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Justin Brannan

Nov
10
Angel Guardian Home: Dyker Heights Gets Its First Historic Landmark

Angel Guardian Home: Dyker Heights Gets Its First Historic Landmark

Angel Guardian Home. (Photo via Angel Guardian Home Facebook)DYKER HEIGHTS – The Angel Guardian Home, a century-old former orphanage,  has
2 min read
Oct
29
Eight Years Since Hurricane Sandy And There’s Still More Work To Be Done

Eight Years Since Hurricane Sandy And There’s Still More Work To Be Done

A fallen tree in Bensonhurst after Hurricane Sandy hit the city. (Photo via Mike/Flickr Creative Commons) [https://flic.kr/
5 min read
Oct
29
Pedestrians Will Get A Few Seconds Headstart On The Corner Where 7-Year-Old Was Killed In Bath Beach

Pedestrians Will Get A Few Seconds Headstart On The Corner Where 7-Year-Old Was Killed In Bath Beach

The intersection where the LPI will be installed. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner) BATH BEACH – Just one month after seven-year-old Sama
3 min read
Oct
12
‘Please Reopen Our Schools’: Parents & Local Pols Call On City To Open 16 Yellow Zone Schools

‘Please Reopen Our Schools’: Parents & Local Pols Call On City To Open 16 Yellow Zone Schools

Gounardes speaking at the rally calling for the reopening of 16 schools. (Photo via Gounardes’ office)SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – Parents and
5 min read
Sep
14
Five-Alarm Fire Injures 12 Firefighters And Displaces 4 Families In Dyker Heights

Five-Alarm Fire Injures 12 Firefighters And Displaces 4 Families In Dyker Heights

It took over 4 hours to battle the five-alarm fire. (Photo: FDNY)DYKER HEIGHTS  – A five-alarm fire ripped through three
2 min read
Aug
05
Was Brooklyn Prepared For Tropical Storm Isaias?

Was Brooklyn Prepared For Tropical Storm Isaias?

A fallen tree in Bath Beach. (Photo via Steve Patzer, with permission)SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – Tropical Storm Isaias left about 22,
6 min read
Jun
11
Fort Hamilton Streets Named After Confederate Generals Still Haven’t Been Renamed

Fort Hamilton Streets Named After Confederate Generals Still Haven’t Been Renamed

General Lee Ave at Fort Hamilton Army Base. GoogleFORT HAMILTON – Three years ago [/congresswoman-continues-to-call-for-fort-hamilton-street-renaiming/], local politicians and community leaders gathered
3 min read
Mar
25
Town Hall On Coronavirus Aims To Reassure As Residents Look For Practical Help

Town Hall On Coronavirus Aims To Reassure As Residents Look For Practical Help

Screenshot via live stream.SOUTH/WESTERN BROOKLYN – To help address the concerns of their neighbors amid the coronavirus, State Senator
4 min read
Mar
17
Here is what your Council Members are doing during this Pandemic

Here is what your Council Members are doing during this Pandemic

Elected officials out in Southern Brooklyn discussing expanding H+H Coney Island capacity to serve the area. In particular – converting
11 min read
Nov
19
Uptick in Bay Ridge Crimes Is Blamed on New Bail Reforms and Anti-Police Rhetoric

Uptick in Bay Ridge Crimes Is Blamed on New Bail Reforms and Anti-Police Rhetoric

Nicole Malliotakis. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BAY RIDGE — Over the weekend, over three dozen residents woke up to their vehicles
6 min read