Central Brooklyn
KENSINGTON/DITMAS PARK — NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) has finished their traffic study, according to the Assemblymember Robert Carroll, and have agreed to install a traffic light at the corner of Coney Island Avenue and Hinckley Place to aid in traffic calming in front of IS 890 and PS 889
Announcements
PROSPECT PARK – Mayor Bill DeBlasio announced this morning that Prospect Park will go car free starting January 2, 2018. DeBlasio was surrounded by Council member Brad Lander, Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Marty Mar, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Musa Moor of CB9,Sue Donoghue, President of the BProspect park Alliance and
Central Brooklyn
PS889/IS890 on Coney Island AvenueKENSINGTON/DITMAS PARK – It’s getting to be the end of October soon, mornings are getting darker, and getting to school will become an even bigger challenge to students at the new PS889 / IS890 on Coney Island Avenue. We’ve written about the issues surrounding
Animals
Nothing like a live bull chase around Brooklyn. Excitement stared around 11am this morning with reports of a cow (later revised by authorities to – Bull) loose in Borough park. BREAKING: Loose Cow Being Chased in Brooklyn @NYPDnews [https://twitter.com/NYPDnews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Chasing the cow requesting @NYPDSpecialops
Central Brooklyn
KENSINGTON – The NYPD announced on Friday that the 55-year-old, Greenpoint cyclist run down by a drunken, unlicensed driver during last month’s Century Bike Tour [/century-ride-exposes-little-city-cares/] has died. Nancy Pease and two other cyclists were struck by 39-year-old Kensington resident Abel Antonio Pina-Morocho at approximately 9am on Sunday, September 10.
Announcements
KENSINGTON/WINDSOR TERRACE – Rounding out the East Fourth Street Garden’s phenomenal 2017 concert season, please join us Saturday, September 30, at 2PM when it hosts the Brooklyn Bluegrass Collective, featuring Christian Apuzzo on guitar, Grant Ziolkowski on mandolin, and Ellery Marshall on banjo. Members of the BkBC have individually
Central Brooklyn
Rasel Siddiquee was apprehended at JFK trying to flee to his native Bangladesh KENSINGTON/DITMAS PARK – Rasel Siddiquee, 31 of Kensington, was sentenced today by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Neil Firetog to 25 years in prison and five years’ post-release supervision following his guilty plea earlier this month to first-degree
Big Story
Principal Frangella and Assemblymember Carroll discuss traffic safety outside the school (Photo via Assemblymember Carroll’s Office)KENSINGTON/DITMAS PARK- Assemblyman Robert Carroll succeeded in bringing all relevant parties together yesterday to discuss the traffic safety situation surrounding the new school at 510 Coney Island Avenue. The school has been
Central Brooklyn
DITMAS PARK — The new P.S.889/ M.S. 890 has been open at 510 Coney Island Avenue for two weeks now, and conditions around the school have improved only marginally. We wrote last week, that all that was added were No Standing School Zone and four tapes counting traffic.
Central Brooklyn
Lack of crosswalks by PS889/MS890 (Paul Stremple)DITMAS PARK – School started last Thursday at PS889 / MS890 with hairy crossings, despite obvious issues [/school-starts-thursday-will-crosswalks-p-s-s-388/], and angry parents [/whats-dot-waiting-kid-get-killed/], and so far there has been little good news to report [/p-s-889-day-3-still-no-traffic-safety-improvements/]. PS889/MS890 at 510 Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn (Liena
Borough Park
Photo by Kenneth Miraski of the fence that forced bikers onto Belt Parkway. Yesterday’s Transportation Alternatives bike ride gathered about 6,000 registered riders for its 28th Century Bike Tour. Bikers followed routes that ranged from 15 to 100 miles throughout the city, showcasing parts of NYC’s 1,
Central Brooklyn
No Standing signs by the entrance on Hinckley Place were the only improvements around the school #Day2 at PS889 (Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)We received the following Letter to The Editor from a parent of P.S. 889 student in response to our coverage of the safety surrounding PS889 on Coney