Central Brooklyn
909a Cortelyou Road. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Demolition has started this week on the single-story stucco shed at the corner of Cortelyou Road and East 9th Street, a relic of “Eddy’s shoemaker” & watch repair shop. The stone hut was built as a 5-car garage in 1923, and
Central Brooklyn
Upside burger on 18th Avenue at East 4th Street. (Photo by Dina Rabiner)Upside Craft Burgers, offering “fast-casual” quality kosher dining, opened only three weeks ago but judging by the crowd (fifty plus people on a recent Sunday evening), you’d think the joint was already an established neighborhood hangout.
Central Brooklyn
Muslim women studying English said they are nervous about anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)There was an eery silence on the streets during the gray, rainy morning after voters elected Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States. Many people stayed up late last
Central Brooklyn
Emily Drabinski crossing the finish line with her son.In just five years, Kensington runner Emily Drabinski, 41, went from an “adult onset athlete” to a three-time marathon runner. This Sunday, she’ll be running the TCS New York City Marathon [http://www.tcsnycmarathon.org] fueled not only by her
Central Brooklyn
Yeshiva Torah Temimah, Ocean Parkway. (Screenshot via Google Maps)A Kensington Yeshiva reached a historic $2.1 million settlement with two former students who accused a teacher of sexual molestation, the NY Post reports [http://nypost.com/2016/10/23/brooklyn-yeshiva-settles-with-sexual-assault-victims-for-2-1m/] this week. The settlement, originally made in secret, was
Central Brooklyn
Graph via Renthop [https://www.renthop.com/studies/nyc/trump-leads-in-southwest-brooklyn]With just 19 days to go before the election, New York-based data-driven real estate startup RentHop [https://www.renthop.com/studies/nyc/trump-leads-in-southwest-brooklyn] has mapped out Brooklyn’s share of donors for presidential nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton by
Business
Photo via Igor Libo.The old Met Foods building [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/?s=met+foods] at 100 Brighton Beach Ave has been vacant for four years, and work has finally begun to turn it into the grocery and convenience store that the neighborhood lost when Met Foods left in
Business
Photo via Igor Libo.The old Met Foods building [/?s=met+foods] at 100 Brighton Beach Ave has been vacant for four years, and work has finally begun to turn it into the grocery and convenience store that the neighborhood lost when Met Foods left in 2012. The new store,
Central Brooklyn
Photo via NYPDPolice are searching for two suspects wanted for grand larceny after stealing a woman’s purse in Kensington and using the stolen credit card in Bath Beach stores in late September. The first suspect smashed the window of a parked car in front of 935 McDonald Avenue between
Arts & Culture
Kris Davis at the piano (photo by Peter Gannushkin)The rise of Kensington-based musicians, like pianist Kris Davis [http://krisdavis.net], and performance venues to showcase them, is emblematic of Brooklyn’s ascendancy as a center for improvisatory music. “I think my music appeals to an audience that is looking
Announcements
Assemblymember James Brennan (Photo via Assemblymember Brennan’s office). Assemblymember James Brennan will speak tonight at the first Fall community meeting of the Albemarle Neighborhood Association. The meeting is open to the public. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is also scheduled to be at the meeting, which will be tonight
Central Brooklyn
Dome Playground at Dahill Road and Cortelyou Road. (Screenshot via Google Maps)A 12-year-old student was hit by a car Wednesday morning, next to the Dome Playground in Kensington. The boy was riding his bicycle to yeshiva, and was struck by a Lexus near Cortelyou Road and Dahill Road, just