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Photo by Bill Oxford [https://unsplash.com/@bill_oxford?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/gavel?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] CROWN HEIGHTS – A 16-year-old boy was indicted and charged as an
Announcements
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced yesterday that large events requiring a city events permit will be canceled through September 30th as the City works to prioritize open spaces for public use. “The City will not issue a permit for any event in a location that interferes with the Open Streets
Central Brooklyn
Image via californialabor [https://www.instagram.com/p/BJyM7kqBSNH/?tagged=rosietheriveter&hl=en]Happy Labor Day! We hope everyone enjoys the final weekend of summer. If you’re sticking around town, here’s some information from the city [https://portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-03233] on what’s
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Arts & Culture
Once again, revelers took to the Brooklyn streets on Labor Day to celebrate J’Ouvert and the West Indian Day Parade with music, dancing and colorful costumes! For the second year, J’Ouvert began at 6:00 am, instead of during the pre-dawn hours, as a security measure aimed to
Arts & Culture
With J’Ouvert fast approaching, the Brooklyn Arts Council [http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/] (BAC) is hosting two events leading up to the annual “break of day” festivities. Via brooklynartscouncil.org [http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/documents/2655] On Thursday, August 23, BAC’s Folk Arts Program [http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/folkarts]
Arts & Culture
Police searched participants bags and used hand-held metal detectors to search for weapons and alcohol at J’Ouvert 2017 (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)J’Ouvert and the West Indian Day are just a few weeks away, but preparation for a safe and successful Carnival have been in the works for some
Central Brooklyn
Photo via Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office.Yesterday, the final two suspects charged in the killing of Carey Gabay, the Cuomo aide who was shot and killed in Crown Heights in 2015 during the J’Ouvert celebrations, were cleared of murder charges. As family members objected in the courtroom, the
Arts & Culture
The leader of a costumed troupe speaks with a police officer manning the checkpoint at the beginning of the parade route. (Photo: Ben Foldy/BKLYNER)In response to a number of high-profile incidents of violence over the past few years [/tag/jouvert/], this year’s J’Ouvert celebration in Crown
Arts & Culture
J’Ouvert by Philip J Bell.CROWN HEIGHTS — Every year on Labor Day weekend Brooklyn celebrates Carnival. Just before sunrise on Labor Day Monday – it’s time for J’Ouvert on Flatbush Avenue. After J’Ouvert winds down, the West Indian Day Carnival Parade [http://wiadcacarnival.org/] starts on Empire
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> Good vibes at #GrandArmyPlaza [https://twitter.com/hashtag/GrandArmyPlaza?src=hash]. #WeAreJOuvert [https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeAreJOuvert?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/l54F3JKI3h [https://t.co/l54F3JKI3h] — Jumaane (@JumaaneWilliams) September 5, 2016 [https://twitter.com/JumaaneWilliams/status/772685797774520321] The annual J’Ouvert parade will change its start time to
Central Brooklyn
Derek Goodings (Photo via Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office)On Friday, 28-year-old Derek Goodings was sentenced to 24 years in prison and five years’ post-release supervision after pleading guilty to fatally shooting a man during Brooklyn’s J’Ouvert celebration in 2014. According to the defendant’s testimony, Goodings fired
News
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APolice_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today that 28-year-old Crown Heights resident, Derek Goodings, has pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting a man during the 2014 J’Ouvert celebration. Goodings made
Central Brooklyn
> Just some of the thousands of officers up tonight making a safe, celebratory #JOuvert [https://twitter.com/hashtag/JOuvert?src=hash] in Brooklyn. #WeAreJOuvert [https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeAreJOuvert?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/NotGDAMEMi [https://t.co/NotGDAMEMi] — NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) September 5, 2016 [https://twitter.com/NYPDnews/