Announcements
18th Avenue at McDonald AveBORO PARK – Stabbing seems like the way to go in Brooklyn, as another one took place over the weekend. On Sunday, October 27 at around 10 p.m., a 22-year-old man was standing on the corner of 18th and McDonald Avenues when another man approached him
News
Avenue U traffic calming project in progress. (Photo Liena Zagare / BKLYNER)New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) has painted a stretch of Avenue U from McDonald to Ocean Avenue with a pair of double yellow lines, confusing residents [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/08/07/brooklyn-double-double-yellow-lines/]. The mystery will
Central Brooklyn
Community activist Mamnun Haq speaking at the safety improvements groundbreaking on Church and McDonald Avenues, July 11 2017. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER) Yesterday, city officials and civic leaders announced the start of a two-month safety improvement project on Church Avenue at one of Kensington’s busiest and most dangerous
Central Brooklyn
The intersection of Church and McDonald Avenues. (Photo: Google Maps)Being a pedestrian in our area is no joke — crossing a major intersection can feel like taking one’s life in one’s hands. Last week, City Council Member Brad Lander announced a number of measures that are supposed to
Central Brooklyn
Photo via Google MapsThere has been an outpouring of support from the community for The Kensington [/neighbors/the-spirit-of-the-season/], the new family homeless shelter [/home/dhs-announces-homeless-shelter-opening-on-mcdonald-avenue/] run by CAMBA [http://www.camba.org/] that recently opened on McDonald Avenue. Volunteer organizers have announced that the shelter is now accepting donations and
Police & Fire
A truck from the NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit, a branch of the Special Operations Division. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)After an hour-long standoff Tuesday night, police safely removed a “disturbed individual” who had barricaded himself inside his Gravesend home. The NYPD could not provide further information about why
Central Brooklyn
via NYPDPolice are on the lookout for two suspects wanted for beating up and robbing a man in the Ditmas Avenue F train station. On Saturday, November 14 around 3:45 in the afternoon, the two robbers approached a 42-year-old man on the on the southbound F train platform at
Central Brooklyn
Photo via Google MapsCouncil member Brad Lander is hosting a community meeting to discuss the homeless shelter [/home/dhs-announces-homeless-shelter-opening-on-mcdonald-avenue/]that will be opening on McDonald Avenue this month. The meeting is being held to help answer any questions or concerns neighbors may have related to the shelter. This is a
Central Brooklyn
Photo via Google MapsSince the recent announcement of a new homeless shelter opening on McDonald Avenue [/home/dhs-announces-homeless-shelter-opening-on-mcdonald-avenue/], there has been an outpouring of neighborhood support and welcome efforts. These efforts have been spearheaded by two neighbors who put a call out for volunteers and donations to help the nonprofit
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Vegetable samosa. (Photo by Shannon Geis/Kensington BK)If you are looking for a quick and cheap place to grab a snack, Kabir’s Bakery [http://www.kabirsbakery.com/], is a great option. The bakery has a location at 97 Church Avenue and at 1425 Foster Avenue near Newkirk Plaza,
Bangladesh
A performer entertains a jubilant crowd. Photo by KensingtonBKThousands of people from throughout our neighborhood, and beyond, celebrated the annual Potho Mela yesterday, when McDonald Avenue was filled with everything from vendors selling gorgeous clothing and delicious food to musicians serenading crowds with dance and song for one of the
Avenue J
A gun-wielding robber is lucky to be alive after trying to rob a Mapleton flower shop. Florist Moti Azreal proved he is no wallflower when the crook entered his shop brandishing a weapon, reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/brooklyn-flower-store-worker-fights-gun-wielding-robber-article-1.2242244] the New York Daily News: > Azreal was
McDonald Avenue
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McDonald Avenue
Neighbors let us know there’s going to be a huge multi-family yard sale this Sunday, October 19, from 10am to 5pm on McDonald Avenue (between Albemarle and Caton Avenue). There’ll be lots of bargains and some of the items that will be sold include clothing, shoes, paintings, electronics,
amrosario
Life on McDonald Avenue, as photographed by amrosario [http://instagram.com/p/rGAwRxq7_v/?modal=true]. Do you have a picture from around the neighborhood? Email it to us at editor@kensingtonbk.comand we’ll post it to the blog.
kensington
An afternoon drizzle didn’t prevent members of the Bangladeshi community, NYPD 66th Precinct brass, and reporters from showing up at the mid-afternoon prayer service on Friday, January 10 on McDonald Avenue just north of the Baitul Jannah Masjid at the corner of Avenue C to honor murdered local landlord