Central Brooklyn
Rita Joseph at Georges Diner, March 2020. Liena Zagare/BklynerRita Joseph is a local teacher running to represent her neighborhood – Flatbush / District 40 – in the City Council in this year’s election, which will be decided in the June Democratic primary. Joseph grew up in Flatbush, but like many of
Bushwick
Tiny Purple Pantries/ Lindsay ManolakosSmall purple boxes have been popping up across Brooklyn this summer. “Give What You Can, Take What You Need” inscribed on the side, they can be found in rich neighborhoods and those not so well-heeled. These boxes are filled with donated food and are called Tiny
Borough Park
When it was announced Monday afternoon that the Department of Education (DOE)’s Gifted and Talented (G&T) exams would cease after this school year, many parents were outraged, particularly those who live or have children attending schools in Southern Brooklyn. Carrie, a single mom who’s son attends
Central Brooklyn
Just after 5:3pm this Saturday evening a person from a passing-by car discharged their weapon injuring a patron at Giant Carwash on the corner of Coney Island Avenue and Avenue C. https://bklyner.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/VIDEO-2020-12-12-17-41-31.mp4 Currently, information is sparse, including
Central Brooklyn
A photo of the suspect. (Photo via NYPD)KENSINGTON – A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped in the apartment of the man she met earlier this month. On Friday, December 4, at around 6:30 p.m., a 15-year-old entered an apartment located on McDonald Avenue at Avenue F with a
affordable housing
The City Council’s Subcommittee on Zoning voted yesterday to approve a residential upzoning [https://zap.planning.nyc.gov/projects/P2018K0303] that will allow for a 13-floor development with 278 rental apartments, a church, and retail at 312 Coney Island Avenue in Windsor Terrace. The Subcommittee’s vote was unanimous,
Business
Grill N Dine is the kind of place you could pass every day and never really notice. Nestled next to an antiques store along Coney Island Avenue’s long stretch of auto body shops, it’s just south of Cortelyou Road, a block down and across the street from the
Borough Park
The Dia de los Muertos Ofrenda in Green-Wood’s historic chapel. Cheyenne Ligon/BklynerBrooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery is celebrating the centuries-old Mexican tradition of Dia de los Muertos this year with a large-scale community ofrenda, or altar, dedicated to New York’s victims of COVID-19. Visitors to the altar, which
Central Brooklyn
Rabbi Robert Blustein of Ocean Parkway Jewish Center in Brooklyn makes sure everyone has a mask — and is wearing it properly. Courtesy of Rabbi Blustein.By Reuven Blau, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/coronavirus/2020/10/5/21503492/brooklyn-rabbi-covid-19-masks-deblasio-cuomo-schools] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] For Rabbi Robert
Central Brooklyn
The car was destroyed during the crash. (Photo: Hillel Lichtenstein) KENSINGTON/MIDWOOD – A 24-year-old is dead and a 21-year-old is injured after their speeding car crashed into a tree early this morning. Just before 12:40 a.m., Nuvakh Ilishayev, 24, was driving a 2019 BMW M5 sedan with a
Bensonhurst
Via NYC DOH [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data-recent.page]We just received an email from the NYC Department of Health informing that there are several areas in Brooklyn and Queens that “are cause for significant concern” for the city when it comes to COVID infection rates. The
Announcements
The BacktoSchool Giveaway last year when there was no pandemic, and social distancing wasn’t required. (Photo via YM Brooklyn, with permission) KENSINGTON/CONEY ISLAND – NYC public schools are getting ready to open on September 21, [/nyc-school-re-opening-pushed-back-ten-days/] and like every year, community organizations are getting together to give away free