:45 on Friday, June 29, at the Chase Bank on 192 Smith Street in Boerum
Announcements NYU Tandon Research Expo Returns to Downtown Brooklyn on Friday DOWNTOWN – Swarms of autonomous robots. Smart appendages controlled by the mind. Are they elements from a dystopian sci-fi novel? Not so much, in fact… They’re just a few of the projects that will be on display at this Friday’s Research Expo from the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.
